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When Apple released the iOS 4.2 GM, developers began to notice that shared printers were being pulled from the service and that only a handful of select HP printers were actually compatible with iOS AirPrint (see list after the quotes below).
We are now getting hints that the list of AirPrint compatible printers is set to increase, if an email from Steve Jobs is actually real.
An email was sent from a guy called Stan who said… [Read more…]
LG has announced on Twitter that a new LG Optimus One is launching. The new version will be white and looks to be launching in Korea right now.
The confirmation of the white LG Optimus One came from LGs public relations blogger, Ken Hong, who showed the above picture of the device. [Read more…]
Back in 2007, Dell had more than 800 creative agencies around the world working on the Dell brand. This created a number of problems such as there being more than 15 different typefaces for Dell in the English language as well as a number of slightly different logos.
With that in mind, Dell is now moving to a single logo design (pictured below) that will be used across all Dell products. The colour of it isn’t just blue, it’s actually called Dell Blue and isn’t available in any colour book. [Read more…]
Some Best Buy ads were leaked recently that indicated a WiFi only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab was to be launching soon. That particular ad has now gone live. The SKU for this particular Galaxy Tab is 1409447 and according to Engadget, Best Buy is promoting it right now… however there’s one problem, Samsung doesn’t have any stock available to send to them.
The correction says that “the WiFi Only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab will not be available due to manufacturer delay”. [Read more…]
Barnes & Noble has released the 1.5 update for the Nook eBook reader. The new firmware update brings a number of new features to the device which includes a 50% increase on page refresh rates, syncing across Nook apps, customisable folders, password protection and improved search functions.
Battery life is also said to be increased with this particular update. [Read more…]
Today saw the launch of iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. With this launch the MobileMe Find My iPhone app became available for free as a service for iPad, iPhone 4 and the latest generation iPod touch users. Although that’s all well and good, it does leave out older generation devices from using the free service.
LifeHacker has put together a guide that allows you to activate Find My iPhone on the iPhone 3GS and any other older generation device. This is by no means a way to “get past the approved system” but an actual official way to get it working on the older generation devices. [Read more…]
Amazon has a number of deals on for Xbox 360 titles this week with some games getting up to a 50% discount off this week.
The Xbox Black Friday deals started today with about 44 games (with a few peripherals mixed in) getting discounts. [Read more…]
Amazon has a number of Garmin Black Friday Deals on this week that see a number of Garmin Satnav units heavily discounted, with all models getting at least a 40%+ discount with one particular model being discounted by 70%.
A full list of the Garmin (and other) satnav discounts can be found over here. We have picked 8 of the best Garmin models available with discounts starting at the top of the list with the best discount price first. [Read more…]
Black Friday seems to have started a little early this year with a number of retailers pushing deals for the whole of this week.
For those of you looking for Playstation 3 Black Friday deals, check out what we managed to find today. The list is starting early, so right now there aren’t many deals around although we’ll start off with the Amazon Playstation 3 deal and add more as they appear through the week.
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Update: The iOS 4.2 update just went live for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
This is a day you’ve been waiting for all month. Apple [AAPL] has announced that the iOS 4.2 release date is actually today.
As well as being compatible with the Apple iPad, iOS 4.2 is also available for the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4 as well as the later generations of the iPod touch. [Read more…]
If you are eagerly awaiting the update of iOS 4.2 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch then you’ll need to wait about another hour and a half or so. It is widely believed that the release time will be 10am PST.
Earlier today, Apple released a press release about iOS 4.2 being made available today. Also, the Apple website was updated to indicate iOS 4.2 was available to download now… but you are probably still clicking the “Check for Update” button in iTunes. [Read more…]
Dell Streak users are currently getting the Android 2.2 update finally. While this rolls out, Pocket Lint managed to get hold of a Streak running the latest Android 2.2 update to check out if it brings anything good to the 5 inch tablet.
There are some changes such as Dell Stage that is the main user interface on the device. Eight stages are included with the update that bring email, apps, songs, web pages as well as a few other items that you can access. [Read more…]
