They say that the devil is in the details. Although what you are about to hear could be partly gossip and partly informative, digging our noses to get the most up to date mobile news in the marketplace has always been a fun and thrilling activity for us here. So if something interesting comes up, we will do our best to bring that one up to you. So what do we have here? Following the recent rumors that Apple is planning to release both the iPhone 5 and a somewhat remodelled version of the iPhone 4 this fall, we were able to grab a few pictures of familiar hardware internals that were allegedly taken from an iPhone 5 device.

Although this has not yet been officially confirmed, the chipset found in the images has the A5 chip marking similar to that of the iPad 2 tablet but with a startling resemblance to the A4 chip used in the iPhone 4, thus stirring the emotions of everyone who are all waiting for something to come from Apple. Thanks to Weibo, China’s own version of Twitter, our picture of the next generation iPhone is starting to get clear.

Among the many promises of Windows 8 are phenomenally fast boot times. A recent Microsoft Developer blog post explained how Microsoft engineers are using a hybrid system to combine the features of a cold boot and hibernation with existing PC hardware to go from off to desktop in less than 40 seconds.

One of the major frustrations for current Windows users is the time it takes to turn the computer on to being able to do work in Windows. Tales of workers turning on the computer, going to get a cup of tea or coffee and coming back just as the desktop appears are all too common, and true. Users have worked around slow Windows boot times for years, with many simply leaving the system on all the time in sleep mode. Leaving ones machine in sleep mode brings its own set of problems as, even the best configured systems will slow over time and require a full stop and restart if for no other reasons to make sure all updates are in place. Further, many feel that it is wasteful to keep systems drawing even the small amount of power required for sleep mode if they are unproductive.

We all love surprises right? I mean, who isn’t going to be excited about the thrilling news that Apple is going to release two new iPhone models this coming fall. Apparently, JP Morgan’s very own Mark Moskowitz started the buzz which easily spread like wildfire overnight. In a note to investors on Monday, the sharp analyst wrote that Apple is poised to out the much awaited iPhone 5 and a revised model of the iPhone 4 dubbed as the iPhone 4 Plus a.k.a. iPhone 4S this fall. Furthermore, Mark Moskowitz acknowledged the rumors that the next generation iPhone could most likely feature global roaming, capable of supporting both GSM and CDMA data networks without the support for LTE or 4G.

Anyone who uses an iPad or iPhone knows that they can’t run Flash applications. In fact, Steve Jobs famously called out Adobe last year in an open letter explaining why iOS would not support Flash. In the same letter, Jobs appealed to Adobe to step up its game and move beyond Flash’s processor and power hungry ways. Adobe has responded with the announcement of Flash Media Server 4.5 at the 2011 IBC in Amsterdam. This new technology promises bridge the gap between Flash and iOS powered devices.

Samsung seems to be hedging its bets with Google and Android by joining with Microsoft to design the next generation tablet computer running Windows 8. Samsung has long used Microsoft’s operating system, but this the first time the two companies have worked together on hardware building a device from the ground up. Several sources have reported that a prototype version of Samsung’s new tablet will be shown at the upcoming Microsoft BUILD conference in to be held next week in California. A few sites have even speculated that there will be a giveaway of the tablets at the keynote event to encourage developers to write for Windows 8.

Not much is known about the latest version of Microsoft Windows other than rumors that it may be able to run Windows Phone applications as well as Windows 7 applications. Samsung is a major smart phone, PC and tablet maker and would benefit with a closer relationship with Microsoft to lessen dependence on the Android operation system. In light of Google’s recent purchase of Motorola Mobility and subsequent statements that Google may start treating its new handset acquisition as first among equals in deployment of Android updates, it is wise to have other options.

The last couple of weeks have seen amazing announcements by giant American tech companies. However, all the announcements were linked by how horribly they were handled by the respective corporate leaderships.

First, Hewlett-Packard, in one earnings call, 18 August, 2011, not only killed all production on webOS-based hardware, the Veer, the TouchPad and Pre 3, but effectively killed the future of the webOS operating system. However, this was collateral damage compared to what HP CEO Leo Apotheker did to the Personal Systems Group (PSG), the part of the company that actually makes laptops, desktops, monitors and printers. Mr. Apotheker announced that:
“We see the opportunity for PSG to compete and win in the PC marketplace and our Board has authorized to us explore strategic alternatives for PSG. We intend to evaluate a range of options that may include, among others, a separation of PSG from HP to a spinoff or other transaction.”

Many of you must have seen highly popular and very cheap chinese MP3/MP4/MTV players supporting a not so well known video format - .AMV, these S1 MP3 players claim to support MP4 videos but in reality suport the .AMV file format having low video compression ratio, low resolution and frame rate, the .AMV video file sizes are small as compared to DVD/VCD/etc. , also the encoding and decoding are less processor-intensive than other contemporary formats.

There are not many tools to encode videos to AMV format,   the most used software is freeware "AMV Video Converter" supporting following file formats:

• AVI format file: *.avi
• Windows Media format file: *.asf, *.wmv
• MPEG1 format file: *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.dat
• real player format file: *.rm. *.ram, *.rmvb
• quick time format file: *.mov
• MPEG2 format file: *.vob
• Flash format file: *.swf

The AMV Video converter tool comes with AMV Convert Tool, Media Manager, AMV Player, MP3 Player Disk tool, and MP3 Player Update tool.