Facebook has released an update for the iPhone and iPad. For those on the iPhone, you now get access to Timeline. iPad users will get it in the near future according to the notes on the iTunes store.

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A new iOS 5.0.1 update has been made available for download for those with an iPhone 4S. You’ll probably be aware that Apple has already released the 5.0.1 update just a few weeks ago. This new version has just a few tweaks and is available for those who haven’t updated to 5.0.1 just yet.

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CES 2012 is just weeks away. Sony has announced that it will be unveiling some new Xperia smartphones at the show in a launch event it is holding.

As per the invitation below, the event is being held on Monday 9th Jan at 5pm at the Sony booth.

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Microsoft [MSFT] is using Twitter to promote Windows Phone in a slightly different way. Rather than selling the benefits of the Microsoft smartphone operating system, they are focussing on the bad of Android and some recent malware issues it has had.

Microsoft is replying to messages from angry Android users offering them one of five free smartphones that it is giving away as part of a competition.

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O2 has launched a new leasing system for the iPhone. The company now allows you to rent an iPhone 4S on a 12 month contract for £55/month. At the end of the contract you post the phone back to O2.

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The LG Prada 3.0 has leaked. The phone below shows what LG will reveal later on today at an event in London. The device is built by LG with input from Prada. It has a dual-core 1GHz processor along with a 4.3 inch NOVA display that has a WVGA resolution.

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Apple [AAPL] is always looking to improve the UI on it’s iOS devices. Although what they have created works well in most cases, there’s always room for improvement. Each time we see a concept UI idea, particularly from Jan-Michael Cart, we always think there’s plenty of room for improvement.

Good news is that Apple has hired Jan-Michael as an intern for seven months. Jan-Michael has created a number of Youtube videos that show some simple design tweaks to make iOS a little better.

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Google [GOOG] is believed to be working on a new voice system for Android. The system is codenamed Majel after the voice of the Federation computers on Star Trek. Majel is the next step in voice support for Android devices and will follow on from Google Voice Actions. Rather than just repeating set instructions such as “Sent text to fred”, Majel will follow more closely with Siri and allow certain variations so that more natural language can be used.

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Microsoft [MSFT] has launched SkyDrive for the iPhone. Prior to the release of the app, the way to access it was through the HTML5 site at skydrive.com in the browser. Now that it’s an app, it makes the experience a little better.

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Evernote has announced in a blog post that Skitch for Android has hit 3 million downloads. The app launched a few months ago which Evernote points out is a download every 1.5 seconds.

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The BBC has launched iPlayer for the Apple iPhone. The iPad version has been available since earlier this year and has already seen around 1.5 million downloads. The latest update that launched today now adds universal support to the app so that it works on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

As with other BBC content, the app is free and allows those in the UK to catch up with a number of channels. The app has been designed to allow watching content over WiFi as well as 3G if desired.

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Samsung managed to sell over 300 million handsets this year. This is up from the 2010 figures which were around 280 million. This is the best year Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has had in its entire history.

We also learn that the record was beaten before the end of last month.

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