Itching to install iOS 4.3 on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad? Assuming you haven’t already bagged the developer beta version of Apple’s new software, you shouldn’t have long to wait: iOS 4.3 is expected to be made available in the next ten days. Why are we so sure? It’s all tied into the launch …
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Will Nokia announce next week that it’s going to start making Windows Phone 7 smart phones? Industry analysts are hoping so, even if the comments last month by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop that fuelled the speculation made no direct reference to Microsoft’s software. “I don’t know if this is just wishful thinking, but it could definitely be the big announcement …
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If you saw someone clutching an iPad 2 at an Apple press event, what would you do? Well, obviously you’d take the owner to the nearest Bavarian bar and get the beers in. But you’d take a photo first, wouldn’t you? Sadly, if you’re “a Reuters eyewitness”, you wouldn’t. The news service claims its source spotted an iPad 2 at …
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Frustrated Windows Phone 7 users itching for a software update still don’t know when it will arrive, but at least they know what’s in it. Microsoft has published details of the first WP7 update on its website. Here’s the good news: copy’n’paste functionality will be included, working in much the same way as it does on the iPhone. “Tap a …
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Google’s Android Market has been a handset-only affair ever since launch, with no way to search for apps and games from your computer. That has changed with the launch of a proper Web store for Android users. The site went live last night, and is fully localised for the UK, showing prices in pounds. You sign in with your Google …
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Top up your account with a tenner, and get 1,000 free voice-call minutes? There are strings to Vodafone UK’s new Freebees price plan, but it’s still a pretty generous offer in our book. Freebees are only available to the network’s pay as you go customers, as part of the new Top Up and Get Talk tariff. Topping up by a …
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LG has taken the wrappers off its G-Slate tablet, confirming a spring launch for the Android-powered slab. It follows a starring appearance by the device in a Korean pop video last week. The G-Slate will initially go on sale in the spring through US mobile operator T-Mobile, running on its 4G network. While no UK deal has been announced, you …
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Apple’s decision to get tough on companies whose iPhone apps bill users directly has its highest-profile victim yet: Sony. The company says its Sony Reader app has been rejected by Apple, because it let users buy ebooks from Sony’s own store without using Apple’s in-app payments. “It’s the opposite of what we wanted to bring to the market,” Sony’s ebooks …
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Apple’s iPad 2 will not include a ‘retina display’ to match the iPhone 4 and latest iPod touch, claims analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. His component supplier contacts suggest, however, that Kindle-style anti-reflection technology will be part of the new iPad when it goes on sale later this year. “The improvement of iPad 2 display focuses on thickness and anti-reflection, not resolution,” …
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LG’s Optimus 3D smart phone has been the talk of the blogosphere since last week, when Dutch retailer ThePhoneHouse accidentally launched a product page for the device on its website. Now LG has confirmed the device will make its public debut at Mobile World Congress in a couple of weeks’ time. The press release is somewhat terse, but offers a …
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