Deemable Tech – Episode Nope, no episode today. Happy Labor Day!
Well, WJCT is closed today for the Labor Day holiday, so there will be no Deemable Tech episode today. But, that doesn’t mean that there won’t be any tech news today. In fact, this week looks like it’s going to be a real doozy in the tech industry.
Nokia is teasing that everything is going to change Wednesday, September 5
While Nokia has scheduled a joint press conference with Microsoft for September 5th, we’re only expecting two Windows Phone devices right now. A new video from Nokia’s official YouTube channel hints that the company could be preparing a big announcement on September 5th. The video, which appears to be shot on a camera phone, shows a bike ride with the text “things are about to change.” An accompanying description notes the change will occur on September 5th… [Read more at Mashable]
Amazon has a big announcement Thursda, September 6
Amazon has just emailed out an invite for a press conference to be held the morning of Thursday, Sept. 6, in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon rarely holds press conferences beyond its annual press conferences in New York to introduce new models of its Kindle Fire and Kindle line of E-Ink e-readers each fall… [Read more on The Verge]
And as the expected to be announced Apple event on September 12th draws near, the rumor mill really gets started warming up
Bloomberg says that the iPad mini will be here in October
Apple Inc. (AAPL) will use screens from AU Optronics Corp. (2409) and LG Display Co. (034220) for a smaller version of the iPad to be released in October, according to four people familiar with the plans. TPK Holding Co. (3673) and Yeh Cheng Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, will supply the lamination coating for the device that will measure 7.85 inches diagonally, said the people, who declined to be identified because the plans haven’t been made public. Current iPads measure 9.7 inches… [Read more at Bloomberg]
French website nowhereelse.fr has pictures of the alleged iPhone 5
A batch of new photos of a device said to be Apple’s next-generation iPhone have shown up on French site nowhereelse.fr, and they look quite convincing. The photos show the ?iPhone 5? compared with its older brethren, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS. The new model is longer than both and substantially thinner than the iPhone 4…[Read more at Mashable]
If that doesn’t keep you entertained until we get back next Monday, here’s a funny cat video:
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