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Apple maybe trying to kill the simcard and will.i.am teaches us new techno cab you Larry I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update when Apple showed off new iPads on Thursday we heard about the performance upgrades but there's one interesting feature that Apple didn't say much about you see these new tablets have new happy SIM cards that let you bounce easily between carriers normally if you want to switch mobile carriers such as going from AT&T to sprint you would need to get a new SIM card that's compatible with that new carrier but with Apple SIM you just go into settings and pick a short-term plan from the carriers in the US or the UK now this could be a feature we may see in future iPhones making it less of a hassle to switch but before Apple's new products were announced another gadget made its debut the frontman to the music group Black Eyed Peas will.i.am showed off the SmartWatch fashion cuff that he's been working on but he doesn't want you to call it a SmartWatch he wants you to call it the pulse now don't be fooled by the spelling it's not polls but its pulse as in your heartbeat and he just dropped the heat because he's an artist will.i.am has a few other new terms to teach us the voice control system sort of like Siri is called Anita say it with me I'm Neda as in I needed directions to the club and if you tweet you use the app twit wrist twist he has no words for how much of a cost or when you can buy it or how long the battery lasts it makes phone calls and requires its own data plan and has a GPS tracks movement and has speakers so you can share the boom boom pow when you're rocking every beats if you're a fan of pulse you may also be interested in Williams power wear jacket that can charge it through the sleeve and will.i.am shoes that tell you how much you weigh I got a feeling that the shoes may be a tough sell in other news the world of cable is going through a change where we may soon be able to buy all our favorite channels ala carte just after HBO announced that it would offer a web only subscription service cBS the parent company of CNET announced that it's doing the same thing CBS launched a subscription service called all-access for $6 a month you can stream a live feed of some local CBS stations and have access to a library of older CBS shows this is for people who don't want to pay for TV through a cable or satellite provider the downside is that you can't watch a live feed of football games CBS doesn't have the streaming rights to all sports CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves has said the company is also looking into offering something similar for Showtime that your tech news update and you can get more details at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey