The iOS 5 rumour mill is running at full speed in the run up to WWDC and the latest unverified tidbit suggests it’ll come packing over-the-air software updates. If you’ve just sat through a slow going iOS 4.3.3 update for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch , that might sound like a mixed blessing…
May, 2011
Hot off the grill it’s another edition of the US Update. I’m Nick Marshall and I’ll be your tour guide as we travel through the top five tech stories of the day. On today’s agenda is an update on the HP Veer release, an unfortunate twist for would-be Mass Effect 3 owners and a leak of the HTC Bliss, the world’s first Android smartphone designed for women.
Verizon and HTC have a new trick up their sleeve, targeted at the female demographic interested in joining the Android revolution. Introducing the HTC Bliss, a Verizon Android smartphone aimed at women in their 20s and 30s. What exactly makes the HTC Bliss the best smartphone a woman can buy?
‘Is that it? Is it really done?’
As reactions go, it probably wasn’t what Todd Wood – BlackBerry’s most senior designer – had been dreaming of. But despite his employer’s initial response to the minimalist PlayBook – a rival to Apple’s iPad – the tablet is set to become the most important product in RIM’s history. It is pivotal to the company’s reputation – not to its bottom line… Read more
Tracking down how many Windows Phone 7 handsets have been sold is a bit like figuring out how many licks to the center of a Tootsie pop. In January of this year, Microsoft announced more than 1.5 million units had been shipped since launching WP7 in October of 2010. Mobile-review’s front man, Eldar Murtazin, believes this figure is nowhere near the truth — claiming only 674,000 units have been sold to date.
With more than 100m angry Playstation owners looking for answers, Sony has reportedly located the one of the two parties responsible for its massive PSN security breach. Allegedly, the Anonymous hacking group began a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on Sony’s network at the same time a second, possibly unrelated party, intruded its network and took control of millions of users data. The blame game has officially begun, anyone care to guess who’s next in line?
Our hearts have been tingling ever since the Spike Video Game Awards when we saw our first glimpse of Mass Effect 3, by way of a one-minute trailer. Today the news is not quite so cheerful. GameStop is reporting Mass Effect 3, originally scheduled for Q4 2011 holiday season, will not be released until Q1 2012. As one of this year’s heavy hitters, the battle for Earth will just have to wait a few more months.
The smartphone the size of a credit card and no thicker than a deck of cards will be coming to At&t this month on May 15. By way of a press release this afternoon, the HP Veer 4G was confirmed as an exclusive for At&t customers in the U.S. along with two color choices: black and white. The fun kicks off in just 10 days with a cost of admission of $99 (60 GBP) on a 2-year contract.