Nokia has denied rumours that the release of the SIM free unlocked version of its Lumia 800 may be delayed to next year. The Finnish phone maker’s rebuttal comes after online retailer Clove announced that it would not be stocking the device until January 2012, triggering speculation that the same arrival date would apply to all other vendors.
Ethical hacker Charlie Miller has been kicked off Apple‘s iOS developer program after revealing that an app that he submitted to the App Store – and that was subsequently released – actually contained additional code that bypassed the operating system’s built-in security measures that are supposed to protect users from malicious applications. The app, called InstaStock, was a stock price checker that had been approved in September.
The iPhone 4S is continuing to attract attention of the wrong kind for Apple, with increasing numbers of users now reporting trouble with basic call functionality. Hundreds of complaints have sprung up on Apple support forums about outbound and inbound audio disappearing whilst calls are being made.
The Gingerbread – or 2.3 – edition of Google’s Android operating system has now become the most common version of the platform on smartphones and tablets across the world, according to a study by Android Developers. The research, which recorded that some 44% of Android devices are now powered by Gingerbread, comes almost a year after its debut on the Google Nexus S.
Google has announced that it will not only no longer be developing its official Gmail app for BlackBerry handsets, but will also remove the download link altogether before the end of the month. The news comes just a week after the search giant was forced to withdraw its Gmail app for iOS devices within hours of its debut in the App Store, amid widespread bug and error reports.
The eagerly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus is now available to pre-order from the likes of Orange, Vodafone and Phones 4 U. The Android Ice Cream Sandwich powered device, which will be released on November 17th, is tipped to succeed the Galaxy S II as the fastest-selling handset that the Korean manufacturer has ever produced.