Tag: Update
UPDATE: Apple acknowledge iPhone faults & pledge software update 'cure all'
Following my colleague Duncan’s report earlier today that Apple have been accused of using low-quality chipsets in their iPhone range, I’m happy to announce that Apple have responded promptly to the issue by releasing an apology (of sorts), and confirming that the next software update, due in a month or so, will fix the current issues with poor quality reception – thereby effectively ending the intense speculation that Apple might have to recall the phones.
Wildfire rumours have rumbled across the net for days saying that Apple were going to have to do the ‘dreaded deed’ and recall all iPhones for a costly and humiliating hardware upgrade, but Apple’s confirmation of a software fix promptly douses all of that. Until today, the main blame has been focused on the Infineon chip, and how reliable a chip they actually are. If software really is to blame then it backs up Infineon’s Chairman, who has repeatedly told deaf ears that “Our 3G chips are, for example, used in Samsung handsets and we are not aware of such problems there”.
Sony adding in-game XMB access and Trophies to PS3 "soon" thanks to 2.40 firmware update
Finally, a year and a half after PlayStation3 launched in some bits of the world, Sony is adding the in-game messaging features its fans have been gagging and pleading for every single day since PS3 first flopped into big, unwanted piles on shop shelves.
Confirmation was given on the Official PlayStation Blog, where Sony Network top-cheese Eric Lempel said “We’re happy to officially report that the 2.40 system software update for PS3 will include XMB access in-game.”
Lempel then went on to confirm another addition – the arrival of Sony’s clone of the much-loved Xbox 360 point-scoring Achievements system…
Google search bar coming to PSP in 4.00 firmware upgrade
While Sony might be messing things up a little elsewhere in its gaming portfolio, it’s charming PSP goes from strength to strength with each software update – and the changes coming in version 4.00 are every bit as innovative as we’ve come to expect from the portable media-playing power machine.
Well, fairly innovative – there’ll be a little Google search bar on the front end of the machine’s XMB dashboard menu screen thing when you update to firmware v4.00, allowing wi-fi-connected PSPs…
Internet radio upgraded in PSP's latest firmware update
Are you one of those odd people who thinks Japanese pop music is a cool thing to listen to? Or perhaps you’re more of a 80s man, seeing as it is a bit hard keeping up with all the cool new bands nowadays and you can never really go wrong with Duran Duran’s Greatest hits?
Or, and this really is s long shot, perhaps you’re developing a love of classical music thank to Halo’s use of choirs and instruments made out of wood? Whatever your ear poison, chances are PSP’s latest 3.93 firmware…
Xbox 360 officially gets DivX and Xvid support next week
Microsoft’s latest dashboard update for Xbox 360 adds the Holy Grail of file-sharers – proper DivX and Xvid compatibility, thanks to support for the full MPEG-4 spec.
This should turn Xbox 360 into the finest streaming media player…
Better touch up your make-up, Logitech now offers easy one-touch uploading to YouTube
At the end of last month, Logitech announced they’d partnered with Skype to bring high-quality video calls to the general unwashed public.
Adding to this partnership is Logitech’s recent friendship with YouTube, who has given the peripherals company an added boost by allowing them to tout a new ‘YouTube Video Toolbox’. Their QuickCam software, version 11.5, will now give users the choice to upload to the video-sharing site easily, with…
Nokia getting in on the touchscreen thing with updated Symbian S60 OS
Buttons are so last-generation right now. Nokia’s rather awesome S60 Symbian mobile phone operating system is getting upgraded to feature modern, fashionable, stylish touchscreen capabilities, in a move that’s sure to have Apple quaking in its boots – or at least consulting its lawyers.
The one particularly innovative feature Nokia’s revealed is support for tactile feedback, with users able to feel a satisfying vibration when selecting an option. Existing S60 3rd edition apps will run on the new system…
