Would you pay $599 for Microsoftrsquo;s new Surface tablet?

img style=display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; src=http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/06/2012-06-22_10h45_24-520x245.jpg alt= title= border=0 width= height= / Recently, rumored pricing for the Microsoft Surface line of tablets leaked. Herersquo;s what it looks like: $599 for the Windows RT model, and $999 for the Windows 8 Pro version. Those have generated a bit of ire from some, worrying that the figures are too high. High pricing of the device could lead to limited adoption, and the iPadrsquo;s continued dominance of the tablet market. Certainly, the Surface line is no direct iPad-competitor, but in the minds of consumers they will be weighed side by side, so itrsquo;s hard to not think along those lines, from a market perspective. We want to know what you think. So, vote in the poll below, which is based on the lowest price point that we have heard of yet. Following, we are going to come back, tally and parse the results. Now, get voting: a href=http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/06/22/would-you-pay-599-for-microsofts-new-surface-tablet-poll/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29utm_content=Google+ReaderVote here TNW/a

Google Publishes Google I/O Android App With Streaming and More

Google’s Roman Nurik has announced that the company’s Google I/O 2012 conference app is now live, offering session listings, scheduling and more. There is a live streaming component that will go active during the conference, as well as the normal lab and session scheduling and maps to help you get around.

The 2012 edition of the app once again supports Android 2.2+ devices of all shapes and sizes. With the app you can browse through sessions and code labs, manage your schedule (from the app or from your Android 3.0+ device’s home screen!), orient yourself with a map, and more. We’ve also added the ability to watch I/O Live streams on your Android 3.0+ devices (available during the conference).

Nurik mentions that Google will be open-sourcing the app just after the conference as well. Google I/O runs June 27-June 29th in San Francisco and The Next Web will be there to cover it. The conference sold out in 20 minutes but will stream the keynote and all other ‘key sessions’ live.

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Any.DO expands outside of Android, brings its handy To-Do tools to iOS and Google Chrome

Chances are some members of Team Android won't be too pleased to share the any.DO goods with the iOS squad, but for what it's worth, you'll always be able to say you had it first. After being a success on Google's mobile OS, any.DO has decided to test out other waters, including making its way to those iPod touches / iPhones / iPads of the world, as well as Google Chrome in extension form. On the iOS front, the app -- which sports a very minimalist, but sleek design -- allows users to add, adjust and edit multiple tasks using a drag-and-drop, gesture-based UI. Meanwhile, the Chrome extension keeps the similar productivity goal, but takes it to the larger screen -- what's best, however, is any.DO allows you to sync all your To-Do's between different devices regardless of OS. Both the iOS application and Chrome extension are free of charge, and you can grab the version best suited for you at either of the source links below.

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CyanogenMod's new mascot, Cid, gets his own start-up animation

CyanogenMod's new mascot, Cid, gets his own start-up animation

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Equal parts creepy and adorable, CyanogenMod's new character has been gifted his first big appearance, in his own animation for the Android modder platform of choice. Cid (that's short for CyanogenMod ID) will replace the slightly overfamiliar skateboarding Android icon when you turn on your now tinkered-with gadget. Gaze at his sweetly-sinister glow right after the break.

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Jailbreak, app piracy, and the true cost of theft

 

Now that the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak is available for the iPhone 4S, new iPad, and older devices, the subject of jailbreak in general is getting a lot of attention again, and with it, the dark side of jailbreaking. It seems whenever someone wants to attack the very concept of jailbreak, one of the first salvos unleashed is app piracy. The sad, ugly truth is that those attacks are made possible because some people who jailbreak do so mainly or entirely to get "free" apps. And the sadder, uglier truth is that there's no such thing as "free". Everything has a cost. Even and especially theft.

We're going to use the words "theft" and "steal" here instead of piracy because that's what we're talking about. Steve Jobs once raised a pirate flag at Apple as a symbol of their counterculture and ideals, and the jailbreak community has embraced that spirit.

By no means has the jailbreak community embraced theft.

Both iMore and Mobile Nations have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to even the discussion of piracy. We place an incredibly high value on developers and the apps they make, and don't want to play any part, directly or indirectly, in disseminating information that hurts developers, the iOS platform, and the legitimate jailbreak community.

Likewise, prominent jailbreak developers have gone out of their way, numerous times, to distance themselves from app theft and ask those using their software not to steal apps.

There's a reason for that. App theft is not a victimless crime. It hurts the iOS platform, it hurts iOS developers, and because of that, it ultimately hurts iOS users.

Stealing apps isn't free. It comes with a very real cost.

 

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New iPad overtakes original iPad in the US after only 2 months: Report

A new report from app analytics company Localytics claims Apple's latest iPad model is now more widely used in the United States than the first-generation iPad, a mere two months after the former hit the market.

We already reported usage was off to a very strong start, but Localytics says the new iPad is now up nearly 50 percent compared to its launch-week share.

The report will be published on Localytics' blog later today but was shared with The Next Web in advance. The company's app analytics solutions are used by companies like Fox, AT&T, Rhapsody, Qualcomm and The New York Times.

According to Localytics, its stats show that the iPad 2 remains the most used of all three generations of iPads by a margin (60 percent vs. 20 percent for both the other tablets) but that the new iPad has overtaken the original one in a hurry.

Indeed, the third-gen tablet keeps selling like hotcakes as Apple makes it increasingly available in stores worldwide.

The device sports a new dual-core A5X processor with quad-core graphics, and a Retina Display with a resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels.

Gartner, meanwhile, says iOS continues to be the dominant tablet OS and is projected to account for 61.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales to end users in 2012. In other words, the iPad's strongest rival remains the iPad.

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