Apple is looking to enhance iCloud service with photo-sharing feature, claims Wall Street Journal. The new feature will allow iCloud users to share photos and comment on them, which will take the service one-step forward from the current Photo Stream that only allows to sync photos with user’s other Apple devices.

In addition to this, Apple is also said to be working on few new features like syncing personal videos, notes and reminders on Apple’s iCloud.

Apple is expected to reveal these new features at the WWDC that begins on June 11.

Oh look! Here’s a video of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S III. Although the original video has been yanked, a backup video on YouTube shows the disguised device as well as reveal some specs. Identified as GT-I9300, the phone is powered by a quad-core 1.4GHz processor and 1GB RAM, enabling a smoother Ice Cream Sandwich experience.

Additionally, the phone features a 4.6-inch display with 720p display (320DPI), 8MP camera, 16GB internal memory, microSD card slot and 2050mAh battery with integrated NFC.

Do note that the design of the phone may change when it is revealed but the internals will most likely be the same.

[Via Sammy Hub]

Google is looking to release the next iteration of Android sometime in second quarter of 2012, reports Digitimes. The website claims information from supply chain makers who say that Android 5.0 aka Jelly Bean will be released soon and will be optimized more for tablets.

Furthermore, the new Android OS will adopt elements from Google’s Chrome OS to suit a device with dual OS. Google will offer manufacturers an option to integrate Android 5.0 alone or go with a configuration supporting Windows 8 that will allow booting into Android without restarting the computer.

The site also says Ice Cream Sandwich OS’ lower than expected result is another reason for the faster rollout of Android 5.0.

[Via Slashgear]

HTC is expected to come with plethora of devices at the Mobile World Congress. To be honest, it’s not surprising. The surprising fact, however, is that the Taiwanese company is rumored to launch a music streaming service. This little piece of news comes from GigaOm who says that the company is now working on the pricing plans and other details.

The service will rival Spotify and is said to be backed by Jimmy Iovine, founder of Beats Audio and audio partner for many HTC phones.

HTC already allows streaming of Hollywood movies via its HTC Watch service.

The site also says HTC is gearing up for the trade show in Barcelona to unveil their new tablet, smartphone and possibly a wireless boombox in addition to the music service.

Apple is looking to unveil the next-generation iPad early next month. According to a report by All Things D – who by the way have an impeccable record when it comes to Apple news – say the iPad 3 (or whatever it’s called) will be announced in the first week of March in San Francisco and will be available for purchase after a week or so.

When asked for the hardware, the site’s source claimed it will be “pretty much what we’ve been led to expect” like a faster processor, improved graphics, high-resolution Retina Display etc.

Samsung apparently reckons netbooks aren’t as profitable as they were before. According to a report on Blogeee, Samsung sent an email to its trading partners claiming that they’ll stop making 10.1-inch devices aka netbooks in first quarter of 2012. The exact reason is not known but the email did say that in lieu of the smaller underpowered notebooks, they’ll make 11.6-inch and 12-inch ultraportable and ultrabook devices.

It seems BlackBerry Colt won’t be the first BBX-based device to make its way out. According to the latest grapevine, RIM has reportedly scrapped Colt for London. The image comes by way of The Verge but BGR seems to have more details on the launch, which they believe to be sometime in Q3 next year. That is a long wait but BGR says RIM is still working on bringing native BES and BBM to BBX and is the likely cause of delay.

Nevertheless, the phone is rumored to be powered by a TI OMAP 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 8MP rear facing and 2MP front facing camera.

iPhone may be fluid and intuitive than Android but one thing that sets Android apart from iOS is the integrated Gmail app. Gmail app is nicely done for the Android OS that works as intended with automatic sync, notifications, folders and more.

Good news is that the same Gmail goodness is rumored to come on the iOS. According to MG Siegler’s sources, Google is “on the verge of launching their native Gmail app” for iOS, which has already been submitted to the App Store.

Although Google has a very competent mobile web version of Gmail, the native app will bring one of the most sought feature – notifications as well as some other like starring emails and Priority Inbox.

[Via Paris Lemon]

Apple is apparently developing a new iPhone 4 with lower storage memory. According to couple of Reuters sources, Apple suppliers have started manufacturing an 8GB iPhone 4 with a Korean company, presumably Samsung, manufacturing the said 8GB flash chips. The decision for a lower capacity iPhone 4 is because Apple wants to reach more consumers at a more affordable price tag.

Reuters also says Apple is gearing up for the next-generation iPhone which will look similar to the iPhone 4 but will have a larger display, improved cellular reception and 8MP camera.

[Via Reuters]

Asus’ next-generation Transformer 2 will apparently be the first device to be powered Nvidia’s Kal El aka Tegra 3 platform. This piece of news comes via Fudzilla’s “multiple sources” who say Transformer’s successor will be the first one to sport the quad-core SoC before a barrage of devices come in 2012.

Kal El or simply Tegra 3 is packed with features and is expectedly, superior than Tegra 2. Kal El features a powerful quad-core CPU and 12-core Nvidia GPUs, which is 5X better than the Tegra 2.

Nvidia was supposed to release Kal El this month but has been delayed by couple of months.