Apple 5th Avenue Store Redesign Revealed

The Apple store on 5th Avenue has had a bit of a redesign. Prior to the redesign the large glass cube had 90 panes of glass in the structure. This has now been reduced to just 15.

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Nokia Lumia 800 Pre-Order Now Available on Vodafone UK

The Nokia Lumia 800 will be launching in the next few weeks here in the UK. We now see that Vodafone has pre-orders available ready for when it launches soon.

The price of the Windows Phone device varies depending on what commitment you have. If you are willing to sign a 24 month contract paying £36/month then the handset is free.

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iOS 5.0.1 Beta Sent to Developers – Fixes Battery Problems

Apple commented about the battery problems yesterday and said that they are working on a fix that will be made available in a few weeks time. Shortly after the comment, iOS 5.0.1 beta was made available for developers to download.

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Gmail App for iPhone and iPad Download Now Available on iTunes

Update: The app has been pulled due to a bug in the notifications. When it’s fixed it will be back up. If you already have the app then you can carry on using it.

As rumoured yesterday, Google has finally released a Gmail app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

We’ve combined your favorite features from the Gmail mobile web app and iOS into one app so you can be more productive on the go. It’s designed to be fast, efficient and take full advantage of the touchscreen and notification capabilities of your device. And it’s one more reason to switch to Gmail.

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Does Siri Take You Over Your Monthly Data Allowance?

One of the requirements of using Siri on the iPhone 4S is that you have some sort of a data connection. This could be either a wireless or 3G connection to the Internet. The reason for this is that everything you say is packaged up and sent to Apple so that it can process your voice and then tell the iPhone 4S how it needs to respond… this is of course a very simple way of explaining how Siri works.

As it requires your data plan in some instances, one thing you might want to watch out for is how much data each question takes. Thankfully, someone has done all the hard work and has managed to calculate an average of how much data per query.

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Android Market Update Leaked

A new version of the Android Market is beginning to be pushed out to smartphones. The new version is 3.3.11 and it brings a few new features to the market.

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Angry Birds Reaches Over Half a Billion Downloads

Angry Birds has hit a new milestone by passing the 500 million download mark. It took the games company behind it just two years.

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Google Drive Integrated in to Google Docs

Google [GOOG] is about to roll out a new service called Google Drive. The service has been rumoured for about five years and can be likened to services like Dropbox. What G Drive does is let you store your files and folders in an online location so that they can be accessed from other devices.

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iPhone 4S Arriving in Hong Kong and S.Korea on November 11 – Pre-Orders Start This Week

Apple is about to launch the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong and South Korea. The latest generation smartphone will be released on November 11 with pre-orders beginning on November 4.

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ASUS Transformer Prime Launch Expected Next Week

We are hearing today that the ASUS Transformer Prime could go on sale as early as next week. The tablet device is an Android 4.0 unit although when it launches, it will likely first run Android Honeycomb until Ice Cream Sandwich is made available.

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Apple iTV Mockup Created

When the Steve Jobs biography launched last week one of the first things spotted in the book was that Steve said “I’ve finally cracked it” when talking about an Apple TV.

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DropBox for Teams Launches

Dropbox has announced a new services called Dropbox for Teams. The new version is aimed at businesses that want to share files amongst a team of staff. The main difference is that with the business version, Dropbox provides an admin account that can be used to provide access to various folders.

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