Cloud computing is no longer a geek subject. The concept is getting more and more pop every day. Now, BlackBerry has got a new cloud-based music app in collaboration with SugarSync. This new app lets you stream your own private music collection over the web.

So, here is the skinny on how it works. SugarSync App for BlackBerry already provides services like remote file access and editing, not to mention on-demand synchronization service. But the latest updated App now offers killer music streaming service too. So basically, this service works through remote access service. All you have to do is to click one song in your album and it will play the entire content for you. The app can play only albums at the moment and not the single songs. Also, this service is available for only non-DRM protected music, but the fact that your streamed music will keep playing in the background, even if you choose to use other apps, more than compensates for minor drawbacks.

Apart from music syncing, the latest version also includes email auto-complete feature, which will allow faster and seamless sharing of files with your peers. SugarSync has also fixed some bugs present in the earlier version. This free app is now available for download on BlackBerry App World. The basic 2 GB account is free and provides valuable services. However, you might want to upgrade to bigger storage space. The plans range from $5 to $40 per month, depending on the storage capacity you want to buy. So go ahead, give it a try and let us know your views.

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So far, 2010 had been a good year for the new product launches and according to tech website Omio, the latter half is also expected to be equally exciting. So, the latest scoop is about a slew of new gizmos hitting the British market later this year. These devices are likely to range from new Nokia phones to snazzy Android devices, with a Windows Phone 7 gadget thrown in.

Nokia

And you don’t have to wait too long, Nokia’s new messaging-centric phone E5-00 is expected to be available from this month itself.

The phone features a full QWERTY keyboard. E5-00 will be followed by Nokia X6, which is targeted on the musicophiles among you. And Nokia has been kind enough to scale it down to 8GB model, so that we can afford buying it. How thoughtful! The phone will be available from September 1. Revamped Nokia N8 will make its appearance in October, all jazzed up with Symbian^3. Remember Symbian?

Blackberry

If you think above phones are just plain Janes, then here is BlackBerry Curve 9300 for you. Apart from its curves, it also has a 3.2 MP camera and QWERTY keyboard.

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But you still have to wait for a few more days, as the phone is scheduled to be launched next month.

Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson will also broaden their ‘Walkman’ series portfolio by releasing W20 and Yendo.

Although updated, W20 is still likely to remain a staple for budget market, whereas Yendo will offer a full touch-screen coupled with Walkman experience. Yendo will be unveiled in the local market in October.

Samsung

Samsung is also looking to make a splash by introducing i8700 Cetus. Although not much information is available about the phone, but it is expected to run on Bada OS and will try to carve a niche in high-end smartphone market.

HTC

And last but not the least is HTC’s Windows Phone 7 gizmo, with a secret name of ‘Gold’, will adorn the store shelves in November.

Again, the company is tight lipped about the specifications of the device. But then anticipation is often the best part of waiting.

Can you think of any more mobile phone releases hitting 2010? Test your smartphone knowledge and leave us a comment below…

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Sony have announced that their Playstation Surround Sound System Soundbar has been given a firm release date of September 30th for Japan.

The Soundbar was actually announced at E3 – but we seem to have missed this announcement – due the sheer number of other announcements.

This budget Sony Soundbar features integrated sub-woofer and S-Force PRO Front Surrond technology and will sit snuggly with your PS3 over optical digital Dolby – we think you might even be able to use with a number of devices including TV’s and even a Xbox 360.

It supports a myriad of different types of Dolby connectivity – including Dolby digital, DTS, MPEG-2 AAC and Linear PCM audio formats.

It bounces surround sound off your walls when it’s placed in front of your television. It’s not Sony’s best Soundbar, but we are really intrigued by it. It’s the only one with a matching PlayStation logo. And for some gamers, that’s likely all they’ll need to know.

So digital Surround Sound for $199 seems very reasonable to us – but the million dollar question does it work as well as 5.1.

Have your say below….

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If Google is making headway into cloud computing, how can Apple be far behind? According to some reports floating around on the interwebs, Apple is planning to launch a new version of iTunes which will let you stream and sync your media.

The new service will facilitate the streaming of audio and video not only from Apple’s servers, but also from your own computer. It will also allow wireless syncing of iTunes among different devices. However, in typical Apple fashion, the compatibility of the new service has been restricted to Apple only products.  So Android users will be left out cold. No apologies from Apple, of course. And even among Apple devices, only WiFi enabled devices are covered under this new scheme. Oh, wait, it is available for 3G products as well, but the idea of streaming video over patchy 3G network is laughable at the best and outright cruel at worst.

Another caveat is the distinction between ripped and purchased media. Apparently such streaming is available only for the media purchased from iTunes. If this is true, then users like me, who lovingly built their iTunes library from scratchy CDs purchased from bargain bins, are out of luck. Although as a bonus, the new scheme may just cannibalize MobileMe. Rumours are afloat that MobileMe might be turned into free service. I am going to keep all my fingers and toes crossed for this.

Tech blog, Zath have speculated that iTunes streaming is likely to be introduced during Apple’s September event, which would give it a head start over  Google Music, which is purported to be launched some time before the end of this year. Let’s see how this clash of the Titans pans out for the consumers.

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Google have let it slip that they are about to take on the Apple’s iTunes store with the launch of their very own music store for their Android mobile operating system.  Named Goolge Music, it will see users being able to download media directly from their phones, similar to the Wi-Fi iTunes launched in 2007.

News was uncovered by TechCrunch, who have found a new logo on the company’s website, which suggested that users will be able to purchase music and buy apps directly from their phones as well as through a desktop application.

Google gave those in the know a brief preview at its I/O event, after announcing that they have acquired Simply Media, which will be used for the desktop app, allowing users to stream local music to their Android devices.

So this will mean Google Music will most likely be a two-tiered operation. On one end  you will be able to search for songs, purchase them, and send them from the cloud directly to your android device. The other sees a desktop client that syncs your music to the cloud for streaming on your phone wherever you go.

So Google are looking to take on iTunes, but is it too late? With iTunes so well established, would this new music marketplace tempt you away from Apple and their ever expanding empire?  Have your say below…

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When it comes to MP3 players most of you will associate it with the Apple iPods or Microsoft Zunes. However, there’s new kid on the block called the Viliv’s Prime P3 Media Player.

Although, it may not have the decadent charm of the Apple iPod to lure mass markets to buy it would appear that it has a whole host of colourful specs below, but more interestingly it’s specs include both Android 2.1 and Windows CE 6.0 partitions.

As well as this other specs include the following:

• 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display
• 720p video support
• microUSB connectivity
• microSDHC card expansion
• 800MHz ARM Cortex CPU
• Accelerometer
• Wi-Fi
• Internal storage capacity up to 32GB

Now the pricing and release date hasn’t been confirmed or even mentioned yet so for those of you that want something a little different to the mainstream, we’ll keep you updated on the Viliv Prime P3 media player.

Via Tech Ticker

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Spotify have revealed that they will be adding two new options to access the streaming service. The two new ways include Spotify Open and Spotify Unlimited.

Spotify Open will give you access to ad-supported tunes without an invite whereas Spotify Unlimited will offer a cheaper package for ad-free listening.

So what are the costs and what do they include?  The Spotify Unlimited service will give you access to the whole Spotify catalogue for £4.99 through your computer and to use their mobile streaming service you will need to pay £9.99 per month for Spotify Premium.

The Spotify Open service is for those of you that have not been invited to the Spotify ‘party’. This service will give you 20 hours a month of ad-supported listening per month. So what are you thinking will happen to the Free Package? Well, Spotify have advised that this free service will still be available as long as you can get an invite.

What do you think of Spotify’s introduction to the new service? Do you think this is their way of slowing phasing out the free service? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think…

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Buying music from online stores has always been a rather dull and uninspiring experience – most stores are great if you know what sort of music you want to buy, but quite often they fall well short when it’s come to musical discovery.

mFlow looks to change this experience with their new ‘social’ music store, it looks to revolutionise the way we buy music. It marries buying music with social aspects of Twitter and Facebook.

The way it works is very clever, mFlow has over 2 million tracks for you to listen to and buy, costing 79p they are DRM free and come in 320kps quality – nothing new their then.

Where the revolution comes is your ‘flow,’ when you sign up to the service you are given a username and you are allowed to follow other users – these range from famous artists, labels, DJs and bloggers.

Once you have a few people to follow their suggestions of music end up on your flow screen, you are able to listen to the track in full once, if you decide to buy the track the recommender is rewarded with 20% of the cost of the track and credited to their account.

If any of your followers then buy a track of your recommendation you will also receive 20% of the value of the track in your account. You can actually make money by recommending music.

The follow system is very similar to twitter, it looks to change the way we listen and buy music. If you are searching for music through their library you are limited to as many 30 second clips as you want; if you flow the track your followers they can listen to the track in full once. Thus protecting the track from unscrupulous recording that can happen on services like Spotify.

The catalogue already has over 2 million tracks in it, from labels including Beggars Group (XL Recordings), PIAS, Domino, INgrooves, EPM, Skint, Republic Of Music, 360, Toolroom, Buzzin’ Fly, Ministry of Sound and Freerange Records – with many more on the way

We have been using the service for over a week now and we love it – we have already earner £2 back from our recommendations, which was credited back to our account allowing us to buy more music.

mFlow really is a clever way to buy music; it rewards people who love music and if their was a choice between buying a track on mFlow or any other music store I would choose mFlow every time.

Sharing music through mFlow is a genuinely fun experience and we hope that mFlow takes off as it is another fantastic way to find great new music.

Check out the introduction video from mFlow and Zane Lowe below.

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Spotify, the music service which is currently only available in Europe has announced some additional features which could make it easier for users to share tracks with their friends.

Spotify has integrated Facebook Connect which will enable you to create a profile and publish playlists. The way that it will work is by adding ‘friends’ by using the ‘Add Friend’ feature on Facebook or just simply inputting their name and sharing your music.

As well as this, ‘Playlist’ has been given a new lease of life with a counter indicating how many people are currently subscribed, as well being able to see who added what and when it was added in the collaborative playlist.

A new ‘Inbox’ feature has been included which will offer users the opportunity to send individual tracks, albums and artists to people by dragging and dropping content onto their name and any music which your friends have posted on Facebook will be viewable on Spotify too.

There are a whole host of more features which include the support for local music files, allowing to automatically replace broken links as well as being able to ‘star’ messages.

The update should be rolled out over the next few weeks however if you can’t wait until then to update then head over to Spotify to download the update now and take advantage of all the new yummy social music features it has to offer.

Have you downloaded the new Spotify update? What did you think you think of it? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think…

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Do you remember when MP3 players were just blocky, incredibly uncool looking things? Back before iPods and Creatives and Zunes began to start a war over sleek but incredibly expensive app packed status symbols, all that used to matter was that you could hold a few albums on there.

I miss those days. I have a Zune, which I bought following advice from a very tech savvy friend. Turns out he was a twit because the Zune has a horrible interface and software, but hey – at least it looks good!

Well sod that, I want a Lego MP3 player. It might only hold 2GB of songs but it looks fun, and makes me smile. Plus it’s £35 and if I can dig out the old Lego blocks my Grandad had I can also build it into structures. Which is just cool. As mentioned in the Christmas gift guides they do a camera too. And a CD Player. Soon I could have the full scale Lego house I always dreamed of…

Play (£34.99)

Lego MP3 Player makes music fun again is a post from: UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping Site - Gaj-It.com