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HTC Hero Gets Firmware Update
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Orange And T-Mo Hold Back Hero Update
Consumers unable to access new ROM features 24,404 reads
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Apple iPhone version 1.1.3
REVIEW Apple updates its phone software, but should you? 22,699 reads
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iPhone Battery Complaints Flood In
No response from Apple 22,030 reads
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iPhone 3.0 Battery Life Issues
Users complain of phones getting hot and draining quick 21,515 reads
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iOS 5.0.1 released to fix your iPhone battery woes
Adds multitasking gestures to iPad too 10 November 2011 20:03 GMT TweetApple has released its first update for iOS 5 with the release of iOS 5.0.1. The update looks to fix battery issues suffered by many since the new mobile operating system was launched.
The new update, which is available OTA for the first time...
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VLC media player gets updated to 1.1 offering host of new features
GPU acceleration best suited to Nvidia 23 June 2010 12:17 GMT TweetThe free to use media player, encoder and streamer VLC has been updated by it makers VideoLAN. For anyone not familiar with VLC, it is an extremely useful open source tool for downloading and, more to the point, watching video on your PC.
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iOS 4 photo problem reported
But quick fix revealed 22 June 2010 9:28 GMT TweetThe world and its brother installed Apple's new iPhone and iPod touch operating system last night, or so it seems, with some people complaining of exceptionally long download times. But, to be honest, that was expected as the traffic must have been...
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iOS 4 now available - update your iPhone pronto
Get it while it's hot! 21 June 2010 18:02 GMT TweetThe long awaited iOS 4 update for iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3rd generation is available on iTunes now. It will also work with iPhone 3G and the 2nd gen touch, but some features may not function correctly.
Being the backbone of the new iPhone...
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UK to wait until 6pm for iOS 4?
Hotly anticipated update not expected until 10am PT 21 June 2010 12:32 GMT TweetSitting at your desk clicking a button every few minutes may be a pre-requisite for power station workers and TV football statisticians, but it's not what we expected at Pocket-lint when we signed up.
However, with few details coming out of...
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Sonos patch lets you use S5 as a stereo pair
Allows two speakers to be set as left and right channels 10 May 2010 14:25 GMT TweetSonos is planning to roll out a software update for its iPhone app and wireless remote which will mean that a pair of its all-in-one S5 speakers to could used as a so-called "Stereo pair" - where one outputs audio from the left channel and the other...
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Google Reader gets tweaked
A big pile of small changes. 10 May 2010 12:16 GMT TweetGoogle has given its RSS feed reader product, Google Reader, a bit of an overhaul. The company has sprinkled a dusting of minor changes over the whole thing, but there's no significant new features.
Support for HTML5's Audio and Video tags...
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UK Motorola Milestone gets Android 2.1 update
With speech-to-text, live wallpapers and more homescreens 6 May 2010 12:47 GMT TweetMotorola has announced on its Facebook fan page that it's released the Android 2.1 update for its Milestone handset. The update brings a host of new features, security and performance enhancements, and better compatibility with newer applications.
In...
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Two Android ROMs crammed onto HTC Hero
Dual boot your device, if you don't mind rooting it 6 May 2010 10:10 GMT TweetHTC might be having difficulty releasing one ROM for the HTC Hero, but one enterprising hacker has managed to install two at once on a rooted handset.
Kendon at the VillainROM forums has released a software bundle that allows you pick two versions...
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Adobe taking CS5 on tour
Stopping at Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London 5 May 2010 17:20 GMT TweetAdobe has announced that as part of the promotion for its just-released Creative Suite 5 package of apps, it'll be touring the country, taking in the sights of Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London.
The company will be muscling...
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Hero ROM update rumoured for 7 May
Leaked Best Buy document suggests a date 5 May 2010 12:55 GMT TweetHTC Hero owners - your Android 1.5 pain might nearly be at an end. Leaked documents from a Best Buy in the States suggests that the long-promised Eclair update might finally be arriving on 7 May.
Now, before any European readers get too excited,...
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Firefox demos new add-ons manager
Opens in a tab, like in Chrome 30 April 2010 17:42 GMT TweetThe worm is beginning to turn. For a long time Google's Chrome browser has been playing catch-up, trying to emulate the best features of its competitors. It nabbed its start page from Opera, its add-ons from Firefox and... well... nothing much from...
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Humax offers fix for PVR-9150T, 9300T and 9200T
Company apologises for slowdowns and other problems 30 April 2010 14:43 GMT TweetPVR specialist Humax has issued a statement about the problems that many of its customers have been having with the Humax PVR-9150T, Humax PVR-9300T, and particularly the Humax PVR-9200T, and released a fix for the issues.
Since the digital...
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Spotify update pulled due to demand
You'll have to wait for an auto-update instead 28 April 2010 12:02 GMT TweetThe latest Spotify update, which adds social functionality and the ability to play back MP3s on your hard drive, has been pulled from the website following "overwhelming" demand.
The 0.4.3 update was available on the Spotify website for a period...
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5 top tips for Spotify's social makeover
Add, Filter, Avoid, Turn off and Block your way to success 27 April 2010 13:11 GMT TweetSo, Spotify: The Next Generation is with us, and suddenly your Facebook news feed is full of playlists, song "likes" and people declaring their undying love for McFly. You want to get in on the action, so you've been to the Spotify website's download...
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