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Firefox 4 Release Date is March 22

Mozilla has announced that Firefox 4 will be officially launching on March 22. In a message posted on Google Groups, Damon Sicore, the Sr. Director of Platform Engineering at Mozilla Corporation, announced in a meeting held yesterday that the new version of the browser was ready and will be launching on that date.

Today’s triage session concluded with all systems go for a Firefox 4 launch on March 22nd. We will continue to have triage sessions on a daily basis to watch for major issues; however, at this point, we’ve concluded RC1 will become Firefox 4 final.

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Gmail for iPhone Updated with new Connection Bar

Google has updated Gmail for the iPhone. When loading up Gmail in the Safari browser, it now includes what is called a Connection Bar. The connection bar is an unobtrusive message bar that sits towards the bottom of the screen, resting on the controls. What it does is lets you know the status of your connection to the Gmail server and also provides details of emails that might not have been sent due to connectivity problems.

When information is needed, the connection bar pops up, but quickly gets out of the way when not needed to stay as far out of the way as possible, while being useful when needed. [Read more…]

Android 2.2 Takes the Lead in Android OS Share

Every couple of weeks, Android Developers releases details about the various versions of Android and which is the most popular. The reason for the release of this data is so that developers can see which version is most popular and then target either a specific OS, or perhaps decide it’s time to focus on the higher end of Android versions. The data was updated on March 15 and shows the percentage of Android versions with data gathered from devices that connect to the Android Market.

Seven versions of Android are tracked in the chart which includes 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3.3 and Android 3.0 Honeycomb. What we see is that Android 2.2 now dominates the landscape and is installed on 61.3% of all devices. [Read more…]

iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot Passes GPS Details to iPad

Apple rolled out iOS 4.3 recently and with that came the ability to use the iPhone 4 as a personal wireless hotspot for up to 3 users (generally a paid extra on your contract). What we didn’t know is that when connecting up to the wireless hotspot with a WiFi iPad 1 or 2, the GPS data is shared with the iPad and allows you to pinpoint where you are on a map.

Prior to being able to do this, the regular WiFi iPad could not get GPS information due to the A-GPS module only being included on the 3G model. Having this feature bundled in is quite handy, especially for those wanting to see quickly where they are on an iPad. [Read more…]

Twitter Makes HTTPS “Always-On” An Option

Twitter has made a change to the settings page today that now provides an option to enable HTTPS by default for your Twitter account.

Twitter points out that using HTTPS is important for situations when you might be on an open wireless network. [Read more…]

Survey Hints at Sony NGP Costing $250 and $350 for Non-3G and 3G

Official pricing for the Sony NGP hasn’t been released yet, but what we are hearing today is that the pricing could be $250 and $350 for a WiFi only and 3G version respectively.

We already knew that two versions were being made available thanks to a few details being mentioned. What we didn’t know is the pricing structure and realistically, we still don’t know for sure as the details have been provided by a survey that was done on behalf of a games developer. [Read more…]

Motorola DROID 3 Pictures Show New Device is Coming

The Motorola DROID 3 has appeared over on Howard Forums and reveals the new generation device along with a few cosmetic changes to the keyboard layout.

The DROID 2 had a 4 row layout on the QWERTY keyboard which means the top row doubled up with numbers which were accessed by the function button. What we see on the DROID 3 is that a fifth row of keys has been added which brings dedicated 1 to 9 and 0 numbers on the top row. This also allows for more symbols to be added to the function key such as a other financial symbols. [Read more…]

US iPad 2 Shipping Dates Now 4 – 5 Weeks

Apple yet again saw success over the weekend with iPad 2 sales and due to this, there are now some significant delays for those buying any of the models on line.

Currently there are 18 different iPad 2 variations available and every single one of them is now has a shipping date of 4 – 5 weeks. [Read more…]

Windows Phone 7 on Nokia Coming 2012

We had hopes that Nokia would release Windows Phone 7 devices sometime towards the end of 2011. We now hear that it could be 2012 before we see the first Nokia smartphone with WP7 installed.

The information comes from the managing director of Nokia in India who says that the company is working on a 12 month time line to introduce the first WP7 OS based smartphones. With this in mind, Nokia could be using a next iteration of WP7 that is currently referred to as Mango. Mango is expected to be previewed and perhaps released by the end of this year. [Read more…]

iPad 2 Jailbroken – Coming Soon

@comex has revealed a photo showing the new iPad 2 running Cydia. In other words, he’s managed to jailbreak the iPad 2. It isn’t clear when the jailbreak will be made public, but as we can see it is working and Cydia is happily running on the new device.

What we don’t know at the moment is if the jailbreak is iPad 2 only, or if comex has managed to make it compatible with all iOS 4.3 devices. We also are unsure at the moment if the jailbreak is tethered or untethered. [Read more…]

Next Gen iPhone Will Not Include NFC Technology

Although we have seen patents going back as far as last year from Apple about integrating NFC in to an iPhone in the future, we learn today from The Independent, that Apple [AAPL] will not be including NFC technology in the iPhone 5 (perhaps 4S as it could be called).

With Google including NFC in the Nexus S and Orange confirming that NFC will be made available in a number of smartphones this year, it was expected that Apple would also introduce it and really make a push forwards with the technology. [Read more…]

Take A Look Inside the iPad 2

The iPad 2 went on sale yesterday in the US and as usual, iFixit was able to grab one and take it apart to see what the inside of it looks like. There are a number of notable differences in the internal design such as the way the glass is held on and how the insides are organized.

Due to the tapered edges, the iPad 2 screen is held on with plenty of glue. The previous model was held on by tabs. Removing the screen is made quite difficult on the new model due to the amounts of glue used. [Read more…]