Downloaded Blackberry Traffic today from the Beta Zone. I was never a fan of the previous versions, but since they added the voice guided feature I figured I’d give a shot. Since downloading, I’ve tried it in a few spots and would love to try it out, but I haven’t been able to get a gps signal. Guess I’ll be using Google Maps til Traffic decides to behave.
RIM made their much anticipated touch and type hybrid phone a reality with their announcement at Blackberry world. Feature to be included are HD video recording and playback, NFC and Liquid Graphics touchscreen. The 4g device will be available this summer in both GSM and CDMA varietis. You can find the GSM version on T-Mobile, and the CDMA version on either Sprint or Verizon.
Press release to follow (more…)
Apple and Rim have been at war for some time now over who has the more sought after, more desired and all around better handset. Well in April or May of next year, the fight will have moved into the tablet arena. Apple came out with a great device in the iPad, but it lacked a few features that left a few consumers wanting more. Rim decided to fill this void with it’s own table, the PlayBook. I will include a USB port, Flash and a front facing camera. But not to be outdone, it’s speculated that the iPad 2 will step it’s game up and be be pretty closely matched to the PlayBook. 
Here’s a list of unofficial specs:
· Cameras – front and rear, HD capable
· Gyroscope - 3 axis gyroscope
· USB port – micro USB Probably for charging
· GSM and CDMA
· Thinner - more like a MacBook
· Retina display – like that of the iPhone 4
· Seven-inch screen – more on par with other tablets
· A faster processor – likely an ARM’s Cortex A9 (1GHz dual-core), like the PlayBook
· More memory - from 256MB to at least 512MB
The much anticipated sequel to the original Android phone has been officially announced. T-Mobile will be taking pre-orders for the G2 later this month. They will be the exclusive carrier of the 4G device.
Here is a quick list of the specs:
Catch all the deets below.
If your the owner of a IPod touch here’s a cool way to get more bang for your buck. Our innovative friends in china have come up with the tphone. It’s simply a phone case that turns your jail broken iPod touch into a 3G iPhone. The silicone case incorporates a sim slot, rechargeble battery and usb slot. It may or may not hit US shores, but either way, I’m sure tons of other companies will follow suit.
It?s here folks! The long-awaited jailbreak for iOS 4 is now available and it?s called JailbreakMe. Those of you who?ve been jailbreaking their iPhones for a while will certainly remember JailbreakMe, which is without a doubt the easiest jailbreak ever.
Simply go to JailbreakMe.com from your iPhone and follow the instructions. Really you can?t go wrong with that.
Comex has done a great job by reviving JailbreakMe and bringing back the browser-based jailbreak to the iPhone.
JailbreakMe will work for every iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad starting at iOS 3.1.2. That means that if your iDevice is at 3.1.2 or newer, then you?re good.
I?m in the desert right now and can?t get JailbreakMe to download so I will report more about it as I get closer to civilization?
In the meanwhile, please share your experience downloading and installing JailbreakMe on your iPhone.
The Associated Press just published an interesting piece titled New Gov’t Rules Allow Unapproved iPhone Apps which seems to announce the legalization of iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks:
Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday.
The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a federal law that prohibits the circumvention of technical measures that control access to copyrighted works. Every three years, the Library of Congress authorizes such exemptions to ensure that existing law does not prevent non-infringing use of copyrighted material.
Another exemption will allow owners of used cell phones to break access controls on their phones in order to switch wireless carriers.
This is real big news! Up until today, there was a legal mystery surrounding iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks and even though you owned your iPhone, it wasn’t clear weather jailbreaking/unlocking it was legal or not. It seems it won’t be an issue anymore.
Now the big question is: will Apple be forced to provide a way to jailbreak the iPhone? Can you imagine the irony of the situation?
