Posts Tagged ‘things’

iPlayer comes to iPhone, Apple in eBook price investigation, H1Siri hack complaints

December 6th, 2011

BBC has announced that it has rolled the global iPlayer app out to more countries.

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Battery fix falls short, iOS swipe patent, iOS trojan exploit patched

November 11th, 2011

One of the things that the iOS 5.0.1 update was supposed to fix was the battery issues some users are seeing. There are a bunch of users on the Apple support forums complaining that the issue is no better and some claim its worse

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iPhone event 10/4, iPhone 5 on sale mid-October, iPad Facebook app to surface at iPhone event

September 27th, 2011

Apple has confirmed that there will be an iPhone event on October 4 . The event is called the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event ensuring there will be some new announcements about the long rumored iPhone 5. A source has tipped that the iPhone 5 will go on sale on October 14

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Navigon GPS app gets update, Docs love the iPhone, Apple lands Microsoft exec

April 15th, 2011

Navigon has updated its navigation app for the iPhone with some new features that you can buy in-app. The features add traffic gauges and speed camera locations among other things

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Hacktivist app fakes out and then embarrasses pirates

April 1st, 2011

Generally, I don’t think Trojans and other things that can compromise your phone are funny. This one however is amusing and it’s called Android.walkinwat.

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Hanwha HDMI adapter, iOS 5.0 this fall, iOS 4.3.1 right now

March 28th, 2011

A Japanese firm called Hanwha has launched a new HDMI adapter that will work for the iPhone 4. The device will also charge the iPhone while you stream to your TV and has a USB port

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Peel universal control ships, Task Aware app, iOS 4.3 adds in app password

March 11th, 2011

If you want a slick remote control system for your iPhone that will let you control your home theater gear the Peel is now shipping. This thing has a hardware component and a free app and it will set up activities to turn on all the needed components for a task at one time. A cool new app has surfaced called Task Aware

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Motorola DROID Bionic and ATRIX 4G suffering “unfixable” power problems?

January 26th, 2011

The Motorola DROID Bionic and ATRIX 4G allegedly both suffer from a power management fault that could lead to the smartphones overheating even when idle. According to trusted source kbman at HowardForums, his contacts involved in testing the smartphones claim the issues could affect radio performance among other things. “The problem has to do with the PMU and causes a variety of issues including severe overheating even while at idle, power fluctuations affecting RF performance and cold boot issues” More concerning are suggestions that the problem is “unfixable”, though another user claiming insider information claims the PMU problem is in fact due to be addressed this week. While no specific evidence has been produced, kbman has a track record of inside Motorola information that is leaving would-be Bionic buyers wary of the new smartphone

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Apps share personal details says WSJ, Facebook app update, Best Buy ends restocking fee

December 20th, 2010

The WSJ investigated 101 apps for the iPhone and Android smartphones and found that many of them share personal details with ad firms without asking the user’s permission.

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Nexus S torn down

December 17th, 2010

  Google’s Nexus S has been dissected by teardown experts, iFixit. The dissection doesn’t have anything interesting except for the fact that the Super AMOLED panel is not really “curved”. Contrary to what most of us thought, the glass screen which sits on top of the Super AMOLED panel is curved.

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