March, 2011

iOS 4.3 drops at 6pm today

March 8, 2011 2:40 pm by Jennifer Allan

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: 4.3, Apple, IOS, Update

Apple fans, start your engines! Word is out that iOS 4.3 will be available from 10am Pacific Time today, which is 6pm today for everyone over on this side of the pond.

Things we’re expecting to see in iOS 4.3 include faster web browsing; iTunes Home Sharing, which lets you access iTunes via your Apple device over your home Wi-fi connection; tweaks to FaceTime for the iPad 2; AirPlay improvements and iPad users will be able to choose whether the iPad’s switch controls screen orientation or acts as a mute button. The iOS 4.3 hotspot feature will also be set to a default of three connections, but but carriers can request that to be changed to five.

[via BGR]

Samsung Galaxy S 2: release date pushed back?

March 8, 2011 2:12 pm by Jennifer Allan

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: 2, galaxy s, release date, Samsung

It looks like there might be a longer wait than anticipated for the Samsung Galaxy S 2. Two online sites have switched release dates from March to May. Play.com and Expansys have both pushed the release date for the Samsung Galaxy S 2 back by eight weeks, and Play.com has also knocked £50 off the price tag.

Whether this is a real delay on production of the Samsung Galaxy S 2, or just that the two sites have been given more accurate release dates by Samsung than they previously had we don’t know, but those hoping for the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S 2 this month look like they’ll have to wait.

[via IT Pro Portal]

Flash on the iPhone: Adobe Wallaby does the unthinkable

March 8, 2011 1:21 pm by Jennifer Allan

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: adobe, Apple, flash, iPhone

Steve Jobs hates Flash, which means Apple hates Flash, which means all your Apple devices hate Flash too. You can now breathe a sigh of relief though, because Adobe is leapfrogging those sentiments to bring you Adobe Wallaby: a tool that lets you run Flash on your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

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The best plasma TVs you can buy right now

March 8, 2011 12:48 pm by Sam Kieldsen

Categories: TVs & Home Cinema Tags: lg 50pk590, Panasonic TX-P37X20, Panasonic TX-P46VT20, Panasonic TX-P50V20, Samsung PS50C6900

LCD and LED TVs may sell more units these days, but plasma TVs are still a popular choice with square-eyed big screen enthusiasts due to their movie-friendly image quality and, when it comes to 3D performance, low levels of irritating crosstalk. So what’s la creme de la creme? The very best plasma TV on sale today? We’ve sifted through the expert reviews to bring you a line-up of five superb screens – read on for all the deets.

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Lunchtime Lowdown: Android Honeycomb music syncing, Spotify hits 1m, and Breville toaster radio

March 8, 2011 12:26 pm by Jennifer Allan

Categories: Gadgets Tags: Android, Breville, hack, honeycomb, kinect, lunchtime lowdown, Microsoft, music, Radio, spotify, white iPhone 4

Happy Pancake and International Women’s Day tech heads! If you can bear it, now’s the time to tear yourself away from batter-making (or from rectifying inequality) and sate your gadget hunger with today’s round up of the morning’s headlines.

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Breville toaster radio: the ultimate breakfast gadget?

March 8, 2011 11:28 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Gadgets Tags: Breville, toaster radio, VTT296 2 Slice Radio Toaster

This may be the ultimate breakfast gadget: the Breville VTT296 2 Slice Radio Toaster is an FM/AM radio mixed with a toaster in a beautiful mashup.

The toaster has the usual bread slice thickness options and a controller for toast darkness while the radio has a side speaker, a tuning knob, preset buttons and a volume control. There’s also a 3.5mm jack for hooking up any other audio source you might have laying around in your kitchen.

Hit the comments and let us know what your favourite breakfast gadgets are.

Out now | £44.99 | Argos/Breville (via Crunchgear)

White iPhone 4: 64GB and holidaying in Hong Kong

March 8, 2011 11:02 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Apple, ipad 2, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, white iPhone 4

The white iPhone 4 is out there. Prototypes of the white device, which has still not made it to our mitts (even with a white iPad 2 promised), have popped up before but several have been seen on holiday in Hong Kong.

Interestingly, the white iPhone 4 models snapped out there are 64GB models. Lots of iPhone 4 owners have craved a 64GB model but up until now packing that much flash memory into the phone has been too pricey. Could the iPhone 5 come in a 64GB incarnation? We hope so. And a white iPhone 5? Well, we’d be willing to bet Apple gets that one right this time.

Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via Crunchgear)

TomTom Via Live 120 review roundup

March 8, 2011 10:43 am by Sam Kieldsen

Categories: Satnav & GPS Tags: tomtom via live 120

The TomTom Via Live 120 is the latest midrange satnav from navigational superstars TomTom, slotting into the firm’s range a notch below the flagship TomTom Go Live 1000 model. Despite its reasonably lofty status in the lineup, it can be snaffled up for a piffling £160 (for the UK and Ireland version). But it is any cop as a satnav or will it have you plunging your motor into the nearest ford? We’ve scoured the first online reviews to see what the experts make of it.

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