The BBC has pulled a U-turn on the TomTom Go Live Top Gear edition with Jeremy Clarkson’s dulcet tones acting as your guide. Stock has only just shipped, but already the device has had to be pulled, after it became clear it went against Auntie’s editorial guidelines.
October, 2011
Picking up your 
Siri iOS voice control is due to undergo a baptism by fire when the iPhone 4S goes on sale tomorrow, but we’ve already seen just how impressive it is. What might surprise you, given Apple’s typical straight-faced attitude, is just how much of a sense of humour it seems to have, coming right back at you with quirky responses and quips to, er, “unusual” requests. Inevitably, a hilarious Tumblr blog has sprung up to record them all.
By now, you’ll likely have struggled through countless “Error 3200″ messages and got iOS 5 installed, up and running on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Sayonara, cable syncing! But as you’ve probably discovered by now, it’s more than just wireless updates and better notifications: you tell us what little gems you’ve discovered inside so far.
The Nokia 603 has just been unveiled by the folks at Espoo: complete with NFC and revised Symbian Belle, it looks more like an Android phone than any previous touchscreen smartphone we’ve seen out of Espoo. Just as pressing a question: is this Symbian’s very last hurrah before Windows Phone takes the baton?
UPDATE: We’ve got even more iOS 5 secrets here!
The iOS 5 update for everything in your iPocket hits later today: we’ve touched on all the major new features in our Everything You Need To Know FAQ, but there are some awesome little additions that Apple never mentioned at its keynotes.
We’ve been running the beta of iOS 5 since the summer, and come across quite a few gems in our travels: here are five of the finest iOS 5 secrets.
Apple’s latest and greatest, iOS 5, is out later today for download. From this afternoon, you’ll be able to load it up on your iOS device and ogle in the wonder of unobtrusive notifications, Twitter integration and much more. But what should you expect, when, and how to get it? Allow us to explain.
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UPDATE: For better or worse, Qualcomm says all the insects are real.
Never heard of Qualcomm? You may be surprised, but you’ve probably used a smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip in: they’ve been powering the finest Android and Windows Phones for years. However, you won’t be as surprised to know that as to witness this latest promotional video for Snapdragon, where several poor insects are worked on a treadmill, then, um, fired out of a cannon.