Palm looks set to release webOS 2.0 by the end of this year. A number of new features will be included that will enhance the current offerings in every way.

It is expected that WebOS 2.0 will be available on all the current webOS devices although we hope to see some new handsets and perhaps even tablets that will run the next iteration of the software.

Gizmodo has a list of features that will be included in the new update. We’ll just give a brief summary here. [Read more…]

Some rumours are out and about today that indicate that Apple [AAPL] could be launching a revision to the iPhone 4 hardware which would include a fix to the antenna problems.

Of course we should take this with a pinch of salt for a number of reasons, firstly because Apple says there is no problem and by making a revision to the hardware and secondly, it would open up a whole can of worms with millions of users potentially wanting to return their iPhone 4 for a revised model. [Read more…]

If you want to have a chance at playing Angry Birds on an Android device then you need to head on over to android.angrybirds.com now as according to an email sent to a Droid Life reader, the company behind the game will be sending out the game in beta form this Friday to all those who are registered for the beta. [Read more…]

Orange in the UK has launched HD Voice calling. The service is designed to cut out background noise while calling to provide crystal clear calls.

To make use of the service (which starts today), you need to have a HD voice enabled phone.

HD Voice offers a proven improvement in the sound quality of traditional mobile voice calls. The service eliminates the distance between friends, relatives and colleagues to make callers voices sound like they do when communicating face to face. Reducing the background noise, hisses and crackles of normal mobile calls, HD Voice also excels in noisy environments, so whether you’re at a football match or concert, on a building site or next to heavy traffic – HD Voice gives louder, clearer, sharper mobile calls. This will come as a relief for a third (32%) of Brits who blame background noise including road works or noisy chatty friends as the biggest disturbance in conversations.

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For those of you in the UK, an interesting tweet was sent out that indicates an X10 Android 2.1 update will be arriving at the end of September.

The tweet came from Sony Ericsson UK and says…

@KOR_9S We can only confirm that the upgrade to Android 2.1 is due for release before the end of September this year. We hope this helps.

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For those of you who updated to the leaked Motorola DROID X Android 2.2 update, bad news is in store as you wont be able to install the official update when it arrives in a few weeks time.

Motorola has announced that those who manually installed the leaked ROM will be cut out from the official upgrade path. They will provide no way to update to the latest version.

This is quite a big contrast when compared to the HTC EVO 4G which HTC did it’s best to create a patch that would fix the problem of upgrading early. [Read more…]

Orange in the UK has delayed the launch of the HTC Desire Android 2.2 update. The over the air (OTA) update was scheduled for sometime around now although the delays are pushing it back a few weeks, perhaps to the middle of September.

Reasons for delays from carriers usually revolve around the small customisations that they need to make to rebrand Android with Orange features although it isn’t clear in this case the reasons for the delays. [Read more…]

Hotmail is set to get an update either today, or sometime this week that will bring IMAP to the web based email service.

What this will do is give users the ability to sync up in Outlook with what’s in a hotmail account. This sync will work both ways meaning that any other emails that you have in Outlook could be uploaded to Hotmail and vice versa.

The other sync features work when you send emails or move them around on either the web based version, phone version of in Outlook. Each of them will be able to keep in sync with each other giving you the ability to manage your email from any device you connect via IMAP with. [Read more…]

It seems like a real build of Android 2.2 for the Samsung Galaxy S has been leaked online. The screen shot above is supposedly taken from a Galaxy S device and shows that it is running Android 2.2 (which also is easy to fake mind you).

A number of smartphones recently have had Android 2.2 builds leaked with all of them being Beta builds with a few things broken. You might want to take this in to consideration if deciding to test the leaked build. [Read more…]

Google [GOOG] could be getting in to the Pay-Per-View movie rental game by transforming in to one of the major players by as early as this year.

The Financial Times is reporting that Google is speaking with Hollywood Studios to launch a service this year that will see movies streamed to users.

Google say that a mixture of the Google Search Engine and the busy YouTube service could see the service pushed out to a huge number of people. [Read more…]

Most cases are designed for the sole purpose of protecting a smartphone from getting scratched. This latest case for the iPhone 4 has a second function. That is to provide an area to hold a pair of SIM cards allowing the iPhone 4 to be used with dual SIM cards rather than a single SIM card.

To get the dual SIM cards connected to the iPhone 4 a ribbon cable is provided that you insert in to the microSIM slot. This then folds around the back of the iPhone 4 to a place where the case holds them in to position. [Read more…]

If you have a T-Mobile G1 then some good news is ahead. The latest CyanogenMod 6.0 brings Android 2.2 to your old T-Mobile G1 smartphone.

To install the update you need to head on over to Cyanogen’s website for the details. As always, we recommend that you read all the step by step instructions and realise that you might brick your phone if you do not follow everything exactly. [Read more…]