iPhone 3GS 05.11.07 baseband unlocked , releasing on Nov 4th

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The cat and mouse game between Apple and the Hackers is on again. Now George Hotz , creator of Jailbreaking software for iPhones has made an announcement that he has successfully unlocked the latest unjailbreakable baseband of iPhone aka 05.11.07

tell the iPhone owning world all they need is at blackra1n.com, including blacksn0w instructions on it’s release date, 11/04/09(yes, will support hacktivation). You do your part, and I’ll do mine making things as simple, reliable, and straightforward as possible.

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Toshiba Announces 14.6MP CMOS Sensor for Cellphones

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Earlier we had reported on mobile processor supporting upto 20 MP camera modules.

Toshiba has announced their new 14.6 Megapixel CMOS sensor for cellphones.This will be the highest megapixel offering witht the current camera phones packing upto 12 Megapixels.
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Bing Mobile Gets Updated. Adds an Optimized interface for Touch Devices

Bing For Mobile recently got few updates to its site m.bing.com.  Some of its new features are:

  1. Flight status searches = You can now enter the airline and flight number and get the latest departure and landing times of the respective flight.Bing Mobile 1

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Apple finally releases the iPhone in China, WiFi-less

Finally, after a long 2 year wait, Apple has officially announced the Apple iPhone with Unicom as its official network provider. But, as it always is with Apple, the Chinese versions of the iPhone will be shipping without what may be it’s most important feature, WiFi.

Yes, apple have released a WiFi-less iPhone, something that I consider very important since the iPhone’s software is kinda designed to always work best on WiFi networks. But if you Chinese guys(and ladies) can live without WiFi then you can always pick them up at 4,999 yuan($730) and 6,999 yuan($1,025). This pricing is quite strange since a regular iPhone 3GS(with wifi) can easily be bought for $835 in the black.

But this WiFi-less version of the iPhone may soon disapear considering that this initial batch was built when the Chinese government had it’s WiFi ban in force and since this was recently lifted I guess it won’t be soon before we see WiFi coming to these chinese iPhones. Maybe this is why the folks over at 163.com are reporting that there aren’t many people rushing to buy the iPhones.

Sources:
http://mashable.com/2009/10/30/china-iphone-wifi/

Forum Nokia India Announces Annual Developer Conference

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FORUM NOKIA INDIA ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL DEVELOPER CONFERENCE

~ Invites registrations to a unique interactive platform to ‘Unlock the Star’ in you! ~

~ To feature latest in mobile application development and distribution through Ovi Store ~

Nokia today announced the Forum Nokia Developer Conference’09 to be held on the 7th December 2009 at the Taj Residency, Bangalore. Titled ‘Unlock Star’, the conference aims at leveraging the limitless possibilities of the mobile device to drive developer success.  Mr. D Shivakumar, VP and Managing Director, Nokia India along with Ms. Purnima Kochikar, Vice President, Forum Nokia and Developer Community will deliver the opening keynotes, addressing leading software developers, network operators and content partners about Nokia business and technological development opportunities.

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Nokia shows off the UK’s Good Things on The world’s largest signpost

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The world’s largest signpost maps out the UK’s Good Things

Nokia gives the UK ‘Good Things’ as X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke could play live in your town

London, UK – A signpost the size of two London buses will be suspended next to the capital’s iconic Tower Bridge as Nokia asks Brits to map out – and point to – the nation’s ‘Good Things’. To celebrate the launch of the Nokia N97 mini with in-built OVI Maps, the 40ft long signpost will be unveiled on 23rd October, asking people to send in their ‘Good Things’ to http://www.nokia.co.uk/maps or text 62010 to have it displayed above London’s skyline. Continue reading “Nokia shows off the UK’s Good Things on The world’s largest signpost”

Sony Ericsson Satio , Yari and Aino launched in India

Sony Ericsson has finally launched the Satio a.k.a Idou along with the Yari and Aino phones in India.While the Satio is the most impressive of the three and packs a 12 Mega Pixel Camera and runs Symbian OS and sports a pretty large touchscreen display

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Nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2009 are in

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As you might know the annual GSM Mobile Asia Congress is happening in Hong Kong this year from 18-19 November.The GSM Association has  announced a shortlist of 40 nominees for the Asia Mobile Awards 2009. The awards will be presented at the upcoming Mobile Asia Congress.

Nokia India has been nominated for the Green Mobile award for the take back phone recycling campaign. Airtel has been nominated for the best Mobile Game for Airtel GamesClub. Both Aircel and Airtel India have been nominated for the Best Mobile Music Service Award.Hungama Digital Media Entertainment has been nominated for Best Mobile TV  Service. Aircel’s Pocket Internet has been nominated for the best mobile internet service.
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Samsung Omnia HD Review Part-3: Software and Accessories

Scr000004In this rather late third part of the review of the Omnia HD, we bring to you a low down on the software that makes the Omnia HD a performer.

As you all know the Omnia HD is Samsung’s first S60 5th edition device and the third touch screen S60 phone to be launched. Samsung with a good experience in touch screen phones, has for some reason failed to deliver a product that sets it apart from an N97 or a 5800. Sure, in terms of the hardware and the camera performance, the Omnia HD is one helluva performer, but some downright silly niggles keep the Omnia HD from becoming a high seller. The good part of it, a firmware update can easily fix it. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia HD Review Part-3: Software and Accessories”

Nokia N900 Photo Gallery And N810 Comparison

We recently had a chance to play with the new Nokia N900, or the hottest device to come from the Finnish manufacturer in a long time, based on the Maemo 5 platform. The N900 features a design very similar to the N97, with a full touchscreen and a slide-out qwerty keyboard. The differences though stop there, as the N900 is way superior in terms of processor, RAM, UI intuitiveness, browser, and many other aspects that we won’t go into right now.

But we thought we’d snap a couple of pictures for you to enjoy and drool on, while waiting for the N900’s official release on the market. Here they are. Remember that you can click on the thumbnails to view the full resolution image.

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Google Navigation will come to iPhone, but only if Apple approves

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Google which announced Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 yesterday, told today that Navigation could also come to the iPhone, if and only if Apple approves it.

In an article to AppleInsider yesterday, Google said “Apple is a close partner, we would like to support the iPhone with Maps Navigation. Millions of users experience Google Maps on the iPhone. We will continue to work with Apple to bring innovation, including Latitude and Navigation, to users but you will have to speak to Apple about its availability”. Continue reading “Google Navigation will come to iPhone, but only if Apple approves”

Google Adds Turn by Turn Navigation. Releases Maps Navigation for Android 2.0

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Lots of people including Me have heavily relied on Google Maps Mobile to get directions to any unknown place that we may land upon. However, sometimes getting only the directions don’t work since you cannot see them while you are driving. Continue reading “Google Adds Turn by Turn Navigation. Releases Maps Navigation for Android 2.0”