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iOS 5 Has a Hidden Autocorrect Bar

iOS 5 has a hidden feature that when enabled, allows you to use an Android-style autocorrect bar above the virtual keyboard. Just like the hidden panorama camera feature found the other day, the autocorrect bar is also found within the code of iOS and is simply just switched off. This was found by Sonny Dickson.

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HTC Ville with Sense 4.0 and Ice Cream Sandwich Leaked

What we are looking at here is a new smartphone that will soon be released called the HTC Ville. BGR managed to get some details about the device including some of the technical specs.

The HTC Ville is expected to be thinner than the iPhone 4S and measure less than 8mm at the widest point.

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Windows Phone Tango Video Chat App Goes Live

Windows Phone now has a video chat app thanks to a new app called Tango. The app allows second generation Windows Phone smartphones to be used for making video calls.

The application works on devices such as the Samsung Focus S and the HTC Radar as well as others.

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Windows 8 Tablet from Samsung Coming in 2012 2H

Samsung will be launching a range of new tablets in the second half of 2012. The new tablets will run the Windows 8 operating system which is scheduled to launch in 2012.

The full details of what hardware will be used are not known at the moment although some hints of reusing some tweaked and altered versions of the Series 7 computer have been mentioned.

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Adobe Drops Flash Player for Mobile and Switches to HTML5

The report from earlier today about Adobe killing Flash for mobile has now been made official by Adobe. The company is stopping development and support for Flash on mobile although it will continue to support it on the PC.

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Made Official

Asus has officially announced the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The new transforming tablet will be made available in the US in December with a price tag of $499. What you get for your money is a unique device that comes with a tablet and detachable keyboard. This allows you to use the device as just a tablet, or carry around a keyboard in a laptop form factor for typing whilst on the go.

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Dictate a Note to Evernote with Siri

Although Siri doesn’t allow any direct 3rd party integration just yet, there are a number of work-arounds that allow you to get data in to other applications. In this case we see Siri being used to put notes in to an Evernote account.

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Amazon Kindle Family Coming to 16,000 Stores in the US

Amazon has announced that the Kindle family of products will be launching at over 16,000 retail locations in the US. Stores that will get the range of Kindle devices includes Walmart, Best Buy and Target as well as a number of other locations listed below.

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SIM Free Nokia Lumia 800 Delayed till Jan 2012

We have had confirmation that the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Mango smartphone will not be available SIM free on November 16. From what we understand, Nokia has moved the date to January 2012.

Good news is that the device will still be available on November 16th on contract at various locations.

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Developer Finds Bug in iOS that Could Infect Device with Malware

A developer has managed to get an app approved for the iPhone that allows malicious code to be run after it is installed. The app appears to just provide stock information, but in the backgroud it actually opens up an exploit which can then allow code to be injected in. Tasks like grabbing an address book can be done remotely after the app is installed.

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HTC Edge Quad-Core Smartphone Leaks

Pictures of the HTC Edge have been found. The Edge is likely to be the first smartphone in the world that runs a quad-core processor. Other technical speaks (leaked of course) show that it has a 4.7 inch screen. The device will be just over 10mm thick.

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Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet Announced

A new tablet has been introduced by Barnes and Noble. The device is called the Nook Tablet and is the next device in the series of Nooks from B&N. Technical specs reveal that it has 1GB of RAM and runs a 1GHz dual-core processor.

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