If you were a little let down by the iPhone 4S, but do like the look of its Siri voice-controlled assistant, then we have some very good news for you: someone has got Siri working on their iPhone 4! Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has ported Siri to his iPhone 4, reports 9to5Mac, and while there are …
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T-Mobile USA today launched several pay-per-day plans for customers who think a monthly plan is too much of a commitment. There is a $1-a-day plan, which comes with unlimited text messages and a charge of 10 cents a minute for phone calls, a $2 plan for unlimited talk, text messages, and data at 2G speeds, and a $3 plan for …
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17 October
Motorola Droid Razr gets countdown to launch
Next week will see not only the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Android Ice Cream Sandwich, but it seems that Motorola also has something special up its sleeve — and to heighten the tension, it’s put a live countdown on its homepage, reports Engadget. At time of writing there are 80-odd hours to go till we see the …
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17 October
iPhone 5, not 4S, was Steve Jobs’ final project
It’s less than a week since the iPhone 4S was released to positive reviews and even more enthusiastic high fives, but attention has already turned to its successor — the iPhone 5 — with the news that it was Steve Jobs’ last project. Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note that the next-generation iPhone …
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17 October
BlackBerry compensation is free apps but no refund
BlackBerry wants to make it up to you for last week’s smart phone meltdown and is talking compensation. Your money back, perhaps? A chunk off your next bill? A handwritten, hand-delivered apology from the BlackBerry board inscribed on jewel-encrusted gold-leaf? Nope — you can have some free apps. BlackBerry phones across the world were cut off from the Internet and …
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17 October
Nokia 603 packs Symbian Belle, NFC, Angry Birds Magic
Want a smart phone that doesn’t run Android, iOS or Windows Phone 7? No, it’s okay — you can admit it — we won’t judge you. Step up, oh ye of unconventional taste in smart phone operating systems, and have a gander at the Nokia 603. It’s one of a new wave of entry-level smart phones that use Symbian Belle …
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17 October
iPhone 4S sells 4 million in three days
More than 4 million new iPhones flew off shelves this weekend. The iPhone 4S landed in millions of proud owners’ hands in the three days since launching in the UK and around the world on Friday. Many iPhone fans queued overnight outside Apple Stores — including us! — to get their next-generation Apple phone. Others simply moseyed into their nearest …
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17 October
HTC dealt a setback in Apple patent battle
Apple didn’t infringe on four of HTC’s patents, according to an initial ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission’s administrative law judge. The administrative law judge ruling, which is essentially a recommendation to the ITC’s judges, found “no violation” by Apple, Reuters reported. A final ruling by the ITC is expected in February. The ruling is just one component of …
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17 October
Hey, RIM! Time to step it up with better BlackBerry freebies
commentary Research in Motion, is that really all you’ve got? After a critical outage that left some BlackBerry users without e-mail for as many as three days, RIM is offering customers $100 worth of premium apps for free. Enterprise customers also get a month’s worth of technical support. The problem is, the BlackBerry faithful stick with you for primarily one …
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17 October
BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380 and Bold 9790 coming soon
BlackBerry maker RIM is understandably eager to move on after its embarrassing recent worldwide service outage, and has teased us with two new BlackBerry 7-powered handsets. The BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380 and the BlackBerry Bold 9790, codenamed Bellagio, were unveiled on the BlackBerry Developers Blog. You may want to keep the whoops, high fives and congratulatory back slaps on ice a …
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