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this episode of technobuffalo is brought to you by godaddy is the Amazon tablet coming this October and bring in a kindle with it a kindle with a touchscreen is Windows Phone 7 launching the next breed of devices code named mango this September and was it leaked thanks to somebody's Twitter account Europe's favorite streaming music service finally lands in the US but as the USS favorite streaming video service in trouble what they raise their rates so much anyway blogger on blogger violence will it ever stop this week it's all things D vs TechCrunch there are a ton of new phones John was in New York I was in the San Francisco we covered a whole bunch of them and what's in this box anyway it's technol buffalos rumor roundup hey what's going on everybody I'm Noah crowds from TechnoBuffalo and welcome to the roundup for today july 15 2011 this episode of the rumor roundup is brought to you by godaddy and unfortunately I do not have a godaddy girl with me here to read that ad copy to you I can try but I'm neither a racecar driver nor do I look like a racecar driver if you get my drift anyway I hope you're all doing well busy busy week lots of new phones launched this week lots of stuff going on let's get right to it as always you can get more especially on all those phones that came out the status those new Sony tablets were showing off the mytouch slide 4g all kinds of stuff going on whatever is in this box over on TechnoBuffalo calm you can you can stay on top of all of it including our own jon rettinger hands on coverage from New York City this week so check that out after you watch this because this is all about the rumors the Amazon tablet may be arriving at long last but it might not be arriving this summer like many of us hoped instead the latest reports latest rumors have the tablet dropping in October and it looks like we are going to see two devices but possibly not you know the rumors change every day and the latest is that it may be one touchscreen tablet based on Android probably the gingerbread version of Android although it might be 22 and probably a single core tablet not a dual core tablet probably not with a camera but honestly I don't think all that stuff matters because Amazon's target audience generally care about that stuff they just want this thing to work and they want to use amazon services the books the magazines the streaming music the streaming video the shopping all that stuff and you can bet your bottom dollar that you can bet your sweet bippy whatever that means that the amazon tab that will have access to all those things i think we're going to see a big push around streaming video content amazon is going to keep pumping up there amazon watch instant or their instant video whatever they call it watch instance Netflix we're going to head to myself there their video offerings perhaps tied into prime but in any rate looks like we're going to be seeing that device in October and with it a touch screen kindle perhaps to battle the touch screen note that I think is the best ereader out there right now I love that thing so I stay tuned for more but it looks like it'll be you know October maybe four lucky September for the Amazon tablet and a second device probably a touchscreen ereader speaking of mobile device is slated to come out this fall an inadvertent tweet that was pulled down or maybe it was planned maybe it was like a little show-and-tell little you know a little flash and and put it back in that's mushroom do that on camera anyway but it's my official NBA lockout protest sweatshirt just so everybody knows and the lockout okay enough of that anyway whoever it is behind the official Twitter account for Microsoft's imagine cup competition may have inadvertently or on purpose narrowed down the launch window for the new batch of Windows Phone 7 devices to be running with us on 7.5 mango now hopefully probably in all likelihood this will include the first batch of nokia windows phone devices and could also include a samsung phone that was also sort of was it leaked was it not what was going on there showing off very briefly at a microsoft partner conference earlier this week this phone looks a lot like the samsung galaxy s2 which is a super high-end Android device hasn't hit the states yet but launched in other countries and our just one of the hottest phones on the market so a device like this would be huge for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 efforts I go along with 120 120 million dollar ad campaign that Nokia apparently is cooking up for I for their part in the lodge but at any rate this this tweets it something about how all imagine cup finalists will receive windows phone 7.5 mango the newest release and they'll get their phones by September so who knows that could be pinpointing a September launch date it could just be saying that they're going to get current phones with 7.5 on them or maybe they're prototypes or who knows what but the tweet has been pulled down you can get more information from our own adriana lee over on the website but you know we've been talking about a fall time frame for the official release of mango which has been you know showing off and putting developers hands and everything for a little while now so you know fall release September all kinds of lines up so I stay tuned for more on this story in the coming months moving from things that will be coming eventually we think we hope to things that are here right now tap it on the box again Spotify Europe's favorite or one of their favorite streaming music services has finally landed in the US just yesterday it went live it's an invite only thing a very small number of invites I got an invite and I had a link to invite up to five other people and I posted it on Twitter on Facebook and people told me immediately now the links dead man sorry so you know stay tuned for that this whole whole exclusivity thing with you know Facebook started out that way and then Google+ recently and now spotify invite only build a buzz whatever anyway Spotify streaming music with a ton of Facebook and other social networking integration there's a free plan there's a five dollar a month plan there's a ten-dollar month plan the ten-dollar month plan gets you access on mobile devices as well as your desktop clients also there's sonos integration some integration with other devices going on so I am psyched i get this video over with so I can check out Spotify and see if it really lives up to the hype but I'm very excited to try it out you can do some cool stuff like you can you know build playlist and share them with other people and that kind of thing so maybe we'll have to get an official technobuffalo spotify playlist going so keep your eyes open for that and of course if you are a spotify user especially if you're not in the US if you're in Europe and you've been using it you know definitely hit us up go over the site his up in the comments or find me on Twitter find the official technobuffalo count let us know what you think let us know some of the tips and tricks for us newbie American users finally getting to use Spotify speaking of American users of streaming media netflix announced price hikes earlier this week that have a bunch of people up in arms basically you get all the details over in the site but basically what they did was they took the model of 799 for unlimited streaming plus two dollars a month for one DVD at a time that was the base plan that's the plan i actually have so 10 bucks a month for unlimited streaming plus one disc out at a time and they split it up and effectively raise the rates by sixty percent so that plan now went from ten bucks a month to sixteen dollars a month eight dollars for unlimited streaming eight dollars for one DVD out at a time and then they have another plant it's more expensive if you want two dvds at a time or you can just go streaming only for eight bucks one disc only for eight bucks so a lot of backlash to run that allah discussion people up in arms they basically you know raise the rates without offering anything new and it was such a big price hike in terms of percentages still you know 16 bucks a month for unlimited streaming plus one disc at a time is a pretty good deal but apparently netflix has just been spending a ton not only on licensing the content that they put out and also developing their own content but also the streaming costs themselves so you know it had to give because that was just such a good deal for 10 bucks a month it has to give eventually it gave now maybe the way they did it not the best way in customers eyes to bring on that change existing subscribers won't have to move to the new price plans until September so we've got a couple months to decide you know is it worth it we just you know eat the cost it's really only six bucks a month depending what plan you have or do I go streaming only or DVD only and then spend that other money may be on hulu plus maybe on Amazon maybe I get my DVDs from redbox now and you know save a couple bucks but actually drive no pickup spot I don't know if you're a big watcher of streaming media and you get your discs through the mail as well definitely let us know what you think what you plan to do me I'm cutting the cord i am cutting the cord this summer and we'll see how it goes but i'm going to rewrite some of the money I spend on my cable TV bill into more streaming media because I just not worth it especially if there's no I be a blogger on blogger violence it's got to end increase the peace we're all in it together last week I talked about the war between X and gadget errs and well not really current and geysers but in gadgets management AOL another AOL property in the I hope this doesn't become a regular feature but in the blocker Wars segment this week TechCrunch owned by AOL has a bone to pick with all things D which is the wall street journal's digital block I TechCrunch writer mg Siegler called out all things D writer in a freed for running an article which basically referred to something that was posted on tech arms that secret up several weeks ago and not including a link back to the TechCrunch article now this is the second time in just the past few weeks that all things D and actually the same writer has been called out from not linking back to original source I daring fireball which is a mac app people call me mac fanboy mac enthusiast shall we say to use all things DS language mac enthusiast john gruber runs this site during fireball it's huge in the Mac community and he called them out from not linking back to a source on a macro later article a couple weeks ago and just this week just yesterday on Thursday there was some stuff on during fireball pointing to a post on mg Siegler personal blog about a techcrunch article it didn't have a link and once they were once all thing I mean all things D article linking back to tech crimes that didn't have a link once it was called out all things do you went back and added the link in but some name-calling going on all kinds of stuff I'll tell you this i firmly believe if you're going to source somebody you gotta link back to them that's how the web works that's how it goes but you know is there a way to can we settle this privately do we have to call people out or do you have to be called out to you know to change I don't know you tell me but all you bloggers out there make sure you link back to your sources and attribute the original sources because you know when you get that big scoop and everybody else is running it you want their links back that's how you grow traffic the tiger audience that's how it works quit reliable secure web hosting without the long term contract go daddy's hosting plans are bigger and better than ever with 99.999% uptime free twenty four seven support and no annual commitment and remember you can download go daddy's free iphone android or blackberry app to order right from your phone 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think you're gonna have to go to technobuffalo to check it out i'll give you a hint though it's a phone i know that for sure from the return address i'm smart that way anyway lots of stuff this week in the world of mobile in particular so head on over to tuck my Buffalo to check that out and of course to get all the latest rumors because I'm sure by the time this video is up there's going to be a new one you know who knows what I'm trying not to say the I word I guess I said at the very beginning but you get the latest on the I rumors as well so till next time again thanks to our sponsor Go Daddy next time we do a godaddy sponsored show them and see if I can get one of the godaddy girls to I do the ad read with me that'd be fun right now I don't know if I'm get him to come out to my office and way I'm Noah Kravitz protecting our Buffalo we will see you next time on the rumor roundup hello and what is going on everybody I'm Noah Kravitz from technobuffalo and welcome to the roundup for 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