Apple has “no plans” to bring Siri to older devices such as the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, quashing the hopes of those who own its older phones and want to play with Apple’s voice-controlled robot butler. We had heard Apple was testing Siri on the iPhone 4, but in an email obtained by developer …
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Update: Nokia has denied the Lumia 800 will not be available SIM-free. Read more details here. Original story follow. Bad news Nokia fans — the Nokia Lumia 800 SIM-free model has been held back until January next year. That means you’ll need to buy into a contract if you want to get your hands on Nokia’s first Windows Phone device …
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Spotify has finally made it to Windows Phone, bringing streaming tunes to Microsoft mobiles, and finally giving Windows Phone owners an app to shout about. Spotify, the music streaming service that grants you access to a library of millions of tracks, including but not limited to Men At Work’s Down Under, has been available on iOS and Android for ages, …
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The HTC Sensation, Sensation XL, Sensation XE and Evo 3D will all be getting an upgrade to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich early next year. Welcome news for fans of those phones, but what about the HTC Desire series? And indeed, the recent HTC Rhyme? A bunch of US-only phones have also been confirmed for the ICS update (stateside …
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Gingerbread is now the most-used version of Android, with the gingery-flavoured version of Google’s mobile OS residing on 44 per cent of Android devices. Stats released on Android’s developer site show that versions 2.3, 2.3.2, 2.3.3 and 2.3.7, all of which fall under the Gingerbread banner, account for 44.4 per cent of all Android kit. That beats Android 2.2 Froyo, …
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Motorola has stuck some price stickers on its new Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets. The 10.1-inch Xoom 2 will be flogged for £380, while the smaller Media Edition slate will set you back £330. How reasonable is that? Well, it’s not nearly as cheap as we’d like, but at least it’s cheaper than Apple’s iPad 2, which …
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The Motorola Razr has been delayed, but hopefully only by a week. Online tech retailer Clove had listed the Razr as coming out on 1 November, but now the product page on its site reads, “First stock delayed until week commencing 7 November.” That note is written in all caps on Clove’s site, but we took those out so as …
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Apple has released a beta version of its upcoming iOS update to developers ahead of sending it out to the masses, and it contains a battery fix to address the iPhone 4S’ power problems, as well as some other goodies, MacRumours reports. Earlier we reported Apple had confirmed its new iPhone 4S smart phone was plagued with battery woes, with …
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The LG Optimus 2X will at some point be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, as will “other LG high-end smart phones”, the company has promised in a statement on its Facebook page. The statement was made in response to rumours that the Optimus 2X wouldn’t be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment at all. While it’s good to …
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Oh, Duke Nukem. We had to wait so many years for you to return, and now we can’t get rid of you. The videogame world’s favourite musclebound misogynist is making his way to your Android mobile, courtesy of a port of his classic 1996 adventure Duke Nukem 3D. It’s available to download now from the Android Market, priced at a mere …
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