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Apple is once again in the news when it plans to bring in new upgrades to its prime product iPod Touch with the latest mobile OS iOS 5 integrating with it. That should not be a big surprise if we consider that Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch both employ the same features. It is considered as the initial step of next generation gadgets which Apple is about to launch. The current iPod touch is classified as iPod 4.1, this implies that Apple’s next product could involve a major upgrade.

Features of the new Software

The new software would include PC free setup, better modifications, iMessage and Twitter modifications. This can enable the users to send text SMSs without any service plan. Apart from this, Apple is also going to introduce iCloud online service that will help you while taking back up wirelessly, or while syncing the iTune songs throughout all the devices and document storage. Apple is planning to upgrade iPod touch to take advantages of these new features.

This year, iPhone 5 is believed to get dual-core processor and one of the finest cameras and on the similar lines, iPod Touch is also expected to get the same features. Apple is also planning to launch new iPod Touch in September this year.

One of the latest innovations in the field of SmartPhone has been revealed by Mobile network Orange. Orange has revealed its latest innovative smart T-shirt which can be used to charge your SmartPhone using the power of sound. The T-Shirt is not of those trendy looks and styles; and functions like a gadget. It has a large white patch which is fixed for the purpose of capturing the vibrations caused by sounds and then converting those vibrations into electrical energy. This electrical energy is used to charge a mobile phone.

How it works

This T-shirt works with a piezoelectric film. This is not the first attempt by Orange to allow the users to get something extra from their gadgets; the company also presented a Wellington boot which was used to produce energy. The boot was used to supply power to different portable devices by the conversion of kinetic energy to electrical energy.

Charge any gadget

The T-shirt is used to charge the SmartPhone. The cell can be charged without any direct power source. One of the interesting things of this device is that it would be useful in case of the festive season when large amount of noise is given for granted.

Taiwanese supplier to supply LED flashes to Apple for iPhone 5

Apple has gone in for a major shift of its camera and flash features from its regular suppliers to a new Taiwanese supplier. The news came amidst confirmations that Apple iPhone 5 is set to have a disjointed camera and flash, one on either side of the gadget. The company is said to have contacted a firm in Taiwan for LED flashes. This can only mean that the new phone is going to have a remodeled and upgraded camera. Speculations are on that Apple has built over the loopholes in iPhone 4 for its new release. As per sources, production of the phone will probably begin in July.

Apple changes its major camera elements suppliers

The new concept of separating camera and the lens is a move to improve picture quality and to reduce the “red-eye” effect. Apple needed to make changes in its sensor in order to improve its camera function. It is in this regard that it has shifted the order from Philips to a Taiwanese firm. In iPhone 5, it is likely that an eight-megapixel CMOS sensor will be used. The supplier for this element is Omni vision. The decision to use Omni Vision instead of Sony is also a major shift.