For smartphone users, one of the key things they buy immediately after purchasing a new mobile phone contract is to start thinking about insurance. There are plenty of deals around for the iPhone 4S, but it’s worth investigating the different providers and factors to work out the most cost-effective and appropriate deal for each individual. The key factors to think about are the cost, the coverage so how the phone is protected, how users go about making a claim if the phone is lost or damaged and the provider themselves.
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It was just a few short years ago that I remember sitting in the office of Sequoia Capital with my business partner, pitching Michael Moritz about our new crowd-sourced online greeting card business. By that time I’d had my fair share of visits to Sand Hill Road and had witnessed reactions from VCs ranging from unbridled enthusiasm to polite boredom. But I had not, to my knowledge, ever given a VC a headache until that day, when our pitch left Mr. Moritz rubbing his head in muted agony.

Full Circle! Right in time for the 2011 Holiday Season, perhaps Greeting Cards are finally having their day in the Silicon Valley spotlight. Apple’s recent announcement about its new Cards app for iOS5 has stimulated much discussion about an industry that has been rather resistant to digitization over the past ten years. According to the GCA (Greeting Card Association), today approximately 97% percent of all greeting cards purchased in the US are still purchased in stores – the old fashion way. Many incumbent players in the greeting card space must be feeling somewhat anxious due to Apple’s new found presence in their industry.

Today, in spite of the social nature of greeting cards, very few paper greeting card companies fully leverage the web, social networks, or mobile devices, so the industry is ripe for major change. Whether or not Apple ends up revolutionizing the greeting card industry, I believe its entrance into this market is a pivotal event that will quickly lead to tremendous growth, mainly because millions of consumers will finally be made aware that going to the store to buy their cards is not the only option, and quite often not the best option.
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Available October 12 in new black and white models starting at just $199, the Apple iPod touch has new features including Apple’s new iOS 5, iCloud services, iMessage, Game Center, Notifications and Wi-Fi Syncing to iTunes. iMessage brings the functionality of iPhone messaging to your iPod touch, so you can easily send text messages, photos, videos and contact information to an individual or group on other iOS 5 devices.

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If you are asking me about what I love in Apple’s thing, here is my answer. I love its rumors. Believe me, the rumor itself is more attracted me than its launching. What it looks like? When? Where? Could it be? Why? Everyone tries his best to closely describe it based on his own sources.

And what is the funny on all of these? Most rumors are leading us to the wrong way. That’s why, it have been collecting evidences as much as I can to trace the shadow of iPhone 5’s mystery as close as it should be. Believe it or not, Vodafone is chosen to be one of Apple iPhone 5’s carriers. A lot of sites said it with strong fact, the leaked iPhone 5 plans on Vodafone network. So, it’s hard for me to just deny it or say the rumor is the fake one.

Still, according to rumors, Vodafone iPhone 5 is going to offer two size storages, 16GB and 32GB. And it also said it’s only available in black and white color. Those are reasonable for me. Black and white are the original iPhone’s colors. Meanwhile as Apple seems still want to keep its iPhone 4 at market, not offering 8GB storage on iPhone 5 is a clever move, right?

When any new Apple device is in development the rumours swirl and the speculation can pull in many different directions. Both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 3 are doubtlessly being slaved over by the development teams and already a few morsels of information have surfaced. Since the iPhone 5 is likely to launch in Autumn 2011 and the iPad 3 should follow in early 2012, more is known about the former than the latter, but it is possible to get a relatively good picture of what they might offer right now.

Firstly the iPhone 5 is almost certainly going to have a dual core processor. It is likely to use the same chipset as the iPad 2 and although clock speeds are less clear it is going to have to step up to the plate in this respect if it is to compete with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Sensation 4G. If you are inclined to believe that Apple will actually be creating a budget-oriented iPhone or an incremental update of the iPhone 4 then perhaps a dual core chip is less essential, but this is a company that has consistently pushed the technical envelope and so taking baby steps is not in its nature.
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Apple previewed iOS 5 that includes over 200 new features that will be available to iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users this fall. What I love among the new iOS 5 features is iMessage, a new messaging service that lets us easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS devices. As BlackBerry users are very happy with their BBM, I hope iPhone users will have the same fun with the new iMessage app. And with the new PC Free feature, iOS 5 users can activate and set up their iOS device right out of the box and get software updates over the air with no computer required. Follow the link below to find all the new features.

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Apple‘s new iMac boasts the next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime® HD camera. As claimed by the company, the new iMac is up to 70 percent faster and new graphics deliver up to three times the performance of the previous generation. Starting at $1,199, every Mac comes with Mac OS® X Snow Leopard. Available size: 21.5-inch and 27-inch.
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Since the creation of the original iPod back in 2001, Apple has consistently found ways to tweak the hugely successful formula to cater to different markets. The most recent iPod to launch was the iPod Touch back in 2007 which is now on it’s fourth generation.

At the heart of every iPod is it’s music player and the iPod Touch is no exception. The iPod Touch provides the high quality of sound consumers have come to expect from the iPod range.
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