Welcome back to The iLife! Let’s Get this weeks Roundup started.

Take a look at what I rounded up after the jump.I have 5 stories for you this week. Let’s get started.

1: From : CrunchGear
Amazon press conference on 2/9: I can haz kindle too?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Amazon is having a press conference next Monday, February 9th, and judging from their past history, it looks like there going to release a new Kindle. Oh, and its being held at a Library, so it has the whole book thing going on. Rumors are that this will be a complete redesign, like jumping from a first gen iPod to an iPod touch. Yea, that’s big.

2: From : Official Gmail Blog
New in Labs: Offline Gmail
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Offline Gmail is finally here! Well, in labs at least. You can now go into your Gmail labs settings, and activate offline Gmail. it should be the first option. Then you can install google gears and it stats to sync your emails to your hard drive. It even has a “flaky connection mode” where you retrieve your stored messages locally, and it continues to sync whenever it can. For more information, check out the Gmail blog.

3: From : Endgadget
iPod / iPhone CES pavilion sells out in record time, quadruples to include Mac products — goodbye, Macworld?
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Shortly after CES announced that it was going to have a iLounge at CES 2010, an iPod / iPhone centric area, it sold out in a week. So, how many of the registered companies are coming to CES from Macworld? Is this the just the beginning of CES’s demise?

4: From : Macworld
iTunes Plus upgrades go à la carte
Thursday, January 29, 2009

If you haven’t upgraded your iTunes library to iTunes Plus because you didn’t want to upgrade your entire library, your in luck. iTunes now allows you to upgrade one song at a time. Just use the “Upgrade To iTunes Plus” link on the Store’s Home page. You can still upgrade the entire library, but you can also see a listing of your upgradeable songs and click “Buy”. It’s great that you now have the choice to upgrade your songs at $0.30, and only what you want, times are tough after all.

5: From : Electronista
Skype coming to iPhone, Windows Mobile devices?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Skype is rumored to be introducing a official application for both the iPhone and a updated version for Windows Mobile at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Spain. Specifics are unknown at this time. It should be interesting to see what they come out with because frankly, Fring, a Skype app for the iPhone, really isn’t that great. Oh, and the above picture is only a fan mock-up… sorry, wish I had a really pic!

That’s it for this week! Keep comming back to the iLife for more of The Roundup, every Friday at noon.

–Keith Hobin