June, 2011

• 7 June

  Spotify Android app update due in weeks, folders to follow

  

  Spotify’s Android app will overtake its iPhone equivalent in a matter of weeks. Crave caught up with the music-streaming service this morning to see what’s in the pipeline, and although its spokesman kept schtum on the long-anticipated US launch, we did learn that the next update to the Android app is on its way. Folders …

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• 7 June

  Samsung Wave 2 crashes ashore with 1GHz processor and Bada 1.2

  

  The Samsung Wave 2 is crashing over the White Cliffs of Dover and into UK shops, available to buy today from O2 and Phones4u. The Wave 2 laps up after the Samsung Wave, a phone whose hardware we rather appreciated. The sequel was released over in Germany back in October, and is only now making its way to British pockets. …

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• 7 June

  iPhone 4 redesigned antenna: What does the Verizon launch mean for Brits?

  

  There’s now more than one network offering the Apple iPhone in the US. Verizon will sell the iPhone 4 from 3 February, breaking AT&T’s monopoly on the phone. And, when it does, the phone will be redesigned — specifically the controversial and much-maligned antenna. Not only that, it’ll be running the next update to the operating system, which means iOS …

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• 7 June

  BBC iPlayer app for iPhone and iPad could finally be out next month

  

  Been itching for a proper iPlayer app for your iPhone or iPad to catch up with your favourite BBC shows? It looks like your prayers could be answered by the end of February. The Beeb originally announced plans to create these apps nearly a year ago, although it took another six months to get the go-ahead from its BBC Trust. …

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• 7 June

  Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 2 hints in iOS 4.3 update

  

  The latest version of the iPhone and iPad mobile software has emerged, offering clues to the design of the next versions of Apple’s flagship devices. iOS 4.3 has been released to developers, and the beta version of the operating system suggests the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 — or whatever they end up being called — will be shorn of …

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• 7 June

  Windows 8 on mobile phones? Don’t get your hopes up…

  

  Windows Phone 7? Ancient news, old bean. It’s all about Windows 8 on mobiles now. What’s that? Windows 8 isn’t even out for desktop PCs yet? Tsk, mere details. The speculation that Microsoft could put its next-gen OS on phones stems from an unimpeachable source: Intel CEO Paul Otellini, speaking on the record during the company’s financial conference call yesterday. …

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• 7 June

  iOS 4.3.1 on the way, dealing death and destruction to iPad 2 jailbreak

  

  Pleased with the zippy performance of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad on Apple’s new iOS 4.3 software? Join the club. But it seems a few minor gremlins crept into the software update, which may lead Apple to roll out iOS 4.3.1 within the next two weeks. Boy Genius Report claims to have the details, suggesting a timeframe of “one …

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• 7 June

  iPad 2 vs Motorola Xoom vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

  

  This week the iPad 2 completed the line-up for the Great Tablet Clash of 2011 (movie rights pending). Almost every major tech manufacturer has a touchscreen device ready to go, and they’re set for a massive head-on collision when they go on sale in the next few months. We reckon the biggest three players are Apple, Motorola and Samsung, who …

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• 7 June

  Apple launches iPhone and iPad app subscriptions, sparks controversy

  

  Apple’s new subscription billing for iPhone and iPad apps allow developers and publishers to charge recurring subscriptions for magazine, newspaper, video and music apps. The system, launched yesterday, is already controversial, however, with music service Rhapsody saying Apple’s 30 per cent cut of subscription payments will make music services “economically untenable”. The subscription billing was used first by US news …

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• 7 June

  iPhone nano rumours scotched, but cheaper iPhone may be coming

  

  Alas, iPhone nano. We barely even knew you at all from online speculation, before you were cruelly snuffed out by… Well, by new online speculation. Still, it was fun while it lasted. A lengthy piece in the New York Times rubbishes reports of a smaller iPhone, suggesting instead that Apple is investigating ways to make a cheaper full-sized version by …

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