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Nokia N900: Major Firmware Update Out Wednesday Worldwide
May 25th
Today Nokia has announced the release of firmware PR 1.2 for the N900. This awaited update has a ton of bug fixes with a few new features, listed below. This major release is avaliable Wednesday 26th May worldwide with a UK release today (Tuesday) though as of yet I have not seen any indiction on my phone of an avaliable update. I’ll just have to wait. If you want to check if your able to download the update get yourself over to the App Manager then Update. There is also some bad news as well. It was rumored that the More >
Apple unveils iPhone OS4
Apr 8th
Today, Apple unveiled its 4th generation of its iPhone OS, due to be out this summer for the iPhone and iPod touch, and this fall for the iPad.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that OS 4 would include 7 new features, which includes the long awaited addition of multitasking.
Users can now double tap the home button, which brings up a “dock” along the bottom that shows the user the currently running applications.
multitasking dockAdditional improvements are folders, which lets the user organize their application icons on the home screen, an enhanced mail application, iBooks for iPhone, a new Game center, and others.
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[REVIVED] Unboxing [Pics]: Samsung YP-P3
Apr 8th
I know this is quite old, yeah, already uploaded these pictures on facebook and the now-defunct “Samsung Zone” last year.
For anyone without background knowledge of this gadget: I bought the Samsung YP-P3 PMP last year March (2009). Location of purchase was in Best Buy (Dundas St. & Yonge St. / Right beside Eaton Center) in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Why? I wanted to “immediately” replace my dying Samsung YP-Z5. I can tell you Samsung had good customer service for the YP-P3 until their last firmware (version 2.20) on July 2009.
Since the pics are sorta “dinosaur-age” quality right now, so I apologize in More >
Nokia E71 and E66 owners finally get their free Ovi Maps Navigation
Apr 6th
A few months back Nokia announced they stopped charging for their Ovi Maps GPS navigation software and are going to offer it for free on most phones. Today they have finally released an update for their E71 and E66 business phones which updates the software to provide turn by turn navigation for free. You can grab the new update through the Nokia Ovi or PC Suite or using the link here.
