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4 inch iPhone 5SE and iPad Air 3

2016-02-14T16:58:00.001-08:00

More and more rumors circulating the next-gen Apple products are swarming the internet by the second.
With that in place, take the following rumor with a big grain of salt.

According the "reliable sources" from 9to5Mac, the successor to the 4 inch iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5SE, and the successor to the iPad Air 2, dubbed the iPad Air 3, will both be announced at an event on March 15h and shortly start selling on March 18th.

If the rumor is to be true, then this launch and sell for even Apple will be one of the fastest in smartphone history. On average most products are announced and then start selling a month later (not including Apple), whereas Apple's average announcement and selling are about 1 week apart.

Although not everyone likes having a phone with a huge screen, an iPhone with a 4 inch screen has been very successful. Most users move to an Android or other platform due to the screen size of the device itself, even though they are Apple fans. Keeping a small screen device in their portfolio will keep plenty of "die-hard" iPhone and Apple fans in the iOS platform.

Moreover, the next-gen iPad Air, the iPad Air 3, will more than likely surpass its predecessor in hardware all around, furthermore surpass its selling records. The iPad Air 2 has been considered one of the best tablets to own due its access to the infamous Apple Store, and also for its internal hardware to out-perform its rival counterparts.

March can't come any sooner!

iPhone 7 with a second speaker

2016-02-14T16:39:00.004-08:00

With the next generation iPhone, iPhone 7, "almost" around the corner, everyone can expect a plethora of rumors coming from "reliable sources" up until the official announcement of the next-gen iPhone.

With that in mind, take the following rumor with a grain of salt.

According to analysts Blayne Curtis and Christopher Hemmelgarn, the iPhone 7 will replace its 3.5 mm headphone jack for another speaker. This could possible mean that the iPhone 7 will move from mono to stereo sound as other new smart phones have had since the past.

Since there has been a rumor already for the elimination of the headphone jack starting on the iPhone 7 and having the lightning port be used as the headphone jack using lightning connector headphones, this new rumor might not sound too far-fetched.

Let's just hope that another rumor surfaces about a new custom chip and/or hardware for the audio codecs to make the iPhone 7 an audiophile's dream.

Picasa being replaced by Google Photos

2016-02-14T15:57:00.003-08:00

On 2/12/16 Google has officially stated that their sharing photo service, Picasa, will be retiring in the next coming months in replacement of Google Photos.

Although no specific date or time frame was given to the "retirement" off Picasa, Google has advised to start moving items from Picasa over to Google Photos in order to preserve your "mementos."

Not surprising to see another Google product be replaced by a new "modern" replacement in today's tech world, only to be improved altogether by none other than Google itself; Google keeps bettering themselves product by product.

For the consumer and user the end of Picasa only means a transition a "breath of fresh air" that will become Google Photos.

Source: Google Picasa Blog