The My O2 application has been updated to allow customers to add date bolt ons through the application after you have reached 80% of your allowance. You will receive a text message alerting you that you have used 80% of your allowance, however, if you exceed your allowance you won’t be charged your data will be slowed down considerably. You can update the My O2 application via the application store or through iTunes!

O2 have recently announced that any user going abroad with their phone must disable iMessage in order to stop any data roaming charges. Turning data roaming off will not stop iMessage charges if you receive or send any iMessages whether it be to other users abroad or back to the UK. This may only apply to O2’s network so it’s always worth checking with your network to see what your data costs are in terms of iMessage.

You can disable iMessage in the iPhone’s settings menu (Settings -> Messages) to ensure you do not receive any data charges. Make sure you disable data roaming and mobile data too! (Settings -> General -> Network -> Data Roaming & Mobile Data [Off])

Apple today announced that iPhone 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, will be available in Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries on Friday, November 11. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 4S beginning on Friday, November 4.

iPhone 4S is packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.

Beginning Friday, November 11, iPhone 4S will be available in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania and South Korea. iPhone 4S is available today in 29 countries around the world and will be available in more than 70 countries by the end of the year.

iPhone 4S comes in either black or white for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model, $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model. iPhone 4S is sold through the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPhone 4 is available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 3GS is available for free with a two year contract from participating carriers.

The guys at Slashgear compares the browser load speed on the newly announced Nokia Lumia 800 with the iPhone 4S. Check it out after the break.

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Apple today announced it has sold over four million of its new iPhone 4S, just three days after its launch on October 14. In addition, more than 25 million customers are already using iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, in the first five days of its release, and more than 20 million customers have signed up for iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices. iPhone 4S is available today in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK, and will be available in 22 more countries on October 28 and more than 70 countries by the end of the year.

“iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever.”

iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.

Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4S comes in either black or white and is available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model, $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model. iPhone 4S is available from the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and through AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and select Best Buy, Target and Walmart stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPhone 4 is available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 3GS is available for free with a two year contract.

iPhone 4S will be available on October 28 in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

It’s finally here! Aaron unboxes the Apple iPhone 4S. Available at AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon in 16, 32, and 64 GB flavors, the iPhone 4S sports an upgraded Apple A5 dual-core CPU (clocked at around 800 MHz), 3.5-inch Retina Display, 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording capabilities, front-facing camera for FaceTime, Siri for voice services, global roaming capabilities, and iOS 5, which is the latest build of Apple’s mobile operating system. It offers some substantial upgrades from the original device, but it looks identical to the iPhone 4. Will people look past the lack of a new design and purchase, or will disheartened iOS users flock to Android?

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Does its new antenna system have the same issues as the iPhone 4? After the “death grip” debacle with the iPhone 4, it’s only natural to wonder if it carried over to the iPhone 4S as they share the exact same physical design on the exterior. We knew the internals had been moved around some, but would it be enough to eliminate this annoyance of the last generation of the device?

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Apple won a victory Thursday in its global patent battle with Samsung when a judge in Australia upheld a temporary injunction blocking the South Korean company from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the Pacific nation. Justice Annabelle Bennett ruled that the Samsung product couldn’t be sold in Australia if it used features such as touch-screen technology that Apple claims infringe patents used in its popular iPad tablet.
The ruling is a skirmish in a wider global war in which two of the world’s biggest technology companies are vying for supremacy in the US$100 billion market for tablet computers and smartphones. Behind that stands a conflict between Apple and Google Inc., whose Android operating system runs many of the computers and mobile devices which have been the target of Apple’s patent suits.

“In the end it’s a battle between Apple and Google,” said Paul Budde, an independent telecoms analyst, who described the decision as a short-term victory but a long-term loss for the Cupertino, Calif.-based technology company.

“I can clearly see that Apple has a case that it has created some innovative new technology,” he said,”but on the other hand the reality is we live in an open world and you cannot because of one innovation stop the rest of the world going in similar directions.”

Apple, the world’s biggest technology company by market value, has already scored a major win in Germany where a court has banned sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab in Europe’s biggest economy. The two companies have launched patent claims against one another in other countries including the U.S., Japan and South Korea, and the Australian decision will likely back up the German decision ahead of an appeal hearing there.

But Samsung hinted at the possibility of an appeal to the Sydney court ruling and vowed to pursue a counterclaim, alleging that Apple is in infringement of some of its wireless technology patents. Samsung last week said it will try to stop the sale of Apple’s iPhone 4S in France and Italy, claiming that it infringed on patents used in third-generation transmission technology.

“We are disappointed with this ruling and Samsung will be seeking legal advice on its options,” the company said in a statement.”We will continue to legally assert our intellectual property rights against those who violate Samsung’s patents and free ride on our technology.”

During the hearing earlier this month, Samsung’s lawyers warned the ruling could leave the Galaxy Tab “commercially dead” in Australia, due to the speed of innovation int he market. The computer would be unlikely to hit the streets in time for the crucial Christmas market, the lawyers said. Apple has sold an estimated 500,000 iPads in Australia, according to a Credit Suisse report in June.

However, the Korean company Wednesday said it had modified smartphones that had been banned from sale in the Netherlands for allegedly violating Apple patents, and would start selling them in the Dutch market this month.

A Samsung spokesman indicated the company might take a similar approach in other markets where Apple is seeking or has already obtained a ban on Samsung’s smartphones and tablet computers.

In a further sign of the growing bitterness of the dispute, less than 10 minutes’ walk from the court Samsung has set up a short-term “pop-up store” just a few doors down from Apple’s flagship store in the city to spike the local launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S Friday.

Samsung is offering its Galaxy S2 smartphone–first launched in the country in late June–for 2 Australian dollars (US$2.04) at the store this week, and rival queues have been lined up outside the companies’ store-fronts since Tuesday.

Customers on both sides seemed cynical about the methods being employed.”It’s a weird tactic setting up right here,” said Jessica Morton, 23, who has been queuing outside the Samsung shop for two days.

Tom Mosca, 15, who arrived outside the Apple store on Tuesday morning, was equally critical of the commercial battle taking to the courts.”If another person releases (a phone) let that be released and whichever one is better will sell more,” he said.

Apple responded to the court decision at the Federal Court in New South Wales state by repeating a statement from its original filing:”This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple’s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.”

Apple today announced pre-orders of its iPhone 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.

“We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do.”

iPhone 4S will be available at all 245 Apple retail stores in the US beginning at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, October 14. Every customer who buys an iPhone 4S at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone 4S by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store and more, so they’ll be up and running with their new iPhone before they leave the store.

iPhone 4S includes iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features, and iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.