First and foremost, I would like to apologize for the lack of posts this past week, I have been very busy this week and now that I am back, hopefully I can get back on routine.

Rumors are suggesting that we may see an iPad 2 coming in February, if this is true then we could be looking at possibly dual cameras, newer or possibly a retina display and more! Foxconn the manufacturer is believed to start at around 400,000 units and production could start in January. Many companies which provide service for 3G tablets such as Verizon, AT&T and in Canada: Rogers, Bell etc. Believe that 2011 will be the year of the tablet, they noticed the number of tablet sales is growing by a large amount. Essentially I also believe that the iPad 2 will be released early next year, because it will put up great competition with the upcoming Blackberry Playbook. If not for the iPad 2 coming up, then the Blackberry Playbook, will most likely take over Apple's sales. This also depends on the pricing of the Playbook, which has not been determined.

All in all, I hope to see an iPad coming soon and if it does so happen to receive dual cameras and much more upgrades we might be looking at many more buyers!

That's it for today's post.

The Kindle which has been selling through Amazon for quite some time now, was at the #1 peak for most popular product, that was until the release of the iPad. Now that the iPad is here, it has taken sales of Kindle from 62% down to 47% whereas the iPad has now gone from 16% to 32%. This isn't looking too good for Amazon's Kindle, and we can kind of expect that for paying around $300 more than a Kindle you get much more for your dollar, such as surfing the web, apps, and full colour screen which is much bigger than a Kindle.

The Kindle has also taken a hit in the customer satisfaction department, where the Kindle shows 54% of users are satisfied, whereas the iPad shows 75%. It's no surprise as Apple had taken the top spot in reliability compared to other companies back when had written a post about it, and from the charts it looks like the sales of the Kindle will just continue to drop.

Black Friday occurs every year, in the U.S. and is one of the most popular days of the year, where many international travellers go to get items at great savings. Apple has known to offer some great sales of Macintoshes and this year we will also look at lowered prices on the iPad, iPod Touch and even other accessories. Just right now I was browsing through the site and found a page which showed the slashed down prices which we will see on Friday!

iOS 4.2 was released just a couple of days ago and I am sure many people have updated and have tried it by now. Users with an Apple TV, must be very excited as this update contains Airplay and Airtunes. The ability to wirelessly stream music and videos from your iOS device onto your Apple TV. So far after many people giving it a try, I noticed that Airplay isn't bang on yet... What I mean by this is, when streaming through photos, there seems to be a noticeable amount of lag and that can't be a good thing... The movie streaming from the ones downloaded on your device works, just fine. Although many people tried streaming Netflix, and that did not work so great... Apparently only audio goes through to the Apple TV and not the video... Were not sure if this bug goes towards everyone or a few users. We hope Apple will fix this issue. Other than that I say Airplay is pretty decent. 

Many iPad users will be excited because of the fact, they will finally receive multitasking, along with the other slew of features which the other iPod lineup have already received. The 4.2 gold release for developers was released around mid November and now it is officially released for the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. The 4.2 release features Airprint, which is a new feature that allows for wireless printing directly from your iOS device, but for this to be possible, your printer must also be wireless. On the other hand Airplay was also released and this allows for streaming music, movies, videos directly from your iOS device onto your Apple TV. Now making the Apple TV much more functional and usable. The previous feature that was available to mobile me users, known as Find my lost device. Is now available for free, for all iPhone 4's, iPad's, and the 4th generation iPod Touch. This will be enabled after the update. There are also small bits of new features as well. Such as the fact, notes application has the ability to change fonts, the ability to rent movies from the iTunes store and replying to events on your calendar.

It's been a decade since iTunes was launched and known for carrying every song and artist album, the only band which they did not keep music of was The Beatles. Now how can they keep everyone else apart of iTunes but not The Beatles for so long? This was due to the fact there were many court issues over the name "Apple" and copyright issues with EMI. It took them 10 years to reach to a final conclusion, and I am sure it's one where consumers and even Apple would like. The Beatles were probably one of the only bands where their music was not downloadable digitally, through stores. With this change will we see any change in sales of music at iTunes? Well it's definitely what most people were waiting for. Some might be disappointed because they were expecting a streaming music service to come, but that will have to wait. So things are getting better for Apple and it's great to see The Beatles apart of iTunes.

I am not sure if many of you had saw this, but Apple had posted something on their site today, that we might be in for something special tomorrow. They didn't say that it will be a keynote, but they said to check back on the site tomorrow for a special iTunes announcement. There were many rumors released regarding this announcement, some already know that iOS 4.2 will be coming tomorrow, but others believe we might see a big change in iTunes? Or perhaps maybe a music subscription service? Could iTunes bring in such a change that it might affect the iPod lineup? This is something the music industry is probably interested in as well! Stay tuned for more news!