Apple confirms iOS5 battery problems, fix on the way in iOS 5.0.1
Apple have gone out and confirmed to All Things D that there is, infact, a battery draining issue with the recent release of iOS5.
"A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices," Apple said in a statement. ""We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks."
Tweephone mixes old-school with the new
Microblogging with a twist, 140-character debonairs can now enjoy the thrill of an "analogue" telephone, via the Tweephone, for your Tweeting pleasures: using a rotary dial phone to transmit your short diatribes.
HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio available today. UK Pricing
The bohemoth that is the 4.7" Android bearing HTC Sensation XL, brother to the equally well sized Titan, has become available from all carriers here in sunny UK. Here's where to pick it up from, and how much it'll set you back.
How Windows killed the Courier tablet
Image courtesy of engadget.
CNET released a report about how Microsoft was presented with two competing tablet ideas, and their decision eventually became Windows 8, rather than the technologically infamous Courier.
For the uninitiated, the Courier was a dual-screen tablet, representing a notepad that captured the passionate inspiration of tech journalists across the globe in 2009. As you can see in the video below, it presented something that was much more for the creative consumer, showing options of use that exceed the ideas of content creation that are already present nowadays. So why was it killed off? This is what Jay Greene's report for CNet answers.
Blackberry shows us the future...and it looks boring
After Microsoft showed us some rather interesting concepts in their 'Minority Report' style of the future, Blackberry just have to be the 'future vision' equivalent of that awkward guy who makes any room an uncomfortable silence of boredom.
GarageBand released on iPhone and iPod Touch
Simply put, we'd feel a tablet interface would be the most practical that a touch version of GarageBand could get. Seems as if we were wrong, according to Apple who released a version for iPhone and iPod Touch today.
Apple's music app has let anybody from experienced musicians to teens who think they can play an instrument create and record their own music ever since its iPad release in March of this year (much earlier on OS X). Now GarageBand 1.1 is out as a universal app with support for small iOS screens.
London Police creates fake mobile network to trace calls and messages
London's Old Bill, The Met Police, have bought in a highly sophisticated mobile surveillance system. Through this, they can create a masquerade mobile network, coax your phone into connecting to it, then trace all communications and your IMEI number. Uncomfortable stuff to say the least.
What's your number out of 7 billion people?
BBC has created a really interesting interactive feature called 'The world at seven billion' giving you a number based on age as to what person on Earth you are.
Microsoft predicts the future
Taking augmented reality to a whole new level, Microsoft has laid out its vision for the next few years, and for nerds (us and you, dear reader) it's amazing.
Nokia Kinetic offers a new form of smartphone interaction
Nokia World 2011 hasn't just been about the Lumia line-up of Windows Phone 7 devices, as the Future Technology booth at th Expo prooved with a whole a practical use of a flexible display on a smartphone.
Windows XP still the most used desktop OS in the world after a decade
The title says it all really. The one operating system that we love to hate and hate to love: Windows XP, is a decade old this week, and still has a worldwide user base of around 52%, making it the planet's most used desktop operating system. And it makes sense: it's still the best there is. Think about it.
Nokia Lumia line announced + specs
It's basically an N9 altered for Windows phone 7. Nokia have just announced the Lumia 800 and 710 at their Nokia World 2011 keynote, representing their first device on Microsoft's platform.
If there's one thing we can take away from this, it's that Nokia still make (arguably) the best phone hardware on the market. You've probably already seen the N9 on the high street; but without the cartoon OS that is Meego and the Metro UI bringing some grace to the display instead, it manages to accentuate just how beautiful the hardware truly is.
IRIS 9000 makes the iPhone 4S awesome
So you liked what you heard from our iPhone 4S review; but are still looking for more of a reason to buy. More of an enticement beyond asking Siri for the best places to hide dead bodies, so how about the IRIS 9000.
Editorial: The Distraction of Technology
From the New York Times: “Slightly more than 1,000 pedestrians visited emergency rooms in 2008 because they got distracted and tripped, fell or ran into something while using a cellphone to talk or text." Walking into stuff while texting, we've all done it at some point.
Screens everywhere, absolutely unequivocably.
See how the iPhone camera has improved over the years
So the iPhone started as a phone that didn't really break a sweat over making an effort on the afterthought they called a camera. Fast forward to the 4 and we have something that takes stunning photographs, and actually has a flash! But how much has the camera improved since the first inception? This is a question that Lisa Bettany has answered.
Steve Jobs Biographer on 60 Minutes
We've already written our Steve Jobs obituary; but last night Walter Isaacson, official biographer of the Apple CEO took part in an episode of 60 minutes. From what he says, it's obvious to notice that Steve really split the crowd down the middle of love and hate. Whichever way you see it, you can't help but take note of the effect he has had on the tech industry. We've got the show embedded here.
Lucky Charms Sifter keeps your breakfast awesome
I think it's unanimously agreeable to think that the single greatest cereal made is Lucky Charms (with Frosted Shreddies and Weetos in a close joint second). But as is with all nutritional morning meals, the marshmallowey beauty is somewhat destroyed by actual cereal held within the confines of the box. This is where we'd like to introduce Lombardi's Lucky Charms Sifter.
ASUS presents the 'Michael Bay' of Tablet ads
Honest to God, we were expecting either it all to blow up or a Transformer of some variety, as it seems that the marketing department at ASUS have just drunk a little too much Bay in a Can.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus UK pricing
So you've held off on the iPhone 4S to look for the Galaxy Nexus which was announced today? Great! Now see what UK pricing is available for when November 10th rolls around