The iPhone 4S battery can be terrible for some. It has been widely reported online that a number of users are not getting to the end of the day (or even end of business hours) without having to recharge or let their new iPhone 4S battery die.

It appears to be more of a software issue than a hardware issue as a number of users have been testing switching off the location service for setting the the time zone. It appears that iOS 5 on the 4S has a problem with regularly checking what timezone a user is in and this repeat checking of the current location is using up a lot of battery power.

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The Samsung Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Note will each get an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. The details were confirmed by Samsung in Italy who also said that the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7 and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus would also be getting the update.

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Since the launch of the iPhone 4S a handful of developers have been working on getting Siri ported on to other iOS 5 devices. Progress in the beginning wasn’t the best as only the GUI was ported over. One developer has now managed to successfully port Siri over to the iPhone 4 (and iPod touch) and get it talking to the servers at Apple.

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RIM and Porsche has unveiled a new BlackBerry smartphone. It is called the P’9981 and is a special edition device. When launched later this year, you’ll be able to pick one up at a Porsche Design store. More on the price later on.

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Nokia has announced that it is launching a white version of the Nokia N9. Along with a new white N9 launching, Nokia is also about to push out a new software update to the device.

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Corning has confirmed that its Gorilla Glass is not used on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus:

For all who have asked, just confirmed @Corning Gorilla® Glass is not on the new Galaxy Nexus. For further details please contact Samsung.

The official answer was given in a tweet which the Corning account sent out a few days ago.

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Good news for those who own a Nexus S smartphone. Google [GOOG] has announced that it will be pushing out the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to the device within the next few weeks.

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Nokia has finally unveiled its first Windows Phone device. It is called the Nokia Lumia 800 and has been dubbed the “first real Windows Phone”.

The new smartphone is similar to the Nokia N9 in design. Inside, it has some decent specs which show a 1.4GHz CPU, 16GB of internal storage and a camera that has an f2.2 aperture that works well with low light.

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The Nokia N8 in the US is beginning to get an update which brings Symbian Anna to the smartphone. Symbian Anna was released a couple of months ago in other countries but now allows US users to also get the new version of the Symbian OS. As well as the Nokia N8 getting the update the C6-01 and the E7 are also getting the new software.

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The Nokia N9 looks like a fantastic bit of hardware. Knowing this, Nokia has now posted a video on Youtube showing the process by which they make the N9. Although it doesn’t go in to every single detail, it does cover a few of the main key features and how the device is put together.

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Recently, Dropbox and HTC announced that all new HTC Android smartphones sold would have access to a free 5GB Dropbox account. When we first reported it, the deal was for new customers only and particularly those that were buying HTC Sense 3.5 devices. It seems that this isn’t a restriction any more though.

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The iPhone 3GS launched in various countries around the world in June 2009. Although the smartphone is over 2 years old now, AT&T has reported that it is seeing a tremendous demand for the device and that it has actually sold out because of the demand.

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