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Hello, as expected, the Chronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team have released the A4 untethered for 5.0.1 based on my work.

It is exactly the same set of files, either distributed as a Cydia package for those that are already tethered or a redsn0w bundle for new users.

They both did a great job testing and integrating the payload.

Here is a link to their respective blog posts :
- Chronic Dev Team : http://greenpois0n.com/?p=150
- iPhone Dev Team : http://blog.iphone-dev.org
temporary redsn0w download links: http://pastie.org/3078869

Happy jailbreaking !!!

~pod2g

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ACTION MOVIE FX lets you add Hollywood FX using your iPhone's video camera! YOU direct the ACTION! And FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME – 2 Movie FX packs!!Here's how it works:Select a Scene like "MISSILE ATTACK," film a target and ACTION MOVIE FX adds an INCOMING MISSILE AND ITS EXPLOSION right into your movie!FEATURES:• 2 FREE Big-Budget FX! MISSILE ATTACK & CAR SMASH!• Sound Design By Skywalker Sound!• Fast, Automated Video Tracking!• Music, Sound FX and Lens Flares!• Post to Facebook or Email to friends!USES:Look like an action star as you evade a massive CAR CRASH!Direct a MISSILE ATTACK at that broken office printer!**Post your videos to Facebook & show the world what you got!**GET CREATIVE! Shoot your movies at ANY SCALE – from toys to life-size! ADDITIONAL FX FOR PURCHASE:•CHOPPER DOWN & TORNADO ACTION BUNDLEUnleash a TORNADO in any weather OR bring an enemy CHOPPER DOWN!•AIRSTRIKE & FIRE FIGHT ATTACK BUNDLECARPET BOMB the bad guys, or RUN FOR COVER as they OPEN FIRE!MORE FX TO COME – STAY TUNED!!!Requirements:• iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or 4S• iPad 2• iPod Touch 4th GenSupport & Tips:Please email support@actionmoviefx.com with support questions or requests for tips!

Publisher Economic Times reports that Apple intends to honor the memory of who died October 5, 2011 former CEO Steve Jobs, in conjunction with the launch of third generation tablets iPad for his birthday. The deceased was born on February 24. However, the resource is 9 to 5 Mac, usually provides a sufficiently accurate information on the announcements of Apple, said that new products are usually presented on Tuesday or Wednesday, and February 24, 2012 falls on a Friday. From this it is concluded that 24 device is already in the shops (the usual practice, when sales of new products will start on the last working day of the week), and its announcement will take place earlier - in late January or early February. iPad first was presented on Wednesday, January 27, and in sale on Saturday, April 3. His successor was shown on Wednesday, March 2, and in sale on Friday, March 11. At the time of announcement of the tablet iPad 2 Steve Jobs was already on sick leave, but specially for the event came to personally introduce novelty. According to rumors the difference between the second and third versions of the iPad will not be so large so early a date out to the market model is quite realistic, subject to the condition that the partners will Apple provide a sufficient number of components by the end of February.

When Apple launched its Newsstand feature in iTunes this fall, the idea was that giving newspaper and magazine publishers their own dedicated shelf space — for those who signed on to Apple’s subscription program – would boost sales.
And perhaps it has. After the feature launched in October, there were a flurry of press releases and reports about increases in downloads and activity, though every report I saw listed percentage increases, not actual numbers.
But here are some, from Bonnier’s Popular Science mag app, in convenient chart form. The jump you see in the second week of October corresponds with the launch of Newsstand:

The chart comes to us courtesy of Mag+, Bonnier’s tablet-publishing software business. And as Mag+ CEO Staffan Ekholm points out, the really promising indicator for Pop Sci isn’t the one-week sales leap of 13 percent — it’s that the the magazine’s growth picked up after that week, with more velocity.
It’s very easy to caveat this report  – the most obvious thing to point out is that Pop Sci is a title that resonates particularly well with the iTunes market. But it’s still nice to see actual sales data, no matter how anecdotal.
The next thing I’d love to see, though I’m not sure how easy it will be to suss out, is how often readers return to Newsstand apps. In my personal experience, I find that I end up visiting the New York Times’ app much less frequently now that it’s stored in the Newsstand. I wish I could pull it out on its own, so it could sit next to stuff I use all the time, like Instapaper and Twitter. If anyone wants to offer up usage stats, you’ve got an open platform here.

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A German court previously decided to prohibit the sale of a Samsung tablet because of the similarity with the products of Apple, previously determined that the revised model is no longer yavlyaetsya copy iPad. Although this decision is not final, but the likelihood that an Apple representative will be able to prove the converse is not too large. The final decision will be made at the hearing, scheduled for February 9, 2012. As stated by Judge Joanna Hoffman-Brueckner (Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann): «According to the court, the defendant is sufficiently protected by the law away from the design." In the opinion of the representatives of the plaintiff, model Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 N was created exclusively for the German market, and continues to violate the intellectual property rights of Apple. Succeed or not an American company to retain a ban on the sale of its main competitor iPad tablet on one of the major European markets is not yet clear. On the other hand, carried away to Apple fighting only with Samsung, while other manufacturers are bringing to market a variety of models, which continue to decrease the proportion of all iPad tablet making.

The Grand Theft Auto 3 app for the iPhone has seen a price drop with the price being slashed by a pound, dropping from £2.99 to £1.99.It has revamped graphics, some new character models and customised controls for the iPhone's touchscreen. The new release of Grand Theft Auto on the iPhone has seen some really positive reviews - and for this price it is certainly a must for any fan of the original.But apart from the ace gameplay and top visuals, the thing that really made GTA 3 great was the classic audio and you'll be pleased to hear that the original soundtrack is present in all its glory - jingles and all.We've given it a thorough going over in our recent App of the Day slot, so head over there now, read the review, and then grab yourself a bargain from the App Store.source

A German court rejected Apple's claims that Samsung Electronics' reworked tablet PC still looks like a copycat version of the iPad, in a preliminary assessment.

Apple is fighting several rival makers of smartphones and tablet PCs in courts worldwide over intellectual property.

Its battle with Samsung, which is Apple's supplier as well as a competitor, has been especially bitter, with some 30 legal cases in 10 countries.

"According to the court's assessment, the defendant has moved away sufficiently from the legally protected design," Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said in court on Thursday.

Brueckner-Hofmann added that a ruling was slated for February 9.

In response to an earlier court ruling in Apple's favour, Samsung had redesigned its Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the German market only and named it Galaxy Tab 10.1N.

But Apple challenged the reworked version as well, seeking an injunction that would ban Samsung from marketing the product in Europe's largest consumer market.

Samsung, for its part, earlier this week filed new claims in a separate dispute related to telecommunications standard technology with Apple for alleged patent infringements in Germany.

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Electronic Arts and Gameloft are arguably the most prolific interactive entertainment publishers and it is especially true on Apple’s platform that helped mainstream gaming on smartphones. Per usual: the two publishers launched respective holiday game sale promotions. There is a lot to look forward to because triple-As that used to cost anywhere between a $2 and $10 are now temporarily slashed to just $0.99See all games here: (Gameloft iTunes) (EA iTunes)These games include the latest and greatest releases as well as best sellers, such as Gameloft’s Nova 2 for iPad and Electronic Arts’ Need for Speed series. If you have been looking to bolster your gaming credibility, now is the time to take the plunge. In all, over 100 EA games and nearly 20 Gameloft titles are on sale this Christmas. Check out the full list of discounted games below. Electronic Arts Holiday SaleiPad:Battlefield: Bad CompanyBattleshipBoggleBop It!Command & Conquer: Red AlertDead SpaceFIFA 12Madden NFL 12Mirror’s EdgeMonopolyMonopoly Here & NowNBA JamNeed for Speed Hot PursuitPictureka!RISKSimCity DeluxeTetrisThe Game of LifeTransformers: Dark of the Moon HDTrenches IITrivial Pursuit Master EditionUltimate Mortal Kombat 3Yahtzee HDiPhone:Battlefield: Bad CompanyBattleshipBoggleBop It!ClueCommand & Conquer: Red AlertConnect 4Dead SpaceFIFA 12Fight Night ChampionMadden NFL 12Mirror’s EdgeMMAMonopolyMonopoly Here & NowNBA JamNeed for Speed Hot PursuitNeed for Speed UndercoverPictureka!RISKSimCity DeluxeThe Simpsons ArcadeThe Sims AmbitionsThe Sims 3 World AdventuresSkate ItSpore CreaturesTetrisThe Game of LifeTransformers: Dark of the MoonTrenches IIUltimate Mortal Kombat 3Yahtzee AdventuresGameloft Holiday Sale (via TouchArcade)9mm - $6.99 → $.99Assassin’s Creed – Altair’s Chronicles - $4.99 → $.99Assassin’s Creed – Altair’s Chronicles for iPad - $6.99 → $.99BackStab - $6.99 → $.99Driver - $2.99 → $.99Fast Five the Movie: Official Game - $4.99 → $.99Fast Five the Movie: Official Game for iPad - $4.99 → $.99Gameloft Action Pack - $4.99 → $.99Gameloft Sports Pack - $4.99 – $.99Gangstar Rio: City of Saints - $6.99 → $.99Iron Man 2 - $4.99 → $.99Iron Man 2 for iPad - $4.99 → $.99James Cameron’s Avatar - $4.99 → $.99James Cameron’s Avatar for iPad - $4.99 → $.99NOVA 2 - $6.99 → $.99NOVA 2 for iPad - $6.99 → $.99Rayman 2: The Great Escape - $4.99 → $.99The Settlers - $4.99 → $.99Silent Ops - $6.99 → $.99Spider-Man: Total Mayhem - $6.99 → $.99Spider-Man: Total Mayhem for iPad - $6.99 → $.99Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard - $ → $.99Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard for iPad - $ → $.99source

It is our pleasure to release our latest Distimo Publication.This report will give an overview of the most important developments in the mobile app stores in 2011. How did the store sizes develop over the last year? Which store generates most revenue nowadays? What are the most downloaded apps of 2011? These questions will be answered in Distimo’s yearly publication. All data covers the stores during the period January – November 2011 in the United States, unless otherwise noted.The key findings from this report are:Both the Apple App Store for iPad and the Apple App Store for iPhone still beat the Google Android Market in terms of the total revenue generated by the 200 highest grossing apps. The Apple App store for iPhone generates about four times the revenue that is generated in the Google Android Market.2011 was the year where in-app purchases and the freemium business model became one of the most important monetization strategies for developers. Half of the revenue of the 200 top grossing apps in the Apple App Store for iPhone is now generated by freemium apps. This proportion is even higher in the Google Android Market where 65% of the revenue from the top grossing apps is generated by freemium apps.The number of downloads in the Apple App Store for iPhone in China increased drastically during 2011. Comparing the number of Apple App Store downloads in the US with the number of Apple App Store downloads in China, we see that China now generates 30% of the total downloads of these two countries in the Apple App Store for iPhone. The number of downloads generated in the Apple App Store for iPad in China are even closer to those generated in the US: China generates 44% of the iPad downloads of these two countries.A dip can be observed in the number of downloads generated in the respective Apple App Stores just prior to the release of a new Apple device, e.g. iPhone or iPad. The number of iPad downloads was at a yearly low in February just before the launch of the new iPad, but they immediately increased again in March. The same happened with the launch of the latest iPhone in October.Nearly all of the app stores more than doubled their number of available apps in 2011. Windows Phone 7 Marketplace showed the largest relative growth of all stores with more than 400% year-on-year growth. Combined, the seven major app stores now offer more than one million apps.The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is now the fourth largest app store when looking at the total number of available games, having surpassed both the Nokia Ovi Store and BlackBerry App World. The Amazon Appstore – larger than both the Nokia Ovi Store and BlackBerry App World as well in terms of available games – is now the fifth largest app store for games.You can now download this publication.The press kit including all image files is also available.Aside from this free publication, our annual paid report for 2011 is available for purchase for North America, Europe and Asia now as well.source

From prehistoric humans etching in caves to the modern-day thinker sketching a stroke of genius on a napkin, scribbling is a natural form of human expression. Not constrained by formatting or font styles, scribbling is a versatile outlet for expressing individuality and creativity. Not to mention it's a lot of fun.Now you can quickly convey that eureka moment to a colleague, or simply brighten a loved one's day with a personal scribble in Gmail for the mobile web browser and the Gmail app for iOS. In the compose view, click on the scribble button to open up the drawing window. A lightweight interface makes it easy to get your idea down.Need a bit of inspiration to get started? With the holidays just around the corner, it's a great time to send a handmade, festive greeting:Or, perhaps your wit is better-expressed pictorially than textually. Use scribbles to send original comics to your friends, or generate a new meme:Simple requests are that much more appealing from someone who puts in a bit of effort:It’s also great for simply emoting beyond the limitations of plain text:At the end of the day, it's a blank canvas. What do you want to share? To get started, head to mail.google.com on your iOS 4+, Android 3.1+ or Playbook device, or download the Gmail app for iOS from the App Store today.We want to see what you can do! Send your scribbles to gmailscribbles@google.com and then share them with the world using #GmailScribbles.*Brought to you by the Gmail team. Happy Holidays!*By emailing your scribble to gmailscribbles@google.com, you give us your permission to upload, share or reproduce your scribble both digitally and physically. Unfortunately, we will not be able to showcase all submitted scribbles, and will have to pick and choose amongst the ones that we receive. Remember: have fun and be cool about it - nothing offensive and nothing that violates the law. Thanks!

ric Schmidt: "Between 6 months our tablet. The Americans still think to make the best products, but is no longer true. I attended a Montessori school in Bologna »NEW YORK - "Steve Jobs was the Michelangelo of our time. A friend of mine and a unique character, able to combine creativity and visionary genius with an extraordinary engineering ability. Sometimes you find people who have one thing or another. But not the two together. Steve has realized the revolutionary potential of the tablet and has created an amazing product like the iPad. What is the future, for example, of his profession, journalism. But our companies compete, you compete. We in the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality. And in mobile communications, the smartphone market, you will see brutal competition between Apple and Google Android. It is capitalism. "Christmas Afternoon in Chelsea, the city's most trendy and youth in New York to talk about innovation, the joys and sorrows of the digital revolution, the president of Google, Eric Schmidt. From industrial Surrounded by a former biscuit factory of Nabisco. This is where the California-based company that has changed our lives with its search engine, has built its New York-based: two buildings facing on Ninth Avenue in which three thousand working engineers, computer scientists, marketing experts, advertising manager. Entering the number 75 you find yourself in the river of the customers of the Chelsea Market, shopping mecca, which occupies the entire ground floor. But, through a side door of crude steel, you end up in an elevator that goes up in Google offices. "It was a factory of the National Biscuit Company. Here are churning out crackers and Oreo, "says Ellen West, vice president of Google's Schmidt to guide me skating on a wooden floor and a little old 'burnt, old cast iron pipes and ultramodern furniture.Innovation gives us extraordinary opportunities, but also creates problems of privacy, the jobs that disappear with automation. Before, they were replaced by the growth of new services, new jobs. A recent study at MIT in Boston says it is no longer so. He sees no limits to the process of Schumpeterian "creative destruction"? "His - Schmidt answers - it's a good question, although based on a negative bias. The answer starting, however, a positive prejudice: Capitalism is the only mechanism that has proved capable of improving the living standards of society. But it is a process that also causes pain. The company tries to minimize them with tools such as unemployment benefits. These are the rules of the global market and are inescapable. The difficulties of Europe are also on the difficulties of adapting to new realities. "Eric Schmidt (AFP)We see a problem mainly euros and debt. "I think politics in Italy, Europe, and to some extent also in the U.S., has failed to focus on the challenge that lies ahead. They do so mainly tactical choices, even if important: pensions, support the euro. But the real problem is that of global competition, from which we can not withdraw. You can have this desire, but if you are Italy, which produces a great product and then the Chinese will make it better than you, you have no alternative: you have to change. The people you like us, is very angry about this: I did a study on behalf of the White House. "She travels frequently in European capitals, discussed this with Prime Minister and ministers. How do they react? "They nod their heads, showing understanding of the nature of problems. I know very well, Mario Monti. Let's see if he makes it there. "Tough competition between the West and Asia, but also here in America, between you and Apple, the creature of his friend Steve Jobs. She says that the battle between Android and iPhone will be brutal. "These are the rules of the market, and go to the benefit of the consumer. I do not know you in Europe, but here in the U.S., thanks to the struggle already in place, you can now have the best smart phones with $ 100. "A case of tablet Tony Gil Google (bit.ly / aimwlH)Android is about to introduce a voice server capable of responding to user questions similar to the Syrians the latest version of the iPhone. Voices founded? "Your question is a bit 'strange, given that we have, and for a long time, the best translation software voice. We can always use it to do things similar to the Syrians. Of course not talking about future products, not yet announced. But the technology we have, we must develop it. We will see. It depends, as I said, the market and innovation that has ever-increasing pace. People are surprised because we are accustomed to thinking that every year things will be the same. It happens to me too. Some time ago, on a visit to his country, I went to Bologna to see the house of my childhood. "Why has lived in Italy? "My father was at Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, I went to a Montessori school. Going back there, I find the atmosphere rather than 50 years ago and I saw all modernized. Repeaters, a perfect 3G signal. I left a little 'disappointed. But then, if you put aside the nostalgia, you realize that in an Italy immutable in its beauty and cultural riches, but in the chaos of Rome, or in his theater of politics, technology is the only true agent of change. Italy has a mobile penetration of 130 percent: 1.3 head phones, a record. Objects come between us just twenty years ago, in 1990. Yet I believe that today the Italians do not even remember their country than it was with no phones. "Google model innovation without limits. Just yesterday you said that one of the strengths of his company is the lack of a default address in the search. "With anarchy, of course, not going anywhere, but if central planning will not create anything new. With us there is more freedom of initiative, hierarchies count for little. Companies of Europe, a continent more tied to old models of management, tend to choose the top-down, "the President, the President" (in Italian, ed) feel always say in these companies. But if the hierarchy has only stiffened, kill creativity. "What can we expect from Google X, Google's secret lab, that of the "forbidden dreams," which recently spoke to the New York Times? "That article is based on the leaks and we do not comment on rumors. However, the most important thing on which X works at Google is the car that you drive alone. "We'll see you soon on the market? "There will be some time before she can move to the back seat of a car that goes by itself. Years, perhaps even a decade: there are many regulatory issues and liability. For now, I would expect the equivalent of an autopilot. She will be in the driving seat and the car will tell you what he intends to do. "The Internet is changing television. And YouTube, with the recent updates, the phenomenon seems to ride with a more commercial television. It's the new strategy of your company? "YouTube will be more profitable because it will have more publicity. But it will not be televised. What is a comparison with the TV because I do not like the business model of YouTube is different: to help people make money with content that is produced and distributed independently, but on the Internet. Even the new channels that we are creating concern the web. Then, of course, it is true that people often prefer to follow these channels on the Web instead of watching television. But they are two different things. We also have a strategy to allow the user to combine them together, but is entrusted to Google TV. Will arrive in Europe in the first half of 2012. "source

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Samsung Electronics has filed new claims in its patent war with Apple Inc over alleged patent infringements in Germany, a spokesman for the company said on Monday.The tech giant added four patents to its ongoing infringement case related to the telecommunications standard technology WCDMA for 3G mobile handsets, which was filed in April, the spokesman said.The four new complaints, including use of emoticons, come as the worldwide patent battle between Apple and smartphone rival Samsung continues to escalate."(Samsung) made four more claims; two are standard-related patents and the other two are utility patents. And a court said it would make these claims separate from the April lawsuit," the spokesman said.On Friday, a regional German court in Mannheim held a hearing on the April case, saying it would announce a ruling on March 2, the Samsung spokesman said.Samsung won a round of its bruising global patent fight when an Australian court lifted a ban on the sale of its Galaxy table computer earlier in December.But the South Korean tech giant's victory was tempered by a setback the previous day in Paris, where another court turned down its bid to block sales of Apple's iPhone 4S in France.source

Facebook recently went public with an awesome new feature called Timelime, a brand-new interface for profiles. That feature launched for the mobile web view of Facebook for iPhone but until today has not been available in Facebook’s native application on the App Store.Today’s Facebook app update for Mobile Timeline is iPhone and iPod touch exclusive, but Facebook is promising Timeline support on the iPad “soon.” Some other new features work across the iOS ecosystem, though, including Friends Lists, better photo management, and subscriptions support. All the details after the break:Friends list: This port from the desktop version of Facebook to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch version allows you to separate friends in “lists” that are like groups. These Friends Lists allow you to grant certain access of your profile to certain people and and also allow you to simply better manage your cliques or family members.Better photo management: Facebook also includes quicker access to photos (they load much faster), improved commenting, and photo uploading. In addition – at least for users with Timeline on – your Facebook notifications come down in an iPad-like pop-over menu. It’s a pretty neat time saver since you don’t lose full access to the content you were viewing at that moment.Subscriptions: Subscriptions allow you to follow more than just friend’s updates on Facebook and follow celebrities, journalists, and others. The subscriptions service also allows you to see only certain types of movement of your friends on Facebook: life events, status updates, photos, games, comments/likes, music/videos, and other activity. The Facebook update now allows you to manage this feature.On top of the new features, Facebook has improved the speed and performance of the application. Today’s Facebook update basically is taking features from the desktop and bringing them down to mobile, demonstrating how important mobile device usage is for Facebook, and really fleshing out the point of the Post-PC era that Apple is leading.source

Resource DigTimes, citing sources at component suppliers for the company Apple, said that before the end of the fourth quarter of 2012 may be submitted to a series of tablet Apple iPad, which will have a screen diagonal of 7.85 inches. Results in 2011 are expected to supply about 60 million tablets, of which the share of Apple accounts for about 70%. Based on the logic of the introduction of new models of the third generation of tablet Apple iPad to be shown at the beginning of 2011, and in the spring to go on sale. And it is likely to be a direct development model iPad 2. Indicated that it will probably differ from high-resolution screen. Development of a model with a smaller screen sizes could be inspired by the desire to reduce the pressure from competitors such as Amazon Kindle Fire, which costs much less, but it has only a 7-inch screen. In addition, a number of producers in 2012 will offer devices that have dimensions larger than a standard smartphone, but have phone functionality, and thus they compact the tablets. Devices with 7.85-inch screens could help Apple take its place among the compact gadgets. However, before the company announced that reduce the size of the screen smartphones and tablets they do not intend to, because it will cause deterioration of the user experience. However, DigiTimes reports that the party was already ordering screens with a diagonal LG 7.85 inches, as well as in future screens are Apple will buy from AU Optronics (AUO). Assembling the plates with the panels can be started at the end of the second quarter of next year, so by year's end, Apple may provide a model on the market.

Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition is the complete console experience of the award-winning open world original, enhanced and optimized for touch screen mobile devices with new features including an intuitive, fully scalable and customizable user interface; upgraded textures; greater resolution and draw distance; and new mission replay and autosave features for an all-new experience on mobile devices.

Now available for select new generation iOS and Android devices on the App Store and Android Marketplace for $4.99.

As announced, a special Anniversary Edition of the massively popular Grand Theft Auto III game is now available on iOS and Android devices.

The anniversary edition is nearly identical to the 10-year-old original game, which is widely considered to be one of the most influential games of all time. The gameplay is optimized for touch-screen devices, with resizable custom controls.

There are two major improvements from the original, too: mission retry and autosave mode, which should greatly lessen the chances of players smashing their mobile devices in frustration.

As far as compatibility goes, the game works on the iPhone 4 and 4S, 4th generation iPod touch as well as iPad 1 and 2.

The list of supported Android devices includes HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, T-Mobile G2x.

On the Android tablet front, Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S and Toshiba Thrive are supported.

The game is available for $4.99 in the iTunes App Store and Android Market.

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The SkyDrive app for iPhone allows you to browse and manage your SkyDrive on the go.

SkyDrive is your personal cloud for your documents, notes, photos and videos. Move your files into SkyDrive and immediately they’re available from any web browser anywhere in the world. As we detailed a few days ago, there have been a number of recent updates to SkyDrive.com to improve how you share with others, manage your files and folders, and browse through your stuff blazingly fast utilizing the latest web technologies (like HTML5 and CSS3).

Yet as devices proliferate, having a great experience on the web is only one piece of a pretty complex puzzle. As people start to rely more on their smartphones, the need to be able to access files on-the-go is important. As we mentioned two weeks ago, we view device access as “table stakes” for personal cloud storage. People are choosing where to put their files based on how portable and accessible they are across the various devices they use; therefore, it’s critical that we continue to extend the SkyDrive experience to the devices you use every day.

SkyDrive for Windows Phone

With the recent release of Windows Phone 7.5 (“Mango”), we focused on deeply integrating SkyDrive into the phone itself through the Pictures and Office hubs. For instance, you can share photos stored on SkyDrive by email, text, or IM, use Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with SkyDrive files, and even keep your phone’s camera roll up-to-date on SkyDrive automatically. This integration isn’t surface-level—SkyDrive is integrated into the apps you use, along with core phone functions. This is a great example of using SkyDrive as an App cloud for Office and Pictures, where the cloud is an underlying feature of the app itself. For more info on the differences between a File cloud, a Device cloud, and an App cloud, check out our post SkyDrive—designing personal cloud storage for billions of people.

Even with all that we’ve done to integrate SkyDrive into Windows Phone, we still have more to do. In talking with SkyDrive power users, we found that many still want the full SkyDrive experience from Windows Phone, including tasks like browsing their entire SkyDrive, sharing links to folders or files, deleting files, and creating folders. Many people who have more than a few dozen files will start to organize them, and we want to make sure people have a direct representation of SkyDrive on their phone. Folders are a natural and time-tested way to organize groups of files, and browsing based on how files are already organized is important for SkyDrive power users.

“If SkyDrive is where I chose to put my stuff, don’t limit what I can do with it,” they told us. So while the Pictures hub is the best way to experience SkyDrive photos, and the Office apps are the best way to view and edit SkyDrive documents, some people still wanted to go further.

Starting today, you can now use the new SkyDrive app on Windows Phone 7.5 to do more with your SkyDrive. It’s available in every country/region where we offer Windows Phone.

Browse your entire SkyDrive—documents, photos, any and all of your files

Being able to see all your folders and files (of all types) is important for SkyDrive power users, as it helps facilitate sharing and file management.





Share any SkyDrive folder or file with one or more people

Pick a file of any type, or even a folder, and share it with as many people as you like. This uses the same “Get a link” mechanism as SkyDrive.com does—you can give the recipients view-only or view-and-edit permissions to your file.



Manage your SkyDrive

Organizing your folders and files just the way you like it is now possible with the SkyDrive app. Create a new folder for a new project or photo album, or delete old files or folders that you no longer need.





Here’s a video detailing the features of the new SkyDrive app for Windows Phone:





SkyDrive for iPhone

We realize that not everyone who relies on SkyDrive for sharing photos or accessing Office documents uses Windows Phone… yet. We have a long history of supporting iPhone customers with built-in support for Hotmail and with apps like Bing, Messenger, OneNote (with SkyDrive sync), and now Skype.

More generally, we believe you should have access to your personal content no matter which device you use. This is why we are excited to invest in HTML5—both on the web and on mobile—on http://skydrive.com.

On the iPhone, we’ve taken the next step by making the new SkyDrive app for iPhone available in 32 languages worldwide. In addition to their OneNote notebooks, iPhone customers can now access all of their files in SkyDrive, create folders, delete files, and share links to folders and files directly using the Mail app.















And here’s a video detailing the features of the new SkyDrive app for iPhone. You’ll notice that the basics are the same, but the experience is tailored for the iPhone:





We’re thrilled to be releasing our new Windows Phone and iPhone apps today. Just as SkyDrive.com has evolved over the years to be the fastest and best way to access & share your data in the cloud, the way you use SkyDrive across your devices will evolve as well. We want you to have the best of a File cloud, the best of a Device cloud, and the App cloud. We also look forward to making SkyDrive available in more places, both directly and through the Live Connect platform for apps, sites and device OEMs. So stay tuned—we have a lot of great stuff coming!

The links below will take you to the Windows Phone Marketplace and/or the iTunes App Store to download the apps. Note that the apps are rolling out now and may take a few hours to be available in all countries/regions. If they’re not available yet in your area, try again in a few hours.

Get SkyDrive for Windows Phone

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Mike Torres

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World’s Number One Music Store Kicks Off with All Major Labels & Thousands of Indies

Apple® announced the launch of the iTunes Store® in Brazil (www.itunes.com/brazil) with an incredible selection of Brazilian and international music from all the major labels and thousands of independent labels. Launching with a catalog of over 20 million songs, the iTunes Store in Brazil features local artists including Ivete Sangalo, Marisa Monte and the digital debut of Roberto Carlos’ catalog, available to purchase and download along with a wide range of international artists including the Beatles, Rihanna, Coldplay and thousands more. With most songs priced at 99 cents and most albums at $9.99, the iTunes Store in Brazil is the best way for iPad®, iPhone®, iPod®, Mac® and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music online.

The iTunes Store in Brazil offers over a thousand movies to rent or purchase, with many in stunning HD, from major studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures. The iTunes Store in Brazil now joins the revolutionary App Store™, which offers more than 500,000 apps to consumers in 123 countries, reaching hundreds of millions of iPad, iPhone and iPod touch® users around the world. Customers have downloaded more than 18 billion apps to date.

Apple is also bringing the iTunes Store to 15 additional Latin American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

The iTunes Store in Brazil and Latin America offer music from major labels EMI Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music, and thousands of independent labels. All music on iTunes® comes in iTunes Plus®, Apple’s DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings.

iTunes in the Cloud lets you download your previously purchased iTunes music to all your iOS devices at no additional cost, and new music purchases can be downloaded automatically to all your devices. In addition, music not purchased from iTunes can gain the same benefits by using iTunes Match℠, a new service that upgrades your music to iTunes Plus when matched to the over 20 million songs in the iTunes Store catalog. iTunes in the Cloud is available today for free in Brazil and Latin America and iTunes Match is available today for a $24.99 annual fee in Brazil.

Pricing & Availability
iTunes 10.5.1 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Store and is available as a free download from (www.itunes.com/brazil). iTunes Store purchases require a valid credit card with a billing address in country.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.