Apple has released a minor operating system update for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. While iOS 5.1.1 doesn’t add any major new features, it does offer a few bug fixes. The improvements include an update that sometimes prevented the new iPad from moving between 2G and 3G wireless networks, and one that sometimes prevented users from streaming video from an iOS using the Apple… Read more »

Research in Motion is rolling out a software update for BlackBerry users in the UK. No, it’s not BlackBerry 10 — no current handsets will get that as a software update. But BlackBerry 7.1 does include a number of nifty new features, and it’s available today for half a dozen existing phones including the latest BlackBerry Torch, Bold, and Curve devices. BlackBerry 7.1 includes a number of… Read more »

Apple has released iOS 5.1. It’s the version of Apple’s mobile operating system that will ship with the new iPad, but it’s available for download today for supported iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models. Here’s what’s new in iOS 5.1: You can now delete photos from Photo Stream. The camera shortcut is always visible on the lock screen for the iPhone 3GS and later and… Read more »

Apple has released a third public beta of iOS 5.1 to developers. It’s available for download from developer.apple.com if you have a developer account. For the most part this is a bug fix release which doesn’t offer any major new features, but it does return the option to disable 3G and rely on Edge wireless connectivity which can help prolong your battery life (while slowing… Read more »

HP may have canceled the Pre 2 smartphone, but the company is still rolling out software updates… for now. This week HP released webOS 2.2.5 for some Pre 2 handsets, adding new features including: Support for Skype voice calls and instant messages Ability to share text messages and calls with an HP TouchPad over Bluetooth Sync improvements for Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, and contacts Up… Read more »

Motorola has promised to release Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software updates for some of the company’s latest smartphones. But it could be a while before we see Google’s latest software running on Motorola devices. The company spelled out some of the details involved in bringing new versions of Android to existing devices in a blog post today. Basically Motorola needs to: Optimize the software… Read more »

Apple has released a new beta of its operating system for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Developers can download iOS 5.1 beta from the Apple developer portal. The list of changes isn’t all that informative, but the latest version of iOS appears to add some new voice dictation features, fix some bugs, and squash some security holes. It’s likely that Apple has also been working… Read more »

Google has released the source code for Android 4.0. This is the first version of Android designed to run on both smartphones and tablets — but the version being released today is designed specifically for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. The Nexus S will be the first product to ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but now that the source code is being released it… Read more »

Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will ship soon on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone — but Google is also preparing to release a software update that will bring Android 4.0 to the Samsung Nexus S phone which was launched earlier this year. Unfortunately Google’s original developer phone — 2010′s Google Nexus One, will apparently not be getting an official Ice Cream Sandwich update. Android Product… Read more »

Motorola is offering up a few details about its plans for Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. For now, the company is confirming that the Motorola Droid RAZR and Droid BIONIC smartphones and the Motorola XOOM tablet will all receive Android 4.0 updates. That’s not to say that these are the only devices that will be updated. I wouldn’t be surprised if other recent Motorola phones… Read more »