From now on four iPhone owners should not even worry about how fast the battery discharges smartphone made by Apple.

New optional battery, battery pack Eton Mobius iPhone 4 will allow 20 minutes after the call on which is charged using the sun 1h.

Eton Mobius has a 1800mAh capacity will double the battery life smartphone. But according to the same site, the thickness of the phone will grow by another 20 mm. Below is a photovoltaic panel Li-Ion battery can be fully charged after several hours of sun exposure, or through the USB connector.

New battery does not have a fixed release date and purchase price is itself unknown.

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Apple is preparing to launch this summer a new model of the famous iPhone, which will be but, according to information provided by the New York Times, completely redesigned.

5 iPhone will use a chipset CDMA / GSM / UMTS from Qualcomm, and this change is the final transition from Infineon, as a manufacturer of chipsets for the iPhone and iPad. From now on, Qualcomm will be responsible for producing all of their chips for mobile devices from Apple’s.

The most notable new iPhone released May however, seems to be that the phone will be launched and designed without CEO Steve Jobs to be present to coordinate things as they happened so far. Jobs took a medical leave, starting yesterday, after previously suffered from pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant was performed. Even though he said he will continue his role during the absence from office, his replacement is Tim Cook who will take over, really, everyday tasks from Apple.

In addition to completely new design that will address five iPhone, which is tested in this period chiefs Apple will get, it seems, a chip NFC (near field communication), similar to that used by Google for your Nexus S. The high-frequency wireless technology, short-range, allowing the exchange of data between two devices nearby.

Also, Apple could launch the iPhone 5:01 electronic wallet, which include applications such as iPay, iBuy, iCoupons.

5 iPhone will improve the voice system, the user will be able to very likely to ask questions rather complex gadget websites. Apple also takes into consideration, a new system for iTunes, monthly subscription, but also a technology that allows facial recognition. This new iPhone last May, the same tag uirea allowing the photographs posted on Facebook, could be channeled in different directions by those responsible for Apple: add function for facial recognition products like Aperture or iPhoto, or even facial recognition user and unlock the phone for myself.

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The iPhone application Latitude is now globally available in the App Store. With Latitude, you can easily pass your location to friends. So you can keep in touch when you go on holiday together and see if your spouse, children or friends after an appointment come home safely. Through the privacy settings you only share your location whenever you want and the people you have chosen. Latitude also works in the background, even if you’ve closed the application or if the iPhone is in sleep mode.

Last week Latitude equally in the Japanese App Store, but was almost immediately withdrawn. Now Google has officially launched the app, after a minor adjustment: the currently available version 2.0.0.346 is the only innovation “Update. on wallpaper. ” indicating that updating your site as a background process apparently was not working quite right.

Important to know: does the app not the first generation iPhone and iPhone 3G . The iPod touch is supported only from the third generation. Actually, that makes sense, because only from the iPhone 3G is the use of background processes officially supported in IOS 4 and higher. You Latitude those older devices still use it, by your mobile browser to google.com / latitude to go, but then you’ll still have to open the browser to update your location.

Latitude has a different approach than location services like Four Square and Gowalla, where you need to check. This incheckdiensten sign only specific areas (like cafes) only at specific times so that people know where you are. With Latitude, you do not check, but the service gives you continuous current location on to a server, even if no bar, restaurant or other useful place.

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