Apple may unveil the 11.6 inch MacBook Air on 20th October

Boy you just can’t keep Apple out of the rumor mill can you? Thankfully, this time the rumor is not about a Verizon iPhone or a 2nd gen iPad. According to AppleInsider and its multiple sources, the Cupertinos are planning on unveiling the 11.6 inch MacBook Air at their Back to the Mac event which kicks of this Wednesday.

Not a lot can be said about the characteristics of the upcoming MacBook Air model. All we know is that it will be 11.6 inch in size. It is believed that the upcoming MacBook Air may not be getting a traditional hard disk or a Solid State Drive (SSD). Don’t be surprised if Apple’s slim netbook brings something called an SSD card that is more like a RAM and doesn’t have a traditional drive enclosure.

This begs the question as to why Apple is introducing a SSD card like thing? First and foremost it will help Cupertinos lower down the MacBook Air price which may get the consumers attention. Other advantages are performance oriented such as Faster Boot times and wake up from sleep mode at a speed similar to the ones experienced by iPhone and iPad users.

[via VentureBeat]

Samsung rolls out Froyo update for its high selling Galaxy S smartphone

Samsung Galaxy S, the electronic makers most successful Android device to date has received a firmware update which it truly deserves. Yup, that’s right folks Froyo update has been made available for Samsung’s high selling smartphone.

The update can become yours via Kies, Samsung’s unique in-house software upgrade program. In case you don’t have Kies, you  can get it from the Samsung mobile website (http://www.samsungmobile.com). There are multiple reasons to be excited about this update Adobe Flash 10.1 support, faster performance and much more listed below:

Google MapsTM with Navigation: GPS navigation system with voice guidanceAdobe® Flash® Player 10.1: Allow the web browser to make full use of the whole webSetup Wizard: Quickly customize the GALAXY S and access networks with easeHome Screen/Menu Preview and Edit : Preview by pinch-zoomSearch in-Browser : Google™, Translate, Wikipedia, Dictionary

Here’s how the Froyo roll out has been planned:

The Android 2.2 upgrade will be available from the mid of October 2010 in the Nordic region and gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, North America, Africa and rest of the world.

Do give us your feedback once you get Froyo up and running on your sexy looking Samsung Galaxy S.

[via Samsung]