Smartphones with the operating system Android, such as the Nexus One, are becoming more popular. The sales increase almost every week, and this could soon happen much more rapidly. The reason for this is the discounted cost for the production of the required chip sets. MediaTek, one of the manufacturers of these chip sets, has now announced that the hardware for Android smartphones from autumn to be significantly cheaper.

But who are already in this country for cheaper phones is pleased to be said that the price cuts will initially be introduced only in the Chinese market. The manufacturer MediaTek will take care of the lower chip set for another boom in sales of the Android devices. When the company with the production, however, extends so far that the prices can be reduced also in Europe, the company reported so far with not.

The production cost of the chip sets will also prevent that the market is flooded with cheap fakes no further. The number of counterfeit Android smartphone is alone so far this year rose by almost twenty percent. By better original models with the new chip sets, manufacturers are now trying to launch an offensive against the black market. Let us hope that this action brings the desired success with it.

CNET claims to have learned that Apple is in talks with major movie studios to stream in the future using cloud computing from iTunes purchased content on different devices to be able to. In particular, the iPad, with its in comparison to iPhone and iPod Touch much larger screen would offer that.

Without the consent of the copyright holder Apple movies, series and music can not provide per stream. Whether it’s film and television industry with his Apple cloud computing will support plans, is not safe. The influence of Apple in the distribution of content would continue to grow, which is criticized in the industry.

When streaming music, however, it should be fewer problems. Late last year, Apple had acquired the service Lala, which allow users to save a copy of songs purchased online and listen to it over the net.

While music files in terms of storage capacity of today are quite small, show movies and other video content much space on the hard drives of the buyer. The trend toward high-definition content space exacerbates the problem considerably, since the video files are significantly larger.

Save The purchased video content online, many users would have been so attractive because they can avoid having to purchase additional hard drives. Another advantage would be to have this way about backups outside their own home. Apple would probably save the contents in North Carolina, where the group built a large farm.