If that doesn’t work.. I’ve included the link below. It downloaded and installed fine for me!

Download iTunes 10 for Mac OS X

Note the item to the right is a screenshot.

UPDATE: iTunes 10 is now available for Mac and PC via Software Update or the Apple Website.

Okay, it is essentially Last.FM.

The other big news of the announcement was that iTunes will now be getting TV show rentals on iTunes, with the rumoured ABC/Disney family and Fox signing up, but also BBC America.

Episodes are 99c to stream and you will be able to watch it the day after broadcast and on an iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC or on the Apple TV. You have 30 days to start watching it, but you will have 48 hours to finish it after opening it.

Apple has not only updated its iPod linuep, but everything digital media with an update to its Apple TV, which is now made 80 percent smaller and looks like a Mac Mini, and at a smaller price tag of USD$99. It now allows you to access the iTunes store, allowing you to rent TV shows and movies. It has also partnered with Netflix in offering its streaming services to the device, which is a plus.

HDMI, Wi-Fi and Ethernet are included, plus an internal power supply. The remote also is made a bit easier with a new design, with the next and previous buttons now located at the bottom and the play/pause being now the enter button – but essentially will do the same thing.

Apple are taking pre-orders, but it will be out later this month.

Oh, and it’s bloody thin. Very, very thin.

Of course, this includes the new iOS 4.1, allowing the device to use FaceTime, multitasking (something missed when users of the second-generation got their iOS 4 upgrade) and the brand new Games Center, which Apple has been pushing for since this year.

It comes out next week around the world at a price tag of AU$289 for the 8GB, AU$378 for the 32GB and AU$499 with the 64GB.

P.S The camera is gone. Shock horror!

Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Apple has just announced some brand new iPod’s and our first serving is the iPod shuffle. The new shuffle brings back the buttons removed in the current model, has a 15 hour battery, comes in 5 colours and is $69AUD. You can preorder it today or when it ships next week.

Like in Halo 3, you are able to customize your spartan. But in Halo Reach, The Armory allows you to create your own Spartan. And when I say customize, I’m not talking about a different helmet and armor color, But you can personalize the look of your Spartan from the color of the visor he wears all the way to the voice you can use in firefight.

This screen shot [Above] given to us by Bungie shows the depth of customization they want you to have over your Spartan. You can see above the list of different options available for you to change.
There are about 10 things that you’re able to customize on your spartan:
- Helmet
- Right Shoulder
- Left Shoulder
- Chest
- Wrist
- Utility
- Visor Color
- Knee Guards
- Armor Effect
- Firefight Voice
As well as gender, emblem and colors.

In order to be able to upgrade different parts, you must earn credits. Credits (cR) are earned in normal gameplay for things such as winning and the role you played on your team and also by completing specific daily challenges given out by Bungie each day.

It should also be noted that they have made a change from the Halo Reach Beta. In the Beta, the different cameras and helmet attachments, were more expensive than the base helmet itself. Bungie has changed this to where the base armor pieces will cost the most, and additional attachments will cost less to add onto your helmet. They also note certain Helmet augmentations change the helmet significantly (Armor Effects)

This depth of character customizations should have players spending hours of hours just to unlock the most expensive armor permutations. The Armory should also add a level of personalization to your character, rarely seen in first person shooters, making your Spartan feel as if he is actually yours. Your spartan can be also used in Campaign, as shown by Bungie. YOU can determine the look of Noble Six.

These are all the helmets that Bungie have showed (which look amazing) as well as showing us the Attachments. Not only did they create new, awesome-looking helmets, but also modified the Helmets from Halo 3

Differences from Halo 3 Helmets to Halo Reach Helmets:
- The EOD helmet’s eye visors have been connected, so instead of having goggles, you have a thin and long visor
- The Scout Helmet, is more round-shaped, and doesn’t have anything pointing out, like Halo 3, where the top and bottom pieces of the Scout Helmet were sticking out.
- The EVA helmet is more rounded, it is said that Emile’s helmet design [Skull] can be unlocked/bought
- Master Chief’s MarkVI Helmet will return to Halo Reach (YAY!!!)
- CQB is also returning, looking more round than square in Halo 3
- Security is returning to Halo Reach (Its the helmet that has a really large visor)
- It is said that if all the helmets have been bought, you unlock an armor attachment where the helmet is a skull (Bungie.net Forums)
- The Recon helmet will be an exclusive armor permutation in Halo Reach to those who buy the game on the launch day at North American retail stores, or by making a pre-order reservation at participating retailers such as GameStop and EBGames for those outside of North America

You are also able to change the color of your visor (finally!), the colors are:
- Default
- Silver
- Blue
- Black
- Gold
- Red?
- Emile’s Helmet Design (Skull)?

Check out the many different Helmets in the gallery, and tell us what you think of the new helmets, as well as the modified helmets from Halo 3.

[Halo Reach: Armory - Right/Left Shoulders, Chest & Wrist] – Coming Soon

According to The Wall Street Journal, quoting those familiar with the matter, the deal will allow users to watch the show on the variety of Apple products and on iTunes and watch the show just once before it is deleted.

ABC’s involvement has been widely expected, due to Apple’s Steve Jobs is the largest shareholder of its parent company Disney after its acquisition of Pixar. Fox’s involvement, however, will see some limitations, including only rentals on shows it airs and produces, and a limited number of episodes.

The deal will not affect any cable channels, or shows like American Idol because digital rights are not handled by Fox.

Only one problem. You need to be using an Apple product to watch the event, limiting access to those who use Snow Leopard with Safari, or using an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

Yes, I know. WTF!?

The event starts at 10am Los Angeles Time tomorrow – that’s 3am here in Melbourne. Full press release is below.

What:
Live video stream of Apple’s September 1 event

When:
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:00 a.m. PDT

Where:
www.apple.com

Live Video Streaming

Apple® will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac® running Safari® on Mac OS® X version 10.6 Snow Leopard®, an iPhone® or iPod touch® running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad™. The live broadcast will begin at 10:00 a.m. PDT on September 1, 2010 at www.apple.com.

This broadcast is the property of Apple and is protected by US copyright law and international treaties. Any reproduction or distribution is strictly prohibited without prior written approval from Apple. Please contact Apple Public Relations with any questions.

Typical download speeds reported from Telstra range from 1.1Mbps to 20Mbps in selected areas with the Telstra Ultimate USB Modem which is up to twice as fast as Telstra’s current fastest Next G Modem. Two thousand devices have launched today for Telstra business customers, with the mainstream public service launching later this year.

“Australians are telling us they can’t afford to be tied to the desk all day and these new speeds mean they can now access mobile broadband at speeds typically reserved for the office,” Telstra Business Group Managing Director, Deena Shiff said.

“We have been deploying the high-speed capability in the network since December 2009 and now, with the launch of the new Ultimate USB Modem, these new speeds are available to customers across all capital city CBDs and associated airports, selected metropolitan areas and in more than 100 regional locations.*

“These high-speed zones cover approximately 50 per cent of the Australian population and match the areas of highest customer demand and will make the frustration of waiting around for files to download a thing of the past.”

“In other metropolitan and regional areas, the Telstra Ultimate USB Modem offers typical download speeds ranging from 550kbps up to 8Mbps, which is still significantly faster than Telstra’s mobile broadband competitors.”

The Telstra Ultimate™ USB can be purchased in conjunction with a range of mobile broadband plans including for $0 upfront with a $69 plan over 24 months (minimum total cost $1,656) or outright for $299. It is available from 25 August through Telstra Business and Telstra Enterprise & Government account managers.

An upcoming update, version 4.1 of the iOS mobile operating system, appears not to have a fix; and it was confirmed by Fiona Martin from Apple Australia, after being questioned by Fairfax’s Ben Grubb.

This goes against what Steve Jobs said at the press conference about the signal issues, saying that he will release it when they release it with the next major iOS4 upgrade.

The proximity sensor determines how close your face is to the iPhone, meaning that your face does not hang up the call, or do any other things during the call. However, users have reported problems with the sensor as many found that they could end the call by simply using their cheek when it is pressed on the screen.

Unfortunately, 720p video and DivX never made the final build as it was leaked it would include those features. (however, HTC will bring an update out).

It has a beautiful 3.7 inch AMOLED screen with a 1ghz snapdragon processer, 512mb ram and a 5 megapixel camera. It comes preinstalled with Android 2.1 and the HTC Sense UI.

TECHGEEK.com.au have obtained a review unit from the Australian Telco, Telstra with a NextG sim card. I have had the phone for 2 weeks now and have been extremely impressed with both the phone and the Telstra NextG network.

Check out the review after the break.

Hardware

The Desire features a snappy 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 576MB of RAM, 512MB of inbuilt storage which is upgradable to 32GB via a MicroSD card, 3.7 inch AMOLED 480 x 800 screen, 5 megapixel auto focusing camera and a 1400 mAh battery.

It also sports 5 physical buttons on the front which are very crucial to the operation and navigation of the phone. Unlike the iPhone, the home button to the left actually quits the current application and brings you back to the main screen (I kept going for the middle button). It also has volume buttons on the left side which control ringtone volume and media volume. Plus the power button up top.

To get to the battery, sim card or SD card slot you need to open up the back which requires a lot of force the first time you open it (it nearly felt like it was going to break). Once the back has broke come off, you can rip the battery out and access the sim card and SD card. The back casing has soft touching feeling which gives a good grip.

The audio from the Desire was very clear when playing music through the inbuilt loud speaker and was also extremely clear when on loud speaker. The audio from the earpiece was also very clear with spoken language and on-hold music. The recipient of the call said that the audio was clear and could easily understand what I was saying. However, any sort of background noise such as music or birds was picked up by the microphone and slightly distorted my voice.

The Battery was also a great feature as it lasted an extremely long time. I did a test with the Desire and used it practically all day with phone calls, web browsing, games and apps and it still had enough juice in it to last another couple of hours. I would never be able to do that with my iPhone! The Battery was also light so it made the overall weight of the Desire lighter than most phones.

The camera was a good feature of the Desire and took very nice photos compared to other phones i’ve had/tried. However, the camera didn’t do well in low light environments or taking photos in the dark. The Auto Focus feature was also a great addition as it allowed for better quality of photos, however, if it did mess up the focusing, you could specify where you want to focus by touching the location on the screen. Below I have included some photos that I took.

From Left to Right: Apple Store Sydney Stairs, Focused Picture of Computer Screen and Sydney City at Night.

Unfortunately, I didn’t take any video footage with the Desire. However the video resolutions are 800 x 480, 720 x 480 and 640 x 480.

Software

The HTC Desire sports Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI which looks absolutely fantastic. The main home page has a huge clock, weather and icons. You’ll get Flash Lite as default on your Desire, which the iPhone/iPad lacks any sort of Flash support (unless you jailbreak). The Music Player can play all the standard music formats, MP3, WAV, MP4, WMA, MID, AAC even Apple’s M4A.

I found HTC Sense to be much more inviting than other Android User Interfaces. It’s default screens had the new FriendStream app and included Leap which allowed you to quickly jump between the different home screens. Accessing all your other apps was also easy, all you had to do is push the left arrow on the screen and it would take you to the app screen.

A feature I really liked was the clock display (see the picture on the right) which also displays your location and the weather for that location. When unlocking the phone, the screen would fill up with something respective to what the weather was like. For example, if it was raining, rain would fall down the screen and if it was cloudy, clouds would gather and then go. It is defiantly a feature I miss and I really enjoyed seeing all of the different animations.

The speed of Android was very fast compared to some other phones I have tried, due to the Snapdragon 1ghz processor inside the phone. It allowed you to quickly switch between apps and also allowed fast web browsing with some flash interaction. However, the phone did get slightly unresponsive when multiple applications where open. I do believe this is a Android limitation which doesn’t allow you to totally quit out of apps except by force quitting them. It would be good if you could quit the applications without force quitting them by going though lots of menus.

Wrap Up

The Desire is another great addition from HTC and it does impress everyone. The build quality is very good, it’s fast, it’s responsive and it has a fantastic camera when taking pictures in day light. Thank you to Telstra for lending us this phone for review, your network is also extremely fast and I enjoyed using it.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. I’ll try to answer them as quickly as possible!

The episode deals with what to do when you’re blog just got hacked. If you remember hearing about it, then you are correct. It was here on this blog. Remember Security Month? Well, it is this – minus the technical details and made easier to understand. You can read the article here.

Remember, New episodes are available on the site and on iTunes/RSS every Monday. James Wilson will be back next week… we hope.

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Images and specs for a new Android-powered tablet have been leaked on an Italian website NotebookItalia (translation via Google Translate). The tablet appears to be called the Folio 100 and looks like having the same dock connector as Apple on a cradle, but will also be running two app markets – The Android Market and Toshiba’s own marketplace.

According to the site, the device looks to be running Android 2.2 Froyo – heavily customised in order to suit the tablet – with a Tegra 2 processor. It has a 10.1-inch screen with a HDMI port, an SD/MMC card reader, 16GB of onboard storage and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. It also features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G.

Battery life is said to be 7 hours – 3 hours less than the Apple iPad, which the device looks to be competing against.

More images can be found, after the jump.

When we got the phone in our grubby hands, it was a Telstra exclusive. Days later, it was a phone on all carriers. This is the LG Optimus, one of two running on Android, and the only one here in Australia. However, with rival carriers Optus and Vodafone/3 carrying the phone on a cheaper plan than Telstra’s, is this phone a budget phone or a full-fledged phone? As well, how does it live up with the other Android phones?

Our verdict on the LG Optimus is after the jump.

The phone’s appearance looks good. The design uses a faux-metal look which looks real and it is very hard to believe that it is not real.The body of the phone is very slim, and has several keys for features dedicated for the camera, the home and the volume rocker. The screen looks brilliant, and the colours and icons look crisp and sharp. It is fairly bright and reading it outside isn’t a pain.

The screen does, however, has two main flaws – the fact that it isn’t that sensitive like other screens – because it is using a resistive touchscreen, meaning that you have to physically push down on the screen to actually do something; and that it doesn’t support multi-touch, which is something we kind of expect of many touchscreen phones.

Because of that, you have to resort to use the on-screen keys for zooming, which gets annoying when you are so used to having it on phones that use a touchscreen – like the iPod touch.

It also runs a 600MHz processor, meaning that it is not that fast but does the job without freezing (not to say it doesn’t do it). However, because it has a slow processor, it means that it does slow down when there are a few apps in the background, but it is responsive.

Despite the fact that there is Android 2.2, and Android 2.1, LG has put on this phone Android 1.6; which is a bit annoying since some of the good apps may be on the newer versions of the operating systems. However, we haven’t encountered such a problem. It also looks like there isn’t going to be any upgrades any time soon. So, you are pretty much left with this.

Effectively, this puts it out of competition with the iPhone as, among other things, it lacks an updated browser, user-interface changes, turn-by-turn navigations from Google Maps (and updated maps for that matter). It isn’t the only phone that is running Android 1.6 that is out there in the market in Australia, but with the brilliant features over on Android 2.1/2.2, it is a shame that this is not running it. You might as well go get the HTC Desire as it Android 2.1 than the old Android 1.6.

Features are not the phone’s strong point. E-mail is covered, with options to add your emails, including from Exchange, and many of the features are from Google. LG’s attempt of a social networking aggregation is called SNS, but it simply fails to do a good enough job as compared to Motorola’s MOTOBLUR. It often has a confusing interface which most likely put you off using this.

The camera is alright, with photo quality passable. It also has face detection, which is an added bonus, along with auto-focus. We do have to take note that it does offer a 3 megapixel camera, which is surprising as many other phones of a similar price range offer more than that. It also doesn’t have a flash, so you need to have plenty of light in order to get quality photos than grainy and dark ones.

It also offers support for microSD, but you have to pull the case out in order to get to it. It is not hot-swappable, meaning that you have to turn off the phone, remove the SD card and insert a new one, and then turn it back on.

However, the phone’s multimedia offerings are impressive, and you can tell LG has a lot of experience trying to make multimedia phones. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top and has a FM tuner, meaning that you can listen to Hamish and Andy on the way home. It also uses the standard Android music player, meaning that if you are switching from another Android phone, then it would be familiar. It also plays Xvid and DivX-encoded AVI files, meaning that you don’t have to convert. Despite the colours, the video playback seems to have a washed-out look.

The calls on the phone are fine, with good results when testing the call quality, with both sides able to understand each other clearly. Messaging features are alright, but the on-screen keyboard does make it a bit tough to type out a text – well to me, at least – as you keep hitting the wrong key. However, a physical keyboard might be a nice addition, despite it does make it a bit fat.

The phone, despite its pretty looks, feels a bit cheap, as the features feel tacked on to the product to jazz it up, and the poor choices in hardware – like the touchscreen – leaves a phone not that desirable. However, I must pay credit to LG for giving some fine multimedia choices, and hopefully these are kept when a successor phone is out. Until recently, the phone has been an exclusive phone for Telstra, and putting it on a $49 cap where you can also get the HTC Desire, a much better phone, for the same conditions.

The other carriers, which have gotten access to the phone, have classified this as a low-budget phone, with many of them selling it as low as a $19 cap plan. And I think this is the right area. As an average smartphone on a $49 cap plan, we expect more and better quality hardware, which it fails to do; but as a low-end smartphone, it pretty much does the job – despite the screen.

Calls were made on the Telstra NextG network. Call quality may be different depending on your area and carrier.

Anyway, Tom leaves halfway in the episode because of typing disturbed some people and Stewart and Terence has to finish the show.

There is no TECHGEEK Tips episode because we were planning to do it after the show, but we can’t when James or Tom (who is doing a guest tip as James is busy) isn’t there. So you’re stuck with us. Though, we have made it up with a new, hopefully recurring, segment called Stewart’s Briefs. Yes. It’s called that. Blame Tom.

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Microsoft Co-Founder Launches Patent War
http://blogs.forbes.com/taylorbuley/2010/08/27/paul-allen-is-suing-half-of-silicon-valley-heres-the-document-dump/?boxes=Homepagelighttop
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703294904575385241453119382.html
http://techland.com/2010/08/27/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-sues-eleven-tech-companies/

Apple’s iPod, iTunes event 1 September
http://www.cnet.com.au/apple-s-ipod-itunes-event-1-september-339305532.htm
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/apple-tv-show-rentals
http://kevinrose.com/blogg/2010/8/21/why-apples-itv-will-change-everything.html

iPhone 4 camera mystery tint causes problems
http://techgeek.com.au/2010/08/23/iphone-4-camera-mystery-tint-causes-problems/

Dev Team: iOS 4.0.2 jailbreak not in the works
http://techgeek.com.au/2010/08/26/dev-team-ios-4-0-2-jailbreak-not-in-the-works/

Halo: Reach leaked to net 3 weeks before release
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/23/xbox_halo_3_leaked/

Valve Puts An End To The Steam On Linux Rumors
http://digitizor.com/2010/08/22/valve-puts-an-end-to-the-steam-on-linux-rumors/

Is this Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 interface?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/is-this-microsofts-new-internet-explorer-9-interface/7213
http://www.cnet.com.au/internet-explorer-9-info-leaked-pre-launch-339305530.htm

STEWART’S BRIEFS

Lenovo spin-off announces Kinect-inspired eBox console for China
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/28/lenovo-spin-off-announces-kinect-inspired-ebox-console-for-china/

Intel Releases First Mobile, Dual-Core Atom
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2368128,00.asp

RIM files patent for flipping, rotating smartphone keyboard
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/rim-files-patent-for-flipping-rotating-smartphone-keyboard/

North Korea Tells Forbes That It Is Not Using Twitter, Facebook Or YouTube
http://blogs.forbes.com/taylorbuley/2010/08/23/north-korea-tells-forbes-that-its-not-using-twitter-facebook-or-youtube/

Mysterious Verizon-bound HTC handset appears mysteriously on the internet
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/mysterious-verizon-bound-htc-handset-appears-mysteriously-on-the/

Dual SIM iPhone 4 case gives your multiple personality disorder a new lease on life
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/dual-sim-iphone-4-case-gives-your-multiple-personality-disorder/

Garmin recalls some Nuvi units for potential fire risk
http://www.cnet.com.au/garmin-recalls-some-nuvi-units-for-potential-fire-risk-339305535.htm

YouTube to bring free movies to UK
http://techgeek.com.au/2010/08/27/youtube-to-bring-free-movies-to-uk/

Also included in this year’s edition are tutorials in creating games using Flash and Game Maker, which could assist you in making your gaming dreams come true.

The education guides are based on what is in the United States, not in Australia – if you want to get into the gaming business, you might want to do some research for your self.

Click here for an online version

Talking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival organised by MediaGuardian, Thompson has said that the broadcaster will release the commercial version of BBC iPlayer “within a year”.

“Within a year we aim to launch an international commercial version of the iPlayer. Subject to trust approval, we also want to find a way of letting UK licence fee payers and servicemen and women use a version of the UK public service iPlayer wherever they are in the world,” Thompson told the audience.

Previously, the only way to access BBC content on iPlayer that was geoblocked – usually content that was broadcast on television – was to use a proxy. Opening a commercial version will most likely be tied with BBC Worldwide’s commercial channels, which include BBC America in the USA and UKTV, Cbeebies and BBC Knowledge in Australia and New Zealand.

BBC content is also available on demand in Australia via Nine’s FixPlay service and, when broadcast, by the ABC via its similar iView website.

BBC iPlayer, launched in the UK in 2007, has been a success in the UK, allowing users to catch up and download (under time constraints) with programming that has aired on the BBC’s ten domestic channels and 59 radio stations – including the World Service.

According to UK newspaper The Guardian, the service is to offer 400 movie titles from these studios, and most likely to include classics and mainstream titles from a couple of years ago.

For the UK, it will also offer 165 films for free via Blinkbox via an advertising revenue sharing deal. For Blinkbox, making such content free is to help build brand awareness for the company, especially when it charges £1.99 for movie and TV shows rentals.

“The size and scope of YouTube’s audience is immense and this exciting tie-up allows us to reach film fans and potential users outside of our usual audience and helping us build on our already rapidly growing customer base,” chief executive for Blinkbox, Michael Comish, told The Guardian.

The move is most likely to be within the UK and the US, but not in Australia. Get those proxies ready!

The iPhone Dev Team have announced that they will not release an update that would the jailbreak to work on those who have updated to the new firmware, but will be working on a jailbreak for the iOS 4.1.

“If the cat & mouse game escalates too quickly, especially during beta FW periods, nobody but Apple benefits. For this reason, there won’t be a 4.0.2/3.2.2 jailbreak specifically during the period where 4.0.2/3.2.2 is the latest public release,” the team wrote on the blog.

“At best, some future 4.1x FW jailbreak *may* be compatible with 4.0.2/3.2.2 (but don’t count on that).”

Those who are running the iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2nd gen will still be able to jailbreak your device via redsn0w.

It’s on at September 2 at 3AM AEST which is unfortunate for us Aussies. Still, Stay Tuned! We may have a live blog.

Nokia has today announced that it will bring out a new music phone that will use its now-rebranded Ovi Music Store, the Nokia 5250. Like previous attempts, this will feature a touchscreen and no slide-out keyboard, and also features a sleek body.

It has 51MB of on-board memory, but that is expandable with a microSD card slot; has FM Radio, a 2.8-inch TFT screen, a 2-megapixel camera and has 18 hours of battery life in standby. It also features a free copy of Guitar Hero 5 Mobile, while also having a free subscription to Ovi Music Unlimited – similar to its Comes with Music plans – in selected countries where the phone is being sold.

It runs on the Symbian^1 OS, and will only cost EUR 115. Expect this to ship in the fourth quarter, with Australia listed as one of the countries to get the phone. Pricing for Australia have not been revealed.

Gallery is below, while the press release is after the jump.

New Nokia 5250 is music to the ears of Australian mobile market

Today Nokia launched its new mass market Nokia 5250 smartphone, which gives Australians impressive music capabilities, high quality audio and an intuitive touchscreen technology, at an affordable price.

Designed for music lovers who want an easy way to stay in touch with friends while on the move, the Nokia 5250 is packed with great features including:

- Intuitive touch screen music player with high quality audio plus speedy access to Ovi Music for quick music downloads and your entire music collection

- Instant access to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace using the virtual QWERTY keyboard

- The ability to share photos and videos via Ovi Share

- Up to 51MB internal memory plus expandable 16GB memory card

- Access to thousands of apps on the Ovi Store

- Easy access to your favourite contacts via the home screen

- Compatibility with multiple email accounts such as Ovi Mail, Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™ and Windows Live™ Hotmail

The Nokia 5250 comes in a range of colours including dark grey, blue, red, purple and will be available in Australia from all leading retailers in Q4.  RRP is still to be confirmed but it will be comparable with the low-cost global pricing of €115.

The problem can be seen on the right.

Tech blog TechAU.tv is reporting that this fault only occurs when taking images using the rear-facing camera under indoor lighting conditions using fluorescent lights.

The website is also reporting that it happens also on the front facing camera, but “not as severe”, as well as video recording.

However, it appears to be happening to many users around the world – including in the United States, which received the phone a month before Australian customers – with several forums dedicated on Apple reporting problems.

The Apple Support forums are also reporting similar problems with the camera:

The phone seems to not work well under florescent light. I took side by side pics with my 3GS, and it had no issues while the iphone 4 produced pics with excessive yellow. Does it every time. I called Apple and they have never heard of this.

I’ve noticed the increasing yellow/orange hues in low-light as well. I’ve also noticed purple hues when taking photos of predominantly white/light-colored things, like paper, walls, etc. Has anyone else noticed this?

Basically, if one color is consistent throughout the entire frame of the camera, one side will be off-color. Try it with a shot at a completely uniform blue sky, or a piece of white paper. It’s disheartening. I also hope this is correctable via software.

To be fair on Apple, the Samsung Omnia II are also reporting issues of a similar nature. However, for Apple, this is another damaging fault and possibly sees that Apple’s iPhone 4 was rushed to market in order to combat the Android threat. The problems  with the phone include the antenna and the proximity sensor.

The timing of the departure of Mark Papermaster, the guy in charge of enginnering the iPhone and a controversial addition to Apple from IBM which resulted in a civil suit that failed, also indicates the problems of the iPhone 4 were often neglected.

Image by: Anthony Agius/MacTalk