Geeks, cease your pacing restlessness: the Griffin Woogie 2 is here! Follow up to the surprisingly successful - and, near the holidays, darned tricky to find in stores - Woogie of 2010, the toddler-targeted huggable iPhone and iPod touch case now gains a personality thanks to the companion Woogie app, adding ten faces that respond to tickling, shaking and lovely warm cuddles.
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Home automation is something plenty of geeks dream about, but has a reputation for being tricky and expensive to implement; now Belkin hopes to address both of those concerns with its new WeMo standard. Using a combination of a WiFi-enabled AC plug adapter - which can be remotely turned on or off - and a WiFi-enabled motion sensor, along with a free iPhone and iPad app, WeMo promises to make setting up a smart home headache-free.
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Apple fixes iOS 3.1.3 App Store block bug
Apple has quietly fixed the App Store issue preventing iPhone and iPod touch owners running iOS 3.1.3 from properly browsing the store and downloading new titles. Reported by users earlier this week, who were able to update existing apps on their devices but not download new ones, the fault has been apparently corrected by Apple according to new support forum posts.
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Microsoft Lync 2010 released for iPhone and iPad
Microsoft has released two new apps for the iOS platform, Microsoft Lync 2010 for iPhone and Lync 2010 for iPad, targeted at enterprise users with an Apple gadget in their pocket or bag. Both free downloads - though requiring a Lync Server or Office365/Lync Online account in order to actually function - the two apps offer instant messaging, audio conferencing and VoIP calls while on the move.
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iPhone and iPod touch iOS 3.1.3 users blocked from App Store
iPhone and iPod touch users running older versions of iOS have found themselves blocked from downloading software from Apple's App Store, owner complaints have revealed, with no official fix in sight. The issue, widely reported in Apple's support forums, affects devices running iOS 3.1.3 and leaves them unable to grab free or paid apps, rate software, view official screenshots or send details to others using the "tell a friend" option.
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Motorola scores Apple iPhone/iPad injunction in Germany [Updated]
Motorola Mobility has won a wireless patent case against Apple in Germany this morning, meaning – unless Apple can secure a stay until an appeal can be heard – the iPhone and iPad could be blocked from sale in the country. A Germany court ruled that Apple’s cellularly-enabled devices infringe European Patent 1010336, detailing a “method for performing a countdown function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system” FOSS Patents reports, and deemed an essential component of the GPRS data standard. Motorola will have to cough up a €100m bond if it wants to chase a sales injunction, however.
Nokia denies Carrier IQ tracking; iPhone code spotted but Nexus clean
Nokia has denied reports that its cellphones and smartphones contain code from Carrier IQ, the mobile analytics company accused of logging keypresses, text entry and other use across a huge number of handsets. “CarrierIQ does not ship products for any Nokia devices” a Nokia spokesperson told SlashGear, describing reports otherwise as “inaccurate.” However, evidence of at least some potential Carrier IQ tracking has been identified in Apple iOS devices, while Google’s Nexus range is believed to be code-free.
AT&T: iPhone dominates Q3 smartphones but Android gaining
Apple's iPhone still continue to dominate smartphone sales on AT&T, with the 2.7m activations of the iOS handset outweighing all other smartphone sales combined in Q3 2011. Android and other non-iPhone activations rose to almost half of AT&T's 4.8m smartphone sales in the three month period, the carrier has announced, with Android sales more than doubling year-on-year. For the first time, more AT&T postpaid customers are using smartphones than dumb-phones.
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iPhone 4 with iOS 5 gets speed test video
Apple released iOS 5 to the masses yesterday and if you're curious how the update performs on an iPhone 4 compared to an iPhone 4 still running iOS 4.3.5, then here's a video that does a side-by-side speed test. Not only does the video compare two iPhone 4 devices running different iOS versions, it also includes the iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2 and the iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3.
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Apple iPhone microUSB adapter appears to pacify EU
Apple has quietly added a new iPhone Micro USB Adapter to its accessory line-up, allowing the iPhone 4S along with the iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G to be synchronized or charged via microUSB cable. Currently showing up in the UK Apple Store, and expected to ship by October 14 - the release date for the iPhone 4S - the adapter is presumed to be the company's response to the EU directive standardizing microUSB for charging cellphones.
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Samsung pushes iPhone 5 ban while antitrust specter looms
Courts at The Hague will rule on the Samsung versus Apple injunction request on October 14, deciding whether or not the Korean company can push ahead with its pre-emptive attempt to have the iPhone 5 banned from sale in Europe. Earlier today, Apple's legal team argued that Samsung had sought to mislead the 3G development process by withholding the fact that it was promoting the inclusion of certain technologies it had already patented. The Korean firm then attempted to ambush Apple, the lawyers suggested, in an attempt to distract from its own patent infringements, and demanding sky-high royalties.
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Apple caught resizing Samsung kit again in patent suit
Apple has been accused for the second time of manipulating images presented as part of its patent infringement suit against Samsung, this time for resizing shots of the Galaxy S so that they more closely resemble the iPhone 3G. Whereas Apple's evidence shows two identically-scaled devices, ComputerWorld points out that in fact the Galaxy S is longer and wider than the iPhone 3G.
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