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Seasoned tech blogger. Host of the Tech Addicts podcast.
To be perfectly honest we’re surprised it took this long. Reports are surfacing that Apple is now shipping a new bootrom with the iPhone 3GS that is resistant to the 24kpwn exploit used by the Dev-Team and others to jailbreak the iPhone. DevTeam member MuscleNerd confirms that the bootrom update, dubbed iBoot-359.3.2, would make jailbreaking new iPhone’s “impossible” for the time being. Man, does Apple hate when people muck with the iPhone or what! Your move Dev Team — and godspeed. Or maybe our ninja GeoHot can find a way around it? We’ll see!
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Nice little video from HTC showing HTC Sense on Android. Nothing about HTC Sense on Windows Mobile. Really helps to outline just how flexible the system can be. However, I did notice that the audience is hardly as enthusiastic about this as the audience was at the WebOS unveiling.
HTC Sense is a holistic experience that is focused on improving how people live and communicate. HTC Sense is built upon three fundamental principles – make it mine, stay close, and discover the unexpected.
Here is a nice, quality review of the Motorola Cliq. Good views on an interesting phone. D-pad is good but the keys are “mushy” on the qwerty keyboard. The build quality seems to be of a lesser standard unfortunately. MotoBlur interface looks confusing but is actually quite well thought out. See the video after the break.
It seems that not a month passes without someone claiming that they have it on good authority that Sony is releasing a Playstation phone to battle it out with bitter rival Apple (rough translation: a bloke down the pub told them so).
As far as rumours go it’s the perennial favourite, in spite of the fact that Sony’s official line on the whole thing has thus far been pretty negative, to say the least.
Acer has disclosed more details about its upcoming Android-based Liquid smartphone, a thin device with a 3.5-inch touchscreen.
Liquid uses version 1.6 of Google’s Android mobile operating system and is one of a number of new Android smartphones announced in recent months. The company talked up the phone at a London press conference on Wednesday but did not provide specifications at the time.
Liquid is 115-millimeters long, 62.5mm wide and 12.5mm thick, according to a spec sheet provided by Acer. The Qualcomm 8250 Snapdragon chipset on board carries a 768MHz processing core.
After a few months of the first webOS device from Palm making its debut in the US, Europe now also has the Palm Pre too. Our neighbors up north got the same CDMA version we have, but now the first GSM version has been released in Germany.
Finally our cousins from across the pond will be able to enjoy and play with the great webOS device called Palm Pre. According to many reports, the O2 stores selling the Pre in Germany were full of people trying to get their hands on the Pre.
Many reports also mention champagne and beer as well as some appetizers and of course, water, you didn’t think Germans drink only beer, did you? So what do you think, new Pre owners, are you happy with your new toy? Let us know about the things you like and dislike about it. And most important, enjoy!
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TCPJ stands for The Cellphone Junkie Podcast and it is the number one cellphone podcast in iTunes. Last week an app has been released with which you can experience this podcast through a separate app, instead of using iTunes and going to websites for show notes etc. Author of the podcast – Mickey – is getting 50% from sales of this app, so we decided to support him by buying and reviewing it here.
That Acer Android smartphone we were promised earlier this year? It’s here and we’ve just gone hands-on with it: read on for first photos and impressions.
We’re live at the Acer press conference in London this morning, and on show is a nameless Acer Android smartphone. It’s yet to be detailed at the prezzer, but we do know the Acer Android smartphone packs a Snapdragon processor and WVGA screen, plus a 5MP camera. From our quick play, we’re not won over by the massive bezel or the lack of auto-correct for typing, but it’s a polished looking effort nonetheless.
UPDATE: The Acer Android smartphone is the A1, and it comes with Android version 1.6 – AKA Donut. Acer’s talking about it right now at its London prezzer, so more details to come.
UPDATE 2: Acer’s dancing to two different tunes here. Despite Acer’s top execs calling it the A1 on stage, it’s now been launched as the Acer Liquid on Acer’s UK website.
Many pics to follow.
Ewan from Mobile Industry Review received the N900 and 10 minutes later, had the video camera out recording his first experiences. This means that you’re getting completely unfiltered reaction. Although he had seen the device before at Nokia World, he didn’t manage to play with it for any length of time — so what you’ll see in these videos is him experiencing is the out of the box experience, and even doing it one handed while filming couldn’t stop Maemo impressing Ewan.
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Resco, a supplier of Windows phone applications, releases today a new version of Resco Pocket Radio 2.00, follower of a popular radio application with new graphical and handling components designed mainly to make work with the program easier and more comfortable.
Resco Pocket Radio 2.00 can be found at: http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/radio/
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