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Over at Gizmodo, they have got the details of the new iphone outlining some new stunning feature such as a camera at the front. Other than that the disign has evolved from being slick and slim to a bit bigger and more squared. For more information go over to Gizmodo’s site.

Via Gizmodo

I never saw this day come when the PS3 would have been hacked. Just cant wait for the clever people to make some HomeBrew Applications for it. More power to the people. With its high specs, what endless capabilities are there.

As we have herd “geohot” has successfully hacked the PS3 to have full read and write access, bypassing the Hypervisor.

“Geohot” explains on his blog how he’s located a critical portion of the memory to attack. By allocating it, pointing a whole bunch of code at those addresses, then deallocating it he causes many calls to invalid addresses. At the same time as those invalid calls he “glitches” the memory bus using a button on his FPGA board to hold it low for 40ns. This trips up the hypervisor security and somehow allows read/write access to that section of memory.

A video showing all of this below. (more…)

With so many smartphones on the market what are the top 4…

1. Apple iPhone 3GS
This isn’t a phone, it’s a computer. Apple is way ahead of the market but with Google and Anroid on the case they need to keep upping the ante. All this means better smart phones for us… wuhoo

Read more on the iPhone

2. HTC Hero a.k.a G2 Touch

HTC have produced a multi-touch interface powered phone that can really give the iPhone something to worry about. Also, the internet base apps are brilliant.

3. HTC Touch Pro2
With its 3.6in touch-screen, full QWERTY keyboard and speakerphone, this phone is probably the best business phone yet that will rock any meeting.

4. Blackberry Bold 9000
Blackberry may be the choice for multi-national cooperation business but they have now made a brave attempt appealing to the like of you and I. With a bright half-VGA screen, GPS, HSDPA and its amazing email functionality they have done a good job.

Oh yes, Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacture does not make the list. You never know, with Nokia introducing the OVI things may change and lets hope the Nokia E71 lives up to the expectation.

Personally I would suggest rather than chasing Apple in the courts for patent infringement, just do the same to them and copy the iPhone 3GS.

Did you know?

Users are not only restricted to .com on the iPhone Safari when typing in a URL address. You can change it to a range of alternatives such as .co.uk, .net, .edu etc by holding down the dot com key and sliding over the finger and selecting the desired option.

See below, screen print of the options…

Did you know?

Having recently upgraded my iPhone to OS 3.0, I was a bit confused on how to forward a text message. I read a lot about the added functionality but had no idea on how to use it.

Having spoke to a few friends they all advised me to use the ‘copy and paste’ functionality but that would just be ridiculous.

By pure luck I pressed the ‘edit’ button and hay presto the option to forward and delete individual messages or multiple messages on the same conversation.

Below is a screen shot of the options on selecting ‘edit’.

Many people have speculated what the iPhone OS 3.0 will and won’t have, we did too ‘iPhone Facts and Rumours‘. The wait is now over, the iPhone OS 3.0 update contains over 100 new features, including the following:

• Cut, Copy & Paste with shake to undo
• Landscape keyboard in key applications
• Enhanced Messages application
- Send and receive photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS*
- Forward and delete single or multiple messages
• Added search feature in Mail, Calendar, Notes and iPod
• Spotlight search across iPhone
• Support for CalDAV and subscriptions in Calendar
• Improvements to Safari
- Performance
- HTML 5 support
- HTTP Streaming audio and video
- Auto-fill usernames and passwords
• New Voice Memos application
• Sync Notes with a Mac or PC via iTunes
• Internet Tethering over USB and Bluetooth*
• Browse and download movies, TV shows, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store**
• Stereo Bluetooth***
• Wi-Fi auto login
• Enhanced Stocks application
• More Parental Control options for Apps, Music, Movies and TV Shows
• iTunes account creation and login**
• YouTube account login and access to subscriptions, ratings and favorites**
• Shake to shuffle
• New languages, dictionaries, and keyboards
• Find my iPhone and Remote Wipe via MobileMe (subscription required)**
• Support for more Exchange policies
• Create and send Exchange meeting invitations
• Search mail on server (Exchange Server 2007 and supported IMAP servers)
• Search LDAP company directory
• VPN on demand and VPN proxy support
• Encrypted configuration profiles
• Encrypted iTunes backups
• 1,000 new developer APIs, including:
- In App Purchases
- Apple Push Notification Service
- Accessories support
- Peer to Peer Connectivity
- Embedded Maps
- iPod Library Access
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone
• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3G S

* Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S and requires support from your wireless provider.
** Not available in all regions or in all languages.
*** Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S.

For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guide for your iPhone at: Apple iPhone Support Manuals

For more information about iPhone, go to: Apple iPhone

To troubleshoot your iPhone, or to view additional support information go to: iPhone Support

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: Apple Security Content

The new iPhone OS version 3.0 software arrives on 17 June. Get it and your iPhone will have over 100 new features.
Like:

• Cut. Copy. Paste
  text, numbers and email addresses between applications
• Search
  Find contacts, apps, phone numbers, email addresses and more. Anywhere on your iPhone.
• Landscape
  Read and write texts, emails and picture messaging holding your iPhone sideways.
• Longer battery life

And for existing iPhone 3G customers, available from 19 June:

• Picture Messaging (MMS)
  Send photos, contacts, sound files and location with MMS messages.
• Internet tethering
  Get your PC or Mac online using your iPhone 3G as a modem, (This is not free by the way).

source: o2.co.uk

Also read the facts and rumours posted earlier.

The long awaited iPhone software OS overhaul is nearing completion with suggestions that it could be available after the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco later on this month. The new version software fills some of the basic holes in the iPhone functionality also adding some significant features for developers. The ability to plug into Google Maps and the option to sell content through apps will have a significatent impact.

Here are some facts on the new software upgrade and hardware rumours:

1. Free upgrade on the iPhone 3G, £10 on the iPod Touch
2. Picture messaging and SMS forwarding
   • Expected as standard on Mobile Phones since 2002, come on Apple you should have known better!!!
3. Youtube upgrade
   • This will allow you to enter your subscription, rate videos and much more
4. Copy and Paste
   • A 21st Centuary essential, copy, cut and paste how can a business run without this option!!!
5. Upgraded QWERTY keyboard
   • Hopefully resolving current issues on responsiveness
6. Spotlight
   • Search your iPhone of all its content. Also new search features to be added to Mail, ipod and notes.
7. 32GB version
   • Not impossible with the price of memory feeling the crunch!!!
8. iPhone Nano
   • If this is true, I want one. Well, I found copies in Hong Kong when on my hols in 2008 also, found fully functional bluetooth mobile phone watch compatible in the UK.

Let us have your feedback on the iPhone v3 software upgrade…

The HTC Magic, powered by Android™, is designed to turn heads with its sleek and stylish looks, and command attention with its advanced list of capabilities. It provides everything you love about the internet, Gmail, Google Search, YouTube and Google Maps geared up exactly how you want it. Further enhanced with Outlook synchronization, Smart Dialler, and an onscreen keyboard with predictive text, the HTC Magic will keep you entertained and up to date wherever you are.

This is a handset where everything goes, you can personalise your handset as much as you with a multitude of enhancements from the Android market and the best thing is you can get to it all very easily.

We’d say if the Apple iPhone is not for you, or too common then this is an excellent alternative.

Magic, HTC Specification

Processor Qualcomm MSM7200A™, 528 MHz
Operating System: Android
RAM: 288 MB
Dimensions 113 x 55.56 x 13.65 mm
Weight 116 grams ( 4.09 ounces) with battery
Display 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320×480 HVGA resolution
GPS Internal GPS antenna
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
Camera 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC-LC, MIDI, OGG
Video supported formats MP4, 3GP
Talk time: Up to 450 minutes for GSM
Standby time: Up to 420 hours for GSM
Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Special Features G-sensor, Digital Compass

The iPhone has paved the way for a new generation of puzzle and word games. To come up with a number, taking into account the thousands of games released for the device, is almost too daunting to consider.

Educational whilst fun, WordFu published by ngmoco and developed by Demiurge Studios is designed for quick play dressed up in a creative martial arts theme and will definitely tax your brain.

There are two parts to the game, rarely lasting more that a few minutes. Firstly, you start with selecting nine letters by rolling and flicking lettered dice to get a good spread of consonants and vowels to boost your word-making potential. You only have twenty seconds to do so too.

On completion of the letter selection, you enter the game itself. Now you start off with 45 seconds to recall and form as many words from the English dictionary as you can submitting each word by shaking the iPhone. You can reuse the letters as many times as you like unless you’re playing in “Shaolin Mode,” where you can only use each letter once to form a word and the longer the word the more points earned.

If you are good under pressure then you’ll start getting white bonus power-up dice to use. One gives you double word score, one freezes the timer for a while and the last lets you flick one of the dice to, hopefully, reveal a new letter. Used properly, the power-up can take your score to new heights and submitting words sets the timer back a few seconds, the game will always be limited to a handful of minutes at the most.

We have had the game for only a few days now, but we are totally hooked on it. We don’t know if in a months time it will have the same appeal however we do highly recommend it.
Platform: iPhone
Category: Puzzle/Word
Price: 59p

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