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When iOS 5 was first announced one of the rumours surrounding the event mentioned a panorama option in the camera that would be coming. This didn’t happen when iOS 5 was released although we hear that the code is still within iOS 5 and is fairly easy to modify to activate it.
Below are a couple of screen shots showing what the interface looks like. In the camera app it appears just below the settings where you enable HDR and the grid.
Although the iPhone 4S was the only device to ship with Siri, we are now hearing rumours that Apple [AAPL] could launch Siri for the iPhone 4.
Sony Ericsson (or Sony as it will be soon known as) is working on another smartphone that is believed to be called the Sony Ericsson Nozomi HD. The new device was leaked and a picture of it can be seen below:
After a week of delays the Motorola RAZR will be launching in the UK tomorrow on November 8th. The new RAZR runs the Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system, comes with 16GB of storage and runs on a 1.2GHz processor.
Although the BatterySense app for the iPhone and iPad wont necessarily fix the problems with the iPhone 4S battery life, it will help you fine tune how you use your smartphone or tablet so that you can perhaps get a little bit more usage out of it each day.
The iPhone 4S has had a few problems since it launched a few weeks ago. These include a battery problem which sees users not being able to get through a day without having to plugin and recharge. The next problem is related to audio. We’ve reported on similar problems before which saw the wired headset becoming prone to some bad echos. This even newer problem seems to be with audio cutting out on outgoing calls.
We finally have some good information from HTC that informs us of which devices will be upgradeable to the latest version of Android which is Ice Cream Sandwich. Devices getting Android 4.0 will include the new HTC Vivid along with several other devices detailed below.
One thing to note is that the devices listed below represent the first wave which indicates more devices will also be getting an upgrade.
Just a couple of evenings ago Apple [AAPL] released a small update to developers for testing. The new update was numbered iOS 5.0.1 and is an attempt to fix the battery issues of iOS 5 which are most evident on the iPhone 4S and in some cases the iPhone 4. Not more than 48 hours later Apple has already released Beta 2 of the update.
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.
When iOS 5 launched one of the smaller features included was Hotmail integration in the Mail Settings. Selecting this allows users to more easily add their Hotmail address to iOS 5 so that they can check and respond to email via the standard Mail app.
The CEO of Meizu has confirmed that the M9 and MX devices will both get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The comments were left on the company forum which also confirmed an unchanged December launch for the Meizu MX.
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.
