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According to AppleInsider, Apple is going to enable proper multi-tasking on the iPhone OS 4.0. They have this from sources that have a proven track record for Apple Intelligence. Hence, they are putting a lot of emphasis on this rumor. It’s not that multi-tasking does not exist on the iPhone, it does. But the 4.0 update will finally allow third apps to simultaneously — something that has been sorely missing from the iPhone all this time.

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Tablets are fast becoming the center of what promises to be a very exciting industry in the near future. It seems as if companies have suddenly realized that physical controls are passé and that the new coolness lies in how much specs you can cram into a thing that looks like a futuristic picture frame.

In fact, some think that slates need not be as big as standard picture frames. It can be simple and small, around 7 inches diagonal but it needs to be thin – around 0.5”. These are opinions that I have noticed being posted on forums, comments and also on personal blogs. So what attracts the techie and the non-techie alike to this new-age piece of future-tech?

The allure of finally having a sleek little device that has all the goodness of full touchscreen smartphones with a faster processor and a much larger screen. They also hope for innovative software that will make their experience go from good to mind bogglingly great. While innovation does not come that easily, a new crop of tablets seem to be taking up the challenge to meet these demands.

But do I detect a bit of paranoia mixed with fear and anticipation in this newly developing industry? Could it be that the rumors of an approaching Apple Tablet has companies hastening up their development cycles in order to launch the industrial equivalent of a preemptive strike?

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Saturday is the day when I treat you to the latest in Apple. Apple – the company that gave us the iPod, the iTunes Store and the iPhone. Not to mention a whole line of great computers the fondly call Macs. Did you know that Apple practically invented the portable computer line?

We have made a whole week without a tablet rumor. I guess we will hear less of the tablet around holiday times. Buyers should not be distracted during buying.

Get to the other side to get your piece of the Saturday Apple Pie.

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If there’s one gadget that we all carry, it has to be the cell phone. We all need them, love them and have our favorites amongst them. But they come and go so very fast that it is hard for the consumer to keep track of what’s going on. So Otaku Gadgets helps you by supplying you all the important phone stuff, every Thursday.

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New products ahoy me hearties! I be spyin’ Apple stores in Japan, Sweden, Germany and US – they be all down! Aargh! Nothing like the fresh salty air of the sea and new Apple products! *won’t try Pirate speak ever again, check*

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Apple has been in the news all this week as the ripples from the iPhone 3GS launch continues. Other than the latest security scare on the iPhone 3GS, there is also the little matter of new device from AppleInsider about the Apple tablet device that everyone’s been talking about. The much hoped device is apparently near completion and will arrive soon. Also noteworthy is an iPhone App that has surprised everyone by accumulating a total sales figure of over One Million US Dollars. Now there’s a figure to beat.

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