TrustedReviews: So the iPhone 3G is out and endless rumours of a new model can be put to bed for now, which means I’m not at all surprised to see the iPod speculation has begun in full force.

Talk of both a new iPod Touch and iPod Nano are gathering momentum with the former showing up in the latest firmware 2.1 beta courtesy of a code reference to “iPod2,1″. Obviously the touch is the only model which can share the iPhone firmware so the conclusion seems pretty solid.

What could we reasonably expect? GPS would be most likely along with possibly a 64GB version and reduced RRPs to counter the iPhone 3G’s new subsidised pricing.

Next iLounge claims to have info from that most infamous of sources ‘the reliable insider’ who claims the new nano will have a larger screen with an iPhone/iPod touch matching widescreen aspect ratio. The decision will mean the nano looks slimmer and more stretched this time around and closer to its original form.

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PocketGamer: Nokia’s N-Gage client will be installed on more than 50 million phones by the end of this year, according to Ideaworks3D chief technology officer Tim Closs.

He made the claim in a presentation at the Develop Mobile conference, and said it was based on Nokia’s own estimates.

That’s actual clients on handsets too - the 50 million figure covers the number of people who’ve already downloaded the client, plus the number of handsets expected to ship with it preloaded.

Meanwhile, Closs also said that there will be 30 N-Gage games available by the end of this year, and that by December, the N-Gage Software Development Kit (SDK) will support hardware acceleration.

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News.com: Almost three weeks after it launched, Apple is finally able to tell MobileMe customers that everything is working as it should.

The latest update to its MobileMe status blog posted by the mysterious David G. says that all is well with MobileMe, Apple’s replacement for .Mac that offers subscribers e-mail and access to Web-based contacts and calendars. “We have completed restoring Mail service, including historical messages, to all of the 1% of affected members.”

Almost right from the launch hour, MobileMe was rife with problems. The site was down on its first day, and some subscribers have had trouble accessing their e-mail and syncing their contacts ever since.

Apple offered a free 30 days of service as a mea culpa for the launch issues, but a balky e-mail server continued to cause problems well into July, completely erasing some e-mail messages.

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Idealo: This news is quickly told. On the official playstation.blog the director of PlayStation Network Operations, Eric Lempel, yesterday announced that a ‘PS3 firmware update (v2.42) is now available for download”.

It follows the much troubled update version 2.40 that left players with problems in game play among others on Call of Duty 4.

Nevertheless, the firmware update 2.42 for Playstation 3 is a minor one that improves the playback quality of the PS3 and ‘Playstation format software’.

Version 2.42 doesn’t come with the anticipated Life with PlayStation feature.

Sony Playstation 3 update version 2.42

CrunchGear: According to reports in Japanese newspapers today, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) has set internal directives to start offering OLED TVs by 2011.

The company intends to use its R&D center in Kyoto as a base for a manufacturing plant solely for OLED panels. By next spring, the first prototype OLED TVs with a screen size of around 20 inches are expected to be produced there.

Mass production of OLED TVs with a screen size of 40 inches and more is scheduled for 2011 in a factory in near Kobe in central Japan.

Panasonic seems to be serious. They said 200 engineers will be assigned exclusively for the development of  the next-generation displays.

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PC World: Nintendo reported strong growth in its sales and profit during the April to June quarter thanks to the popularity of its Wii console and DS handheld gaming device.

The company said net profit jumped 34 percent compared to the same period last year as sales rose 24 percent.

Nintendo sold 5.2 million Wii consoles worldwide during the quarter, a jump of 50 percent on the same period a year earlier. In Japan, however, sales dropped by almost half. Sales of Wii software rose in all regions. Overall, 40.4 million Wii games were sold during the period.

Key titles during the quarter included “Mario Kart Wii,” which sold 6.4 million copies, and “Wii Fit,” which sold 3.4 million.

Sales of the Nintendo DS were down slightly from the same quarter last year due to a big drop in Japan. Overall, 6.9 million of the handhelds were sold in the quarter, against 7 million in the same period last year.

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