It is expected to include tighter integration with iCloud, a redesigned album and music browsing experience and a new user interface.
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The general design, usability and stability of the Zune desktop software has indeed come a long way, and we'd have no reservations about using it for all day music browsing and listening.
The Hendrix poster will be limited to a run of 5000 copies and features an Ira Rosen image of the guitarist browsing for music in a New England record store.
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The rx3100 - They're dubbing the rx3100 a "Mobile Media Companion", and it comes with 64MB of RAM, built-in 802.11b WiFi and Bluetooth, a 3.5-inch LCD screen, an SD expansion card slot, and software for wirelessly browsing your music, photo, and video collection from anywhere in your home and so you can use the rx3100 as a universal remote control.
Skeptics could counter that this is not so functionally different from browsing a subscription music service on your PC and then transferring to your portable player, but music discovery is that odd leisure activity that requires work.
And unlike the earlier PMP-1000, music continues to play even while browsing the file manager to add new songs.
Announced earlier this month, the Cruz touch-screen device also plays video and music, and provides a full color web browsing experience.
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The 7-inch device is ideal for reading and exploring a variety of great content including books, magazines, interactive children's books, apps, access to top video and music services, e-mail and Web browsing.
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As wireless customers spend less money on plain-vanilla cellphone voice calls, carriers are betting that data and entertainment services like text messaging, over-the-air music stores, streaming video and mobile Web browsing will lead growth.
Users will enjoy steady Web browsing and HD video streaming, speedy music and video downloads and stutter free multitasking, allowing users to play music, download files and surf the web simultaneously with ease.
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Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
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The result is a faster web browsing experience, and it's available exclusively on Kindle Fire, Amazon's new Kindle for movies, music, books, magazines, apps, games, and web browsing.
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"Enough to stream a high definition video or three with perhaps some light browsing on the side and if the kids are old enough an online game and a music stream, " he added.
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