Today Apple announced a new iPhone. In a less than revolutionary move it will be dubbed the iPhone 4S and looks almost identical to the iPhone 4 on the outside with just a few exceptions. The primary new features include a faster A5 processor and a feature that takes full advantage of the extra speed and some added memory capacity: Siri will help you interact with your iPhone in a new way – via speech instead of just typing.

Our sister site, GottaBeMobile.com has provided stellar coverage of the update. Here are some of the highlights that you can check out to get all the details on Apple’s new flagship smartphone, now on Sprint in addition to Verizon and AT&T starting October 12.

As we said, Siri stole the show taking the prime spot in Apple’s presentation today. With only minor hardware changes this press event focused on the software changes being added. Siri lets you control the iPhone by speaking to the phone with natural language. For example you can say, “Do I need a raincoat?” and it will check the weather and let you know if you it’s going to be sunny or rainy. It speaks back with a very natural sounding computer-generated voice. If it behaves as smoothly as the demo made it look, this will be a nice advancement for voice control.

In addition to the Siri Assistant, the iPhone 4S will add AirPlay mirroring to the iPhone. This should help people like teachers, business people who make presentations, gamers and those who love carrying a video library on their phone. Use either an Apple TV or the Dock to VGA or HDMI adapters to plug your iPhone 4S into an external display.

In a somewhat anti-climactic move the presentation today started off with the typical bragging about Apple numbers (sales figures, market share, etc) and then went on to show a new app. Cards will let you send cards via snail mail to your friends and family. This one feels like a gift to the post office rather than a revolutionary new product.

Another new feature of the software will be Find My Friends which can assist iPhone 4S users in locating people much like the Google Latitude app. Users can control when the feature shows their location. I know that if my kids had this on their phones, I’d be stoked. We’ll see who useful it will be when we can play with it.

To learn when the new phones will be available and where check out the post at GBM on availability. They share that you can get one on Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Three iterations provide 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of storage for $199, $299 or $399 respectively. Both a white and black phone will be available. You can begin pre-ordering the phone starting October 7. No time was given.

Below is a video from BBC demoing the new phone:

If you already have an iPhone and don’t want the new Siri Assistant feature, you can get most of the new features via an iOS upgrade to iOS 5 which should drop October 12. And the new iCloud, Apple’s cloud storage, backup and sync service, will also be available then too with 5GB being free and additional storage for a price. Hit the link above for details.

However, if the cool new features don’t sway you, a great comparison between the iPhone and some popular alternatives will give all the details. Included in the comparison post are the following:

• Samsung Galaxy S II with Android
• BlackBerry Bold 9900
• HTC Titan Windows Phone
• HP Pre 3 with PalmOS

Of those, I’m eying the Samsung Galaxy S II. The new iPhone 4S was just not enough to make me switch back … I think!

Apple Announces iPhone 4S with Siri and Faster Processor is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

Apple has kicked off their annual Back to School promotion, with a new twist. Instead of a free iPod Touch, Apple is including a $100 iTunes gift card with the purchase of a new Mac. The gift card isn’t as good as a $200 iPod Touch, but it still offers a great extra on top of the traditional student discounts.

The Back to School iTunes gift card is worth $100 with no strings attached and you can use it in the Mac App Store to pick up some new back to school software or you can use it in the App Store to pick up some new iPhone and iPad apps. If you don’t need apps, the credit will also work in iTunes for music and movies or in iBooks.

To get a Mac with a free $100 App Store gift card you need to be accepted to a college, a current college student, a parent buying for a college student or a Faculty or Staff member teaching at any grade level. When you purchase a new Mac, you should shop in the online Apple Education store, bring proof that you are a student to an Apple Retail location or pick up your Mac at an authorized Campus Store.

In addition to the $100 worth of apps and media you get $50 to $100 off the most popular Macs including all of the Apple notebooks. Below you’ll find the student discount pricing on Apple notebooks.

• MacBook – $899 – $100 off
• MacBook Pro – $1,099 – $200 off
• MacBook Air – $949 – $100 off

While we imagine that most students will find a way to use the $100 App credit, you can subsidize the cost of your MacBook purchase by selling the code on eBay or Craigslist for a $5 to $10 discount. This is an excellent way to drop the price of your new MacBook down to $800 — which is an amazing deal for a brand new MacBook.

The Apple Back to School deal runs from June 16th through September 20th and is valid on qualifying Mac models including the MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac notebooks purchased direct form Apple or from an Apple Authorized Campus Store.

Back To School: Buy a Mac get $100 worth of Apps Free is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

Thanks to Computex 2011 in Taipei we have a large collection of new notebooks to share with you. We also have some new news about smartphones and tablets, including an in-depth look at the HP TouchPad from Computex. Don’t forget, if you signed up for our reader meetup tonight, you should grab your ticket and get to the venue for your chance to win a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a collection of Samsung smartphones. You can also meet up with many of the GottaBeMobile writers.

New Notebooks for the Week of June 3rd

• ASUS Shows Off Republic of Gamers G53SX Naked Eye 3D Notebook
  ASUS is showing of some new 3D gaming notebooks at Computex, including their new Republic of Gamers G53SX Naked Eye 3D. They call it the “world’s first naked-eye 3D laptop meaning you can have 3D gaming or video without the need for those annoying 3D glasses.
• MSI F Series Gains FX620DX and FX420 with Quad Core Options, GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA
  MSI showed off a wide array of new notebooks at Computex this week including updates to the premium F series line of notebooks. The new MSI F620DX notebook and the FX420 are what MSI calls the “supercar of laptops,” due to a collection of performance, looks and multimedia options.
• ASUS Announces ROG G74Sx 3D Gaming Notebook
  ASUS announced a new 3D gaming notebook for the hard-core gamer called the ASUS G74Sx. It is part of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) line which is designed for serious gamers who want the power to run any game they choose anywhere they please.
• MSI CX640, CX670 and CX480 C Series Notebooks Arrive w/ Latest Intel and AMD Processors
  MSI announced a trio of new notebooks in the C Series lineup at Computex 2011 this week. The new C Series notebooks include the MSI CX640 as well as the MSI CX670 and CX480 which have 15.6″ displays.
• MSI X460 Arrives with Slim Design, Sandy Bridge & GeForce GT540M
  MSI announced a collection of new notebooks at Computex 2011 including the MSI X460, the latest addition to the MSI X Series of notebooks. This new X series notebook packs a decent amount of power into a size that looks like a perfect fit for students.
• Lenovo Unveils IdeaPad U300s UltraBook at Computex
  Intel is doing all it can to push the new UltraBook platform and it appears that they have convinced Lenovo to get on board with the IdeaPad U300s/U3s Ultrabook at Computex 2011.
• Dell Latitude E6420 XFR and ATG Bring Rugged Power to Police and Professionals
  Dell has just announced the Dell Latitude E6420 XFR fully rugged notebook and the Dell Latitude E6420 ATG semi-rugged notebook with the latest Intel Sandy Bridge processors and discrete graphics. These rugged and semi-rugged notebooks aren’t just designed to be standalone tools, but rather full solutions for users that need to meet specific needs.
• MSI GT683 Gaming Notebook Arrives with NVIDIA GTX 560M GPU and $1,599 Price
  MSI has unveiled the MSI GT683, first notebook to ship with the NVIDIA GTX 560M GPU, both of which were announced at Computex 2011 this week.
• ASUS UX21 UltraPortable Tries to Out-Air the MacBook Air (Video)
  ASUS introduced a the new UX Series notebooks at Computex 2011 today, showing off the ASUS UX Series ultraportable notebook which measures 17mm at the thickest point and 3mm at the thinnest and weighs 2.4 pounds. One look at the ASUS UX and it will be clear to you which notebook the company is going after.

Notebook News for the Week of June 3rd

• Apple Handling Early Malware Threats More Aggressively Than Microsoft
  Apple released an update yesterday that deals with the MacDefender problem and also will help you avoid future infections. It adds a new tool to the security features of OS X that daily updates a list of known malware.
• Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Cleans Viruses and Malware
  Microsoft has released the Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper, a new tool that works alongside Microsoft Security Essentials, as an advanced system cleaner. If you have a difficult to remove malware or virus problem, this new tool from Microsoft may be able to detect and remove the problem.
• Apple Offers MacBook Bottom Case Replacement Program
  Due to an issue affecting the white plastic MacBook model where the bottom plastic cover would separate from the rubber, Apple is offering a case replacement program.
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M Notebooks Arrive Today with Optimus at Gaming SweetSpot
  NVIDIA just announced the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M mobile notebook GPU which is the latest gaming GPU to roll off the lines at NVIDIA with support for Direct X11, NVIDIA PhysX, NVIDIA 3D Vision, 3DTV Play and for the first time NVIDIA Optimus.
• Steve Jobs To Unveil OS X Lion, iOS 5 & iCloud at WWDC
  Steve Jobs will be on hand at WWDC to unveil OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud next week on June 6, 2011 at 10:00 am PDT. OS X Lion and iOS 5 are the next versions of Apple’s operating systems for the computer and mobile devices.
• Intel Attempts to Define Computing Future with Thin “Ultraboooks” Starting under $1,000
  At Computex 2011 Intel announced a new plan to help usher in a new class of thin ultraportable notebooks that cost less than $1,000. Intel is calling these new notebooks “Ultrabooks” and wants to move at least 40% of the consumer notebooks to this thin form factor by the end of 2012.

Smartphone and Tablet News for the week of June 3rd

• Ahead of WWDC, iPhone 6 Rumors Abound
  Ahead of Apple’s annual congregation of developers at WWDC 2011 in San Francisco, California, a destination where the company is expected to showcase the latest features of iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion, rumors of the next-generation iPhone hardware are picking up momentum.
• Crux Loaded Case Turns iPad 2 Into Asus Transformer, But Is It Worth the Price?
  For iPad 2 owners looking on at the Asus Eee Pad Transformer‘s clever laptop dock in envy, Crux is bringing its Crux Loaded case to the second-generation iOS tablet to enable the same functionality.
• 5 Features iOS 5 Needs to Make Me Switch from Android [WWDC]
  What iOS 5 neeeds to stay in competition with Android and convert one of our editors.
• Asus PadFone Details, First Impression & Hands On Video Roundup
  Asus has unveiled a new tablet concept at Computex 2011 called the Asus PadFone, which has an opening in the back that allows you to dock your smartphone to power the tablet, similar to how the Motorola Atrix 4G powers a laptop dock.
• Windows 8 Touch Interface Impresses But Is It Enough?
  Well, Microsoft took the wraps off their touch tablet strategy yesterday and if I had to describe the effort in one word, it would be “impressive”.
• Ever Wanted An HTC Smartphone Running WebOS? Well, You Might Just Get It
  HP’s CEO Leo Apotheker is open to licensing his company’s mobile software, webOS, to companies like HTC.
• Verizon Announces 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Pre-Orders Start June 8th
  Verizon has made the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 official which means that Big Red is finally going to have a 4G LTE capable tablet within its stable of devices.
• High on Apple’s iCloud: Top 5 Reasons to Care Even If You’re Not a Music Lover
  We’ve been talking about iTunes streaming, cloud storage, music streaming, and a digital locker for some time now at GottaBeMobile, and here are the top five things that may shape iCloud, though some of these items may take time to happen.

Weekly Wrapup: Notebook, Tablet and Smartphone News & Reviews (June 3rd) is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

This week we have another collection of great smartphone and notebook reviews to keep you in tune with the latest and greatest technology. We also have come features that will help you get your work done in a coffee shop or stay active while you work in your office.

If you missed out on our reader meetup for June 3rd in San Francisco, don’t delay. We just received a new allotment of tickets and more prizes. Stop down, enjoy some cocktails and chat with your favorite tech writers from GottaBeMobile, SlashGear, Android Community, IntoMobile, BetaNews and Netshelter. In all we are giving away 10 Samsung Galaxy Tab Wi-Fi’s, 5 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1′s and five different smartphones!

Smartphone and Tablet News for the week of May 27th

• Android Tablets Aren’t Made To Be Held The Right Way
  Tim Bray, Google’s Developer Advocate for Android, has taken a stand on tablet orientation, and he says portrait mode is the way to go. I wouldn’t go that far, but he makes some good points. Unfortunately, the problem isn’t with how people are holding their Android tablets, but how manufacturers are designing them.
• 10 Ways to Fight Desk Job Death & Stay Active at Work
  A new study of how Americans work shows that as we have made the move to desk jobs we have become less active, leading to obesity and other health issues. Here are 10 ways to stay active.
• Top 50 Android Apps, Widgets and Shortcuts – What’s On My Android Homescreen
  Here’s a look at my Android home screen which includes my most used apps, widgets and shortcuts for Android.
• Is There a Lack of Smartphone Diversity on Verizon’s 4G LTE Network?
  Granted, 4G LTE and its consumer-facing devices are still in an infancy period having only been recently made available for purchase within the last few months, but the three Android smartphones–two of which are available today and one coming later this week–all exhibit similar traits.
• Sprint Poaching Motorola Droid X2 from Verizon, Launching as Photon 4G?
  Sprint may be adopting another handset from Verizon Wireless–the Now Network had previously announced that it will be launching the Verizon Motorola Droid Pro as the Motorola XPRT on its network–and this time it’s the Droid X2, which would launch as the Photon 4G.
• HTC ThunderBolt Reboot Fix Coming Soon, Verizon Offering Trade-In to Those Affected?
  HTC and Verizon are well aware of the random reboot issues that have been plaguing the HTC ThunderBolt since it was updated earlier this month. In fact, it appears that Verizon is on the verge of releasing a fix for the issues as its apparently ready and will head to Verizon employees with ThunderBolt’s first and then to the general public if all goes smoothly.

Smartphone Reviews for May 27th

• Motorola Droid X2 Review (Video)
  You know the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, Motorola and Verizon apparently had that phrase posted all over their offices when mulling over ideas for the successor to the original Motorola Droid X because the Motorola Droid X2 is a splitting image of its older brother. Thankfully it adds a qHD display and dual core processor.
• Square: Small Business Owners Love This Mobile Payment System (video review)
  From what I can tell, small business owners absolutely love Square and the service is going viral. Spin City Cafe is an example of one business I frequent that uses Square.
• How To Tether To Your Android Phone with WiFi Tether
  WiFi Tether is an app for rooted Android phones that lets you use your phone as a wireless hotspot. This allows users to bypass carriers’ built-in Wi-Fi hotspot software, which is especially helpful on phones that come with unreliable hotspot apps, such as the HTC Thunderbolt.

New Notebooks for the Week of May 27th

• Dell XPS 15z: Thinnest 15″ PC on the Planet, Takes on MacBook Pro
  The Dell XPS 15z may look like a MacBook Pro, but it has a few extras you won’t find on Apple’s high end notebook.
• Sony VAIO S Packs High Res Display an Optical Drive into Tiny Package
  Sony delivers a crazy high 1600×900 resolution on the 13.3″ VAIO S.
• Quad Core AMD Llano Processor Inbound to HP Pavilion dv6
  AMD FUsion A Quad Core processors are likely to hit HP notebooks next month
• Eee PC Netbook with MacBook Air Styling Coming at Computex
  Asus is teasing a MacBook Air looking netbook to be unveiled at Computex. Check out what it might look like.
• Notebook Designed for Seniors and Aging Population
  We hope a manufacturer brings these notebooks designed to meet the needs of the elderly into production.
• Sony Vaio F Notebooks Arrive Packing a Multimedia Punch
  Sony unleashes a second upgrade, this time to the VAIO F notebooks with a full 1080P HD display and multimedia touches.
• Panasonic Toughbook 31 Continues to Set Benchmark for Rugged Notebooks
  Panasonic adds Sandy Bridge processors to the new Toughbook 31 notebook. This refresh also allows the screen to go form super bright all the way down to 2 nit for use in nighttime applications.

Notebook News for the Week of May 27th

• Amazon Mac App Store Launches With Apps You Can’t Get in Apple’s Store
  Amazon’s new Mac App Store has apps you can’t get direct from Apple’s App store like Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac.
• New MacDefender Called MacGuard Installs Without Your Password
  Malware authors continue to pester Mac users with fake antivirus software. Now you don’t even need to enter your password to install the software.
• Kanex mLinq USB to HDMI Adapter Gives Macs a 2nd or 3rd Display
  Use the Kanex mLinq to turn your Mac’s USB port into a HDMI port capable of connecting to a monitor or HDTV.
• 11 Last Minute High School Graduation Gifts That Don’t Suck – Tech, Gadgets and Games
  Need a fast graduation gift for a high school senior? Check out our list of Graduation gifts that will actually get used.
• 10 Tips To Getting Things Done While Working at a Coffee Shop
  After spending 3 to 5 days a week working from a coffee shop for the last 5 months, we share our secrets to getting things done while working from a mobile office.

Notebook and Accessory Reviews for May 27th

• Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 Offers Basics [Review]
  The Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse 5000 is a capable Bluetooth mouse, but doesn’t stand out, even with a low price.
• Verbatim Touch Mouse Brings Apple Magic Mouse Feel to Windows [Review]
  Verbatim brings touch to the mobile mouse, a la the Apple Magic Mouse, but doesn’t deliver on the experience.

Weekly Wrapup: Notebook, Tablet and Smartphone News & Reviews (May 27th) is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

At our sister site Chuong Ngyen posted that Apple may be dumping Intel to switch their entire Mac lineup over to ARM processors. If true it would be the second time Apple has made such a switch, jumping from RISC to Intel in the last decade. Citing a rumor from SemiAccurate, a site the properly predicted the switch to ATI graphics, Chuong said that this would unify the Apple lineup of devices on the same platform. They already use an ARM based processor (the Apple A4 and A5 chips) in their iOS devices.

Imagine if all of those iOS devices and all Mac OS X computers ran on the same platform. The coming OS X Lion update is shifting towards a more iOS-like interface. Apple may want to take that a step further in the next couple of years so they can develop just one operating system.

If Apple had a custom ARM processor as their foundation, then they could maintain tighter control. Apple could prevent third-party manufacturers from making fake Macs called “Hackintoshes” where a user or company loads OS X on another Intel based computer.

Speaking of tight control, if Apple moves further in the direction of iOS, then every piece of software installed would come through an App store, like it does now on all iOS devices so long as they are not jailbroken. Apple would get an even bigger pool of money from which to innovate and dominate since they take 30% of all app profit from their app store.

The problem with this rumor is twofold, at the least. First, as Chuong points out, developers would not be happy. The number of developers who would have to shift in a totally new direction to support the change is far larger than it was years ago when Apple made the RISC to Intel jump. Developers are an important lifeline for any computing platform. Making them unhappy is not something you want to do.

Proponents of this shift, however, would say that OS X and iOS are not so far apart that developers could not port their apps. Look how many apps have been ported between the two. iOS would have to developer into a more powerful operating system to sustain some of the very advanced software that can run on OS X, but that is not an impossible evolution. Also, the huge number of iOS apps would be able to sustain the new computing platform. I spoke to one iOS developer who creates a Bible app that I use and he said he would be interested in that possibility.

The biggest issue is the current close partnership with Intel and Apple. They worked together to develop the Thunderbolt port and Apple was given early access to Intel’s new Z68 chipset. No other company has this in their computers, yet you can buy an Apple with it now. Apple is cut throat enough to take with one hand while preparing to stab Intel in the back with the other, but will they?

Based on past history it is not impossible to think of this happening. Until Apple officially responds or makes an announcement about the shift, this is all just a rumor and not a very strong rumor at that. As Chuong said at the end of his post, the folks at SemiAccurate seem to have an anti-Intel bias.

Is Apple Dumping Intel for ARM? is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

Deleting Mac App Store apps is about to get even easier with Mac OS X 10.7, commonly known as OS X Lion, which is expected to arrive this summer. The latest version of OS X Lion was delivered to developers last Friday and included the ability to uninstall apps form your Mac just like you do on your iPhone.

The new method of uninstalling Mac Apps is just like you would find on your iPhone, and is apparently called up when using the new App Launchpad which provides easy access to your Mac Apps, much like the pages on your iPhone or iPad.

According to AppleiGuide, the feature can be accessed by clicking and holding on an app until the small “X” appears in the upper left corner. Users can click to delete the app from their Mac. Unfortunately this will only work with apps purchased from the Mac App Store.

Mac OS X Lion, OS X 10.7, is expected to be announced at WWDC in June and we expect to see many new features that deliver a more OS-like user experience. This move to a more iPhone style user interface has left some users wary, but it is likely a move by Apple to create a more seamless user experience across devices. This would make MacBooks and MacBook Pros more appealing to the average iPhone owner that has been contemplating a switch to Mac.

Via MacRumors.

Mac OS X Lion Getting an Easy iOS Style Uninstall Feature is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

Apple issued an update to iTunes bringing the release version number to 10.2.2. This update is not a major one. It has some minor bug fixes relating to syncing, iTunes store previews and stability. iTunes updates often come around the same time as an iOS release. The latest version of iOS 4.3.2 was recently released. One might guess that the iOS update was an anti-jailbreaking release since the previous version of iOS has already been jailbroken.

Here is the list of what Apple is saying is in this latest iTunes release.

iTunes 10.2.2 provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

• Addresses an issue where iTunes may become unresponsive when syncing an iPad.

• Resolves an issue which may cause syncing photos with iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to take longer than necessary.

• Fixes a problem where video previews on the iTunes Store may skip while playing.

• Addresses other issues that improve stability and performance.

As always, to get the update on a Mac, go to the Apple menu and select the software update item. In Windows use the Help menu in iTunes where you will find the update menu item. The details about the security updates in this release are at the Apple website. Apple doesn’t say much about security fixes in order to protect those who do not update in a timely fashion.

If you haven’t already, be sure to get the latest updates for Safari (on both Windows and Mac) as well as the update for OS X which is a security update. We recommend getting all security updates on both Windows and Mac as soon as you can. Once the manufacturers release these updates nefarious people may try to exploit systems that don’t apply the patches in order to gain control of your system or do harm to your system. You un-patched system could be used to do harm to others through the Internet without you knowing it.

Apple Updates iTunes to 10.2.2 with Minor Bug Fixes is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.

Apple is hard at work on delivering a better iPhone and iPad dock, or that’s what a recent patent for a hybrid DisplayPort, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt connector.

The new dock uses the same 30 pin design found on the standard iPhone and iPad cables, but with the inclusion of all these connectivity options, a single cable could pull data transfer duty on a wide array of devices.

Apple Thunderbolt USB 3.0 Dock Connector Patent

The upgraded dock could be just a patent issued to protect an idea, but it is quite likely that Apple will actually bring this one to market. Patently Apple, a blog dedicated to Apple patents, feels that a hybrid dock connector could come into use this year, or sometime in 2012.

The ability to use one cable, to connect to speedy Thunderbolt connections on Macs and high end notebooks, as well as USB 3.0 which will eventually be standard on entry level Windows notebooks.

Right now, this doesn’t mean much to you the end consumer, other than to let you know that yes, Apple is committed to the dock connector, even if what’s at the other end of the cable changes.

Via MacRumors

Apple Patents Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 iOS Dock Connector is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

A recent Apple patent reveals that Apple may be working on their own external battery pack for Apple notebooks, like the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air and the iPhone.

If Apple does make an external battery pack for the MacBook Pro, don’t expect a bulky battery pack, the patent points to a battery that would be integrated into the charging cable. Obviously this would limit the power for a MacBook, but there are already numerous iPhone charging battery packs that are quite small and can double the battery life of your iPhone.

External Macbook Battery Patent

The patent also points to the possibility of wireless charging, allowing you to keep your MacBook Air charged up without even pluggin in.

While Apple notebooks get relatively good battery life, HyperJuice is well known for selling extended batteries that can keep your MacBook going for hours and hours longer than the standard battery.

When it comes to the iPhone, it’s hard to find a hardcore user without a Mophie Juice pack strapped to the back of the power hungry iPhone.

Apple has been battling HyperJuice for some time, on the argument that the Apple owns patents on the MagSafe adapter. HyperJuice has since changed the extended MacBook Pro batteries to use the Apple Airline adapter and is working on offering a kit to make your own connection.

Apple May be Working on MacBook and iPhone Battery Pack is a post by Josh Smith from Notebooks.com.

mSpot announced that they are increasing their cloud music storage service to 5GB to match the free storage Amazon Cloud Drive offers. mSpot works like Amazon’s new Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. It plays the music in a browser streamed from the Internet. Your music is available on any computer with an Internet browser and a decent Internet connection. mSpot also has mobile apps for playing your stored music.

When Amazon announced its Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player music service, the world took note. mSpot has had this service for a while. mSpot was limited to 2GB of free storage. When Amazon offered 5GB, mSpot chose to match the offer.

mSpot works on both iOS and Android devices

Unlike Amazon, mSpot does not offer music for sale. To get more than 5GB with mSpot you will have to pay $3.99/month. Amazon will increase the free storage limit to 20GB if you buy an album from Amazon.

mSpot offers two storage options

mSpot does claim to do a good job of caching your music so that it won’t stop playing even when wireless data signals get week on a smartphone. They also offer a movie service. Some Internet enabled TVs have mSpot’s player built-in as well.

mSpot Cloud Music Service Raises Storage Limit and Works on iOS is a post by Kevin Purcell from Notebooks.com.