Nokia today announced the first two smartphones based on Windows Phone 7.5 - Lumia 800 and Lumia 710.
The new smartphones are the result of the strategic partnership that Nokia and Microsoft had announced back in February 2011, where Nokia decided to ditch its Symbian platform and instead adopt Windows Phone as its “primary smartphone strategy”.
According to Nokia, Lumia 800 features:
head-turning design, vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and the best social and Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9.
It also features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor. The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on leading Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.
Lumia 710 offers the same features as Lumia 800, but comes in a different form factor and only 8GB storage. Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 will be powered by Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system.
The estimated retail price for the Nokia Lumia 800 will be approximately 420 EUR (approximately $580) and 270 EUR (approximately $375).
Availability:
The new Nokia Lumia 800 is now available in select countries for pre-order on www.nokia.com and is scheduled to roll-out across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK in November, with 31 leading operators and retailers. It is scheduled to be available in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan before the end of the year, and in further markets in early 2012.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Siri on iPad 1st gen
As of now we know that a Siri port for devices other than the iPhone 4S is a long way from release. However developers are hard at work trying to come up with a solution to bring Siri to other iOS devices. Another developer has been able to get Siri working on iPad 1.
The problems developers are facing right now is making Siri contact Apple's servers. It may take a while before developers are able to make any device other than iPhone 4S contact Siri's servers at Apple and enable full functionality for it.
Developer @Jackophone who ported Siri to iPad 1 has been working hard on this project. However it remains to be seen whether the hardware on devices other than iPhone 4S can provide the necessary power required for flawless working of Siri.
Stay tuned for more update
Jailbreak iPhone 5 iPad 2 iOS 5 Untethered Became Easy
Yes your read it right. Today we have great news for you. Few minutes ago the well-know iPhone hacker p0sixninja of Chronic Dev-team has announced that he have five bootrom exploit on the Apple A5 chip that already exist on iPad 2 and strongly expected that it will power iPhone 5
P0sixninja has announced this very amazing news at the jailbreaking convention MyGreatFest. For who don't know, the bootrom exploit are low-level bootrom ones which means that Apple won't be able to patch them with simple iOS update. Apple should make hardware update to patch them. So that iPhone 5 will be jailbreakable for lifetime before its official release and the same situation with iPad 2 as well.
The only remained step for Chronic Dev-team is to test their five exploits on iPhone 5 itself. Once they succeeded, then we will get untethered jailbreak on iPhone 5 / iPad 2 on iOS 5 soon.
The exploits were discovered by the Chronic Dev Team. A key member of the team itself namely: P0d2g, found exploits like 24kpwn, steaks4uce and also discovered an exploit in the Apple A4 chip, used in iPhone 4, original iPad and iPod touch 4G. pod2g and p0sixninja are members of the Chronic Dev Team, who were the key developers/hackers behind the famous jailbreak tool Greenpois0n, which back then was the only method available to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 completely untethered.
Finally the awesome part, iPhone 5 / iPad 2 untethered jailbreak iOS 5 will be userland jailbreak which means that you will be able to jailbreak your iPad 2 / iPhone 5 on iOS 5 via Safari browser just like JailbreakMe 3.0. According to P0sixninja, this jailbreak will be the most amazing jailbreak yet!
Stay tuned, we will keep you updated as soon as we get more updates about the upcoming iOS 5 untethered jailbreak for iPhone 5 / iPad 2!
4G LTE iPhone Coming In 2012?
Along with widespread expectations of a redesign, industry sources speaking to DigiTimes believe that Apple would finally release a 4G capable long term evolution (LTE) iPhone next year.
The report goes onto say that the number of networks offering 4G services would rise from a mere 35 to 100 by the end of 2012, with Sprint expected to rollout LTE services in the middle of 2012.
At the Verizon iPhone launch earlier this year, Tim Cook explained why Apple is reluctant on including a 4G LTE radio on iPhones:
"The first generation of LTE chip-sets force a lot of design compromises with the handset, and some of those we are just not willing to make"
The design compromise that had to be made in 4G phones were evident in the first 4G capable phone in the U.S. - Verizon's Thunderbolt (via Forbes):
[the phone] relies on a pair of chips to work. One chip, from Samsung, communicates with Verizon’s 4G networks, allowing the handset to achieve blazing data speeds of between 5 and 20 MBPS. Another chip, from Qualcomm, lets the handset talk to Verizon’s 3G network.
Apple would most likely come out with a 4G iPhone only when unified chips supporting both 3G and 4G would be available. That and of course if the battery life doesn't take a huge hit.
The current 4G capable phone market in the U.S. is dominated by HTC, which holds a share of 60 percent while Samsung, Motorola and LG account for the remaining 40 percent.
The Sprint-Apple partnership and the rumored $20 billion deal would make a lot of sense if Sprint has Apple on board when launching its 4G LTE network.
Although AT&T claims that the theoretical 14.4 Mbps down on the iPhone 4S makes it 4G capable, Apple has refrained from making any such claim.
So when do you think would Apple take the lid off a truly 4G capable iPhone?
The report goes onto say that the number of networks offering 4G services would rise from a mere 35 to 100 by the end of 2012, with Sprint expected to rollout LTE services in the middle of 2012.
At the Verizon iPhone launch earlier this year, Tim Cook explained why Apple is reluctant on including a 4G LTE radio on iPhones:
"The first generation of LTE chip-sets force a lot of design compromises with the handset, and some of those we are just not willing to make"
The design compromise that had to be made in 4G phones were evident in the first 4G capable phone in the U.S. - Verizon's Thunderbolt (via Forbes):
[the phone] relies on a pair of chips to work. One chip, from Samsung, communicates with Verizon’s 4G networks, allowing the handset to achieve blazing data speeds of between 5 and 20 MBPS. Another chip, from Qualcomm, lets the handset talk to Verizon’s 3G network.
Apple would most likely come out with a 4G iPhone only when unified chips supporting both 3G and 4G would be available. That and of course if the battery life doesn't take a huge hit.
The current 4G capable phone market in the U.S. is dominated by HTC, which holds a share of 60 percent while Samsung, Motorola and LG account for the remaining 40 percent.
The Sprint-Apple partnership and the rumored $20 billion deal would make a lot of sense if Sprint has Apple on board when launching its 4G LTE network.
Although AT&T claims that the theoretical 14.4 Mbps down on the iPhone 4S makes it 4G capable, Apple has refrained from making any such claim.
So when do you think would Apple take the lid off a truly 4G capable iPhone?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Supremo - Android 2.2 Tablet with 7 Inch Capacitive Touchscreen (Cortex A9 800Mhz) I
Five New Userland Exploits Have Been Discovered To Jailbreak iPhone 5 And iPad 2
There was a lot of great information unveiled at MyGreatFest today, probably the most noteworthy information, however, came from the Chronic Dev-Team. Who were responsible for the first iOS 4.2.1 untethered Jailbreak in the form of the GreenPois0n Jailbreaking tool.
When P0sixninja (one of the head members of the Chronic Dev-Team) took the stage, he announced to the world that the Chronic Dev-Team had in there possession 5 userland exploits which can be used to Jailbreak the iPhone and iPad 2 running the iOS 5 firmware. He noted that as these are userland exploits they can be patched by Apple in future firmware updates, but they should not be effected by the new hardware which will be present in the iPhone 5. Thus, the Chronic Dev-Team have essentially already Jailbroken the iPhone 5 untethered.
The news presented by P0sixninja today is definitely exciting for the Jailbreaking community. In fact P0sixninja said himself that it will be the most amazing jailbreak yet!
What else did P0sixninja talk about? Well besides the news about 5 new exploits being discovered, P0sixninja talked about how funding is a huge problem for the Chronic Dev-Team. He noted Chronic Dev Team LLC is trying to recruit more experienced hackers, but as of right now funding is a large issue.
We will keep you updated on what stems from these 5 userland exploits the Chronic Dev have in their possession. In the mean time please stay tuned…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Untethered Jailbreak For iOS 5 May Be Released Soon
If you were planning to skip jailbreaking iOS 5 because currently only a tethered jailbreak available then there is some good news for you.
iPhone hacker - Stefan Esser - better known by his Twitter handle - i0n1c seems to suggest that we could soon see an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 soon.
Esser is credited for developing the untethered jailbreakused in jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 and iOS 4.3.2 and recently has published a presentation titled "iOS Kernel Exploitation" which gives a rare insight into the latest iOS jailbreak techniques.
Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze currently supports only a tethered jailbreak for most of the iOS devices mentioned above, except for iPhone 3GS with the older bootrom. With a tethered jailbreak you need to connect your iOS device to the computer on every reboot.
These tools cannot jailbreak iPad 2, so it remains to be seen if the untether jailbreak that is in the works will be able to jailbreak iPad 2 or Apple's new iPhone 4S as both are powered by Apple's A5 chip.
i0n1c tweeted:
As far as I know iOS 5 untether is covered by other people already. Guess who :P
We're guessing that Esser is referring to the iPhone Dev team. It will be interesting to see how soon the untethered jailbreak will be released after iOS 5's launch on October 12th. For the latest status update on jailbreaking iOS 5, please checkout this post where we have also detailed the various options that you have currently.
Jailbreak iOS 5 GM with Redsn0w 0.9.9b3
Soon after the news of impending release of the much-awaited iOS 5 Gold Master (GM) by Apple, followed the much anticipated confirmation from the iPhone Dev team – as MuscleNerd tweeted that iOS 5 GM jailbreak can be done using the latest version of Redsn0w.
All you need to do to execute this tethered jailbreak is download redsn0w 0.9.9b3 (or up) for Mac or 0.9.9b3a (or up) for Windows; connect your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to your computer with a USB cable and run the jailbreaking software. Recent reports suggest that Redsn0w should work with all devices that can run iOS 5 excluding Apple’s newest tablet, the iPad 2.
Here is the Step-by-Step Guide to Jailbreak iOS 5 GM
1. Download Redsnow 0.9.9b4 (Windows / Mac)
2. Click the “extras” option and then select “IPSW” to manually point Redsnow to the iOS 5 beta 7 firmware to jailbreak iOS 5 GM.
3. Go back and then click the option to “Jailbreak”.
4. Select “Install Cydia” and follow the instructions to enter DFU mode.
5. Once there Redsn0w will load the limera1n exploit to tether-jailbreak your iOS device on iOS 5 GM.
At the mean time, iOS 5 GM is only available for registered iOS developers. If you haven’t yet tried the iOS 5 GM jailbreak, I’m sure you would definitely like to try it out when Apple launches the version on October 12, 2011. That’s tomorrow!
How to Fix the Quarter Screen Issue
However, as the jailbreaking community enthusiastically awaits the arrival of the D-day, there are certain ‘whispers of impending problems’ with the iOS 5 jailbreak. A jailbreak app called “Activator” has been identified to cause applications to display in a quarter of the iOS 5 loaded iPhone’s screen. The problem aptly connoted the “1/4 Screen” problem reports that when Activator (via Cydia) is installed on a jailbroken iPhone that is running the latest iOS, the App size is found to run at a reduced size, roughly one quarter of the screen.
As of now, the “1/4 Screen” problem is said to have been temporarily fixed; i.e. every time you reboot your iOS device, a repeat of the process is inevitable. Here’s a quick-fix solution:
Open SBSettings > Tap “Power”, and select “Safe Mode” > (Once booted into Safe Mode)
Tap the status bar when it says “Safe Mode”. (This will bring up a prompt)
Tap “Restart” to restart into normal mode > Launch an offending App – the error is expected to be resolved.
Many more developments are anticipated to unfold in the coming days as more iPhone app developers (including jailbreak developers) and users alike update their apps for the upcoming software update.
Have you tried the iOS 5 jailbreak yet? We would love to hear from you.
All you need to do to execute this tethered jailbreak is download redsn0w 0.9.9b3 (or up) for Mac or 0.9.9b3a (or up) for Windows; connect your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to your computer with a USB cable and run the jailbreaking software. Recent reports suggest that Redsn0w should work with all devices that can run iOS 5 excluding Apple’s newest tablet, the iPad 2.
Here is the Step-by-Step Guide to Jailbreak iOS 5 GM
1. Download Redsnow 0.9.9b4 (Windows / Mac)
2. Click the “extras” option and then select “IPSW” to manually point Redsnow to the iOS 5 beta 7 firmware to jailbreak iOS 5 GM.
3. Go back and then click the option to “Jailbreak”.
4. Select “Install Cydia” and follow the instructions to enter DFU mode.
5. Once there Redsn0w will load the limera1n exploit to tether-jailbreak your iOS device on iOS 5 GM.
At the mean time, iOS 5 GM is only available for registered iOS developers. If you haven’t yet tried the iOS 5 GM jailbreak, I’m sure you would definitely like to try it out when Apple launches the version on October 12, 2011. That’s tomorrow!
How to Fix the Quarter Screen Issue
However, as the jailbreaking community enthusiastically awaits the arrival of the D-day, there are certain ‘whispers of impending problems’ with the iOS 5 jailbreak. A jailbreak app called “Activator” has been identified to cause applications to display in a quarter of the iOS 5 loaded iPhone’s screen. The problem aptly connoted the “1/4 Screen” problem reports that when Activator (via Cydia) is installed on a jailbroken iPhone that is running the latest iOS, the App size is found to run at a reduced size, roughly one quarter of the screen.
As of now, the “1/4 Screen” problem is said to have been temporarily fixed; i.e. every time you reboot your iOS device, a repeat of the process is inevitable. Here’s a quick-fix solution:
Open SBSettings > Tap “Power”, and select “Safe Mode” > (Once booted into Safe Mode)
Tap the status bar when it says “Safe Mode”. (This will bring up a prompt)
Tap “Restart” to restart into normal mode > Launch an offending App – the error is expected to be resolved.
Many more developments are anticipated to unfold in the coming days as more iPhone app developers (including jailbreak developers) and users alike update their apps for the upcoming software update.
Have you tried the iOS 5 jailbreak yet? We would love to hear from you.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Ouku Tablet - Android 2.2 Tablet with 7 Inch Capacitive Touchscreen + WIFI + GPS + 3G
Qualcomm MSM7627 800MHZ. more stable and offering a much better performance than MTK hardware platforms.
3G + GSM + EDGE. Use this Android Tablet as a Smartphone. The Ouku Android 2.2 Tab comes with true global coverage.
Android. 2.2: World’s greatest Tablet OS in a sleek, versatile, and portable Tablet.
Capacitive Multi-Touchscreen: Nothing beats capacitive! Makes life and work easier and stress free.
WiFi: (Email Support POP3/SMTP/IMAP4). Emailing is now easier than ever before.
Available in 4 Colors: Chose from 4 popular colors; Cloud, Love, Night, and Silver.
Games: Download and install tons of free games from the Android Marketplace.
Business Experience: Supports Microsoft Office Applications. Multitask between work and pleasure with the Ouku Android 2.2 Tablet.
Introducing the second generation in the Ouku Android Tablet Series! This Ouku Android tablet comes with the Android 2.2 OS pre-installed, along with 3G, WiF, capacitive multi-touch screen and GPS for navigation.
Powering the Ouku Android 2.2 Tablet is a Qualcomm MSM7627 800MHZ CPU processor, 512 MB RAM + 256 MB ROM. In addition, the Ouku Android 2.2 Tablet comes with 3G, Quadband GSM and EDGE global connectivity (850, 900, 1800, 1900, UMTS:1900, 2100MHz.)
This Android 2.2 Tablet is not only a portable handheld PC tablet, it is also a mobile phone merged into an Android MID Tablet. Giving you the best of both worlds; tablet functionality with worldwide 3G, Quaband GSM, EDGE and Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR.
The seven-inch display offers a generous 800x480 pixels WVGA resolution, as well as capacitive multitouch zoom , gravity sensor and compass support. The Ouku Android 2.2 Tab measures 198*116*13.5mm, and weighs only 420grams.
The Ouku Android 2.2 Tab comes with a front 1.3-megapixel camera and a rear 2-megapixel camera. The Ouku Tab's 3500mAh battery supports up to 5 hours of video playback. You also get stereo speakers and a 3.5mm headphone jack with this Android 2.2 Tablet.
Ouku 3G Android 2.2 Tablet Highlights:
• 3G with Quadband GPS and EDGE
• Android 2.2 OS
• Marketplace to download all your Google Android Apps
• 7 Inch Multitouch capacitive screen
• Qualcomm MSM7627 800MHZ
• WiFi + GPS
• Supports data connection over WCDMA and GSM GPRS
• G-sensor + Light sensor
• Wireless Tether
• Supports Gtalk, Skype, MSN, Yahoo and other IM chats
• Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR
Specification:
General
Operating System Android 2.2
Model TPC800W
Product Type Android Tablets
Security Safety
Keyboard On screen keyboard
Pointing Device TFT Capacitive Touch Screen
Battery Type polymer 3500mAH
Battery / Run Time (up to) 4 hours working time
Power Device Type AC adapter
Voltage required 110V - 240V
Miscellaneous / Color Black/Red/White/Silver
Dimensions / W x D x H 198x116x13.6(mm)
Net Weight 0.45kg
Storage and Expansion
Hard Drive Type NAND FLASH
Hard Drive Capacity 512 MB RAM +256 MB ROM
PCMCIA Expansion T-Flash (Support 32GB Max)
Input/Output Connectors
Ports
USB 2.0 x1
SIM x1
Headphone x1
MIC x1
DC JACK x1
TF card reader x1
Audio/Video AAC LC/LTP, AAC+, enhanced AAC+,
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, Mp3, Midi, PCM
H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG4, 3GP
Communications
Wireless Connection
WiFi, 3G, 2G
Wireless Protocol WiFi 802.11b/g
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Support Format
Video H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG4, 3GP
Audio AAC LC/LTP, AAC+, enhanced AAC+,
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, Mp3, Midi, PCM
Picture JPG, BMP, PNG
Ebook TBD
Performance
Processor Type MSM7627
Processor Clock Speed 800MHZ
Processor / Manufacturer Qual MSM
Processor Model MSM7627
RAM / Technology 512MB
ROM
Installed Size 256MB
Display Diagonal Size 7 inch
What's in the box 1 xTablet PC
1 xUSB Cable
1 xEarphone
1 xUser Manual (English)
1 xPower Adapter
Languages English/Polish/German/Russian/French/Korean/ Japanese/Nederlands/Czech/Italian/Portuguese/Swedish/ Turkish/Spanish/Spanish(Latin America)/Greek/ simplified chinese/Norwegian/Traditional Chinese/Norwegian/Denish
IOS 5 release date
The much awaited Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event is over. It was expected that Apple would launch the iPhone 5 and possibly the iPhone 4S, along with plenty more at this event. However, sources revealed that the iPhone 4S had finally been launched by Apple in the event with the announcement of the launch of the iOS 5 launch on October 12th.
Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, took to the stage, promising innovations in both software and hardware. He said that though Apple currently had 357 stores in 11 countries, the initial focus would be on new retail stores that have opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
With a free update on the iOS 5 launch date which is to be October 12th, he also talked about recapping all the key features. So the new iOS 5 features would include a Newsstand – for accessing magazines and books on a monthly basis in a dedicated app – a new look Camera app with a direct shortcut and more editing features, and notifications at the top of your screen, again for faster access.
Finally Apple announced the launch of the iPhone 4S. This new iPhone 4S was said to have the same look as of the iPhone 4, though it will run with the iPad’s faster A5 chip and claimed 7x faster graphics for video. It will also come with improved battery life, improved antenna, and faster data transfer. The iPhone 4S is said to be twice as fast as the iPhone 4 with respect to downloading. What’s more – the iPhone 4S has 8MP camera, redesigned lens and a new antenna system that will choose the best of two antennas depending on where you are.
Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, took to the stage, promising innovations in both software and hardware. He said that though Apple currently had 357 stores in 11 countries, the initial focus would be on new retail stores that have opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
With a free update on the iOS 5 launch date which is to be October 12th, he also talked about recapping all the key features. So the new iOS 5 features would include a Newsstand – for accessing magazines and books on a monthly basis in a dedicated app – a new look Camera app with a direct shortcut and more editing features, and notifications at the top of your screen, again for faster access.
Finally Apple announced the launch of the iPhone 4S. This new iPhone 4S was said to have the same look as of the iPhone 4, though it will run with the iPad’s faster A5 chip and claimed 7x faster graphics for video. It will also come with improved battery life, improved antenna, and faster data transfer. The iPhone 4S is said to be twice as fast as the iPhone 4 with respect to downloading. What’s more – the iPhone 4S has 8MP camera, redesigned lens and a new antenna system that will choose the best of two antennas depending on where you are.
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