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For your info, despite all the buzz, there is still no “Apple Mac iTablet” yet—and even if it does, in fact, exist, thumbs up for getting a confirmation from Apple.

Given that, it seems a bit crazy to discuss whether the mythical Apple Mac tablet (which Apple has reportedly been tinkering with for years) has been delayed from next March to the second half of 2010. But that’s the word today, courtesy of a report from Taiwanese Web site DigiNews, an oft-erratic purveyor of hot Apple rumors.

According to “sources from component makers,” DigiNews told that Apple’s Mac tablet will be delayed because it wants to “swap out some components inside” and add a second, 9.7-inch OLED model to its supposed tablet lineup. (OLED—or organic light-emitting diode—displays are similar to standard LCD or LED displays except for one crucial factor: they don’t require backlighting to work, resulting in a brighter, less power-hungry screen.)

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Is Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank planning for a new version of the Apple iPhone, or are sales just a bit slow? Who knows, but from Friday through the end of May, anyone can sign up for an 8GB Apple iPhone 3G in Japan for 100% free.

AppleInsider and CrunchGear report that starting Friday, SoftBank’s new “iPhone for Everyone” campaign (read translated webpage) will offer the 8GB Apple iPhone for free, as long as you sign up for a new 2-year contract. The promotion will runs through May 31.

In the meantime, SoftBank will sell the 16GB Apple iPhone for a bit discounted price—just 11,520 yen (about USD $119), and you can even pay for the smartphone in monthly payments, which come out to less than $5 a month during the 2-year agreement.

SoftBank subscribers will still have to pay monthly voice and data charges, of course, although as AppleInsider notes, the carrier is chopping its standard data plan (about USD $62 per month) by more than 25%.
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The final product of 2008’s touchscreen smartphone is here at least, the BlackBerry Storm—complete with both messaging and multimedia features aplenty, not to mention a nicely done touchscreen—looks set to give the Apple iPhone 3G and Google Phone T-Mobile’s Android-G1 a run for their money. Unfortunately, the BlackBerry Storm’s poky performance and failure to truly embrace touch keep it from landing a knockout punch.

Sizing at 4.4 by 2.4 by 0.55 inches and weighing in at 5.5 ounces, the BlackBerry Storm place itself between the svelte Apple iPhone and the bulky Google G1 in terms of size and overall heft, and it fits relatively comfortably in a your pocket. Below the roomy of BlackBerry Storm’s display you’ll find the standard Call, End, Back, and Menu navigations, while on the top corners are buttons for silencing ringers and locking the screen.

Speaking of which, the big draw of the BlackBerry Storm ($199 with a new two-year contract, available Friday, Nov. 21) is, of course, its 3.25-inch touch display, and it’s a true beauty. With its screen resolution of 480 by as60, the BlackBerry Storm’s touchscreen actually manages to pack in more pixels than the Apple iPhone’s larger, 3.5-inch screen, and the result is a rich, razor-sharp image, perfect for composing e-mails, internet surfing, or watching multimedia such as videos & movies.

Barring its lack of Wireless (Wi-Fi), the BlackBerry Storm makes for one of the most feature-packed BlackBerrys yet, and something tells us that the engineers at Apple company will be giving its ClickThrough display a close (and potentially envious) look. Now, if BlackBerry could whip up a Storm that’s as peppy as the Bold, well … that would be something nice.

Got password protection enabled on your Apple iPhone? Recently we’ve discovered there’s a real easy way for attackers to skip the password prompt screen and get access to your contacts, browse the Internet, read all your e-mails, and even make a calls. Luckily, there’s a fix/patch released for that security hole.

According to Ars Technica, posters on the MacRumors forums discovered the security hole, and it’s a pretty big one.
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After a buzz of leaks, the rumor about Palm Treo Pro finally got approved. At first glance, it’s a one slick smartphone, although you’ll have to ‘provide’ a pretty bucks to get this Palm Treo Pro.

Firstly, let’s get to the roots. This Palm Treo Pro is indeed, as expected, operated by Windows Mobile handset Pro version 6.1, which includes mobile versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and Palm itself plans to sell it directly, starts from $549 for an unlocked version of it. The “unlocked” term here means no contract, good news for everyone who doesn’t want to be tied with a carrier for two years.
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Some news sources are reporting that T-Mobile will launch the touchscreen version of G1 (Google Android Phone)— this ultimate Google Android expected this year for the U.S. market—as early as next month, is this the Apple iPhone killer, anyone?

You can found more detailed stories about the G1 on Wired News, this G1 (Google Android Phone) described as a touchscreen phone with a full slide-out, full-QWERTY keypad, a roomy 5′x3′-inch display, a nice 3MegaPix camera, and access to T-Mobile’s nascent 3G network which, for now only run in New York included Las Vegas.
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There’s a tech rumors around us about a Mac tablet to get a gulp of oxygen after Apple executives revealed a hint at a “Future Product Transition,” followed by whispers of a “MacBook Touch” slated for the fall.

Apple tech rumor No. 1: Monday’s quarterly earnings report from Apple, during which CFO Peter Oppenheimer mentioned several times about a “Future Product Transition, which I can’t discuss it today.”

Of course, that touched off a frenzy of speculation, ranging from a revamp of the Apple MacBook and Apple MacBook Pro notebooks (rumors of which were recently fanned by purported spy shots of new casings) to the new Apple iPods, or even “a new form factor of devices that are smaller than a laptop but larger than an Apple iPhone,” as the New York Times put it.
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