A consumer advocacy group in Australia has already lodged a formal complaint and associated lawsuit against Apple for the marketing of its new iPad, and it looks like a group in Sweden may do the same thing. The Swedish Consumer Agency has revealed that it may investigate Apple into whether or not it is misleading customers by claiming the new iPad ...
This week there have been reports of complaints with the way the new iPad charges when plugged into the wall - specifically with how long it takes to charge. Apple has responded, claiming that the new iPad works as designed.
Today the tech world is reeling from the revelation that Steve Jobs didn't like the name Siri, which is fair enough because it's not a particularly good name. But here at One More Thing, we're already over it and on to Peter, the Galaxy Note wielding elephant and the scientists that use Lego to grow fake bones. We're even repinning President Obama. ...
The Toshiba AT200 (originally known as the Toshiba Excite) flaunts itself as the world's thinnest tablet, and it's the follow up to the Toshiba AT100, which scored 3/5 in our review back in August of last year. We first saw the AT200 all the way back in September at IFA 2011 in Germany and it has taken a long 6 months for it to reach the UK. In ...
Nokia has released the long-awaited update that promises to fix the Nokia Lumia 800's less-than-perfect battery life. The first Nokia phone to run Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, the Lumia 800 has been beset by bugs since its release, most notably a very short battery life. The new software (version 1600.2487.8107.12070) is rolling ...
Verizon Wireless today announced the LG Lucid, an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that supports Verizon's LTE 4G network and has a 4-inch display protected by Corning's Gorilla Glass. Verizon points out features such as the Lucid's Quick Reply feature which can be used to reject incoming calls, Quick Dialer widget, and Polaris Office. Other features ...
Research In Motion has decided to postpone its annual analysts' briefing until after it launches its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. RIM typically briefs analysts at its yearly BlackBerry World event, which often takes place in May. "We decided to make BlackBerry World more focused on customers, developers and partners," RIM spokeswoman Tenille ...
Opera today announced the availability of Opera Mini 7 for Android devices. Opera Mini 7 performs faster for Android due to improved hardware acceleration, according to Opera. Opera has also removed the limit on speed dial buttons (previously nine), and Opera Mini 7 now supports as many speed dial buttons as the user wishes. Opera says this negates ...
A company called Graphics Properties Holdings recently filed a lawsuit against Apple, HTC, LG, RIM, Samsung, and Sony, alleging that the companies' products violate its intellectual property. Specifically, the lawsuit covers a patent pertaining to how mobile devices process data and text into pixels on a display. The lawsuit names the Apple iPhone, ...
Nokia today indicated that the firmware update planned to reach the Lumia 800 later this spring has been moved up and will be pushed out starting today. The newest software version is 1600.2487.8107.12070 and improves battery life, power management, camera performance, and in-call audio performance. This update does not, however, bring mobile hotspot ...
Google today announced that it is delivering a small system update to the GSM variants of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, in addition to the Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi edition. Android 4.0.4 brings stability improvements, better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, and improved phone number recognition. Google said that the update will become ...
HTC has revealed that it is shutting down its HTCSense.com online backup service in preparation for a renovation that will bring new features to the service. As a result of the shutdown, user data stored on HTC's servers will be deleted, so those that utilized the service will want to retrieve their information before it goes dark.