TechCrunch is reporting on an interesting news regarding the rumored Google Phone which could be revealed early next year. Google Phone doesn't mean yet another Android device, it will infact be a Google branded phone, designed by the folks in Mountain View, California, running on top of the latest version of Android OS. HTC, the smartphone manufacturer behind the two popular Android handsets, Hero and Droid Eris, is said to be producing the hardware for it.
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Up until now, we all have seen countless concept prototypes that shows off the supposedly rumored Apple Tablet which the folks in Cupertino have been secretly working on. But none of them comes close to this one, published by a French site named NoWhereElse. This is the prototype that I for one wish was for real.
Apple has approved the official iPhone app for Playboy. This app as of today is available in the App Store for $1.99 for your viewing pleasure. If you were hoping to see nud1ty in this app then you are sure to get disappointed. Apple has very strict policy against nud1ty in their App Store and that doesn't seems to be lifted any time soon. Instead, the app focuses on other sections of their magazine which includes Interviews, Playmate intro, Preview Pictures, Cover Story, 20 Questions, Playboy advisor, Fashion and Party Jokes.
The successor to the current Wave 3 version of Windows Live Messenger has finally been unveiled. Neowin has got hold of exclusive screenshots which shows off the next version of Windows Live Messenger, that is going to be the part of Windows Live Wave 4 release. The most significant change in Windows Live Messenger 2010 is the added option for “social stream” updates, which is going to retrieve all your friends updates across various network activities like facebook, twitter and blog posts, that you have added in Windows Live.
Motorola Droid on Verizon has been successfully rooted for direct access to the file system. It works on both the original Android 2.0 Rom which ships with Droid, and the latest Android 2.0.1 OTA (over the air) software update which was recently released for the Droid phone. Root access will enable you to modify the phone’s firmware to whatever you want to have on your phone like themes, apps and custom Roms just like you do on the jailbroken iPhone.
Google today has announced the public availability of Goggles which can let you search the web using images, without having to speak or write anything. You can simply take a picture with the camera on your phone, Goggles will then analyze and process your image, and then it will return a relevant search results page from Google. Currently, Goggles identifies landmarks, books, logos, business cards, places, wine bottles and works of art. Support for things like food, plants, cars, animals and suggestions of move in a chess game will added in future releases.
It looks like HTC is set to release a mini variant of HD2 in the first half of 2010. This news comes out through HTC portfolio which has been leaked online via XDA, hinting at a number of Windows Mobile and Android based devices for next year.
If you were looking to get HTC Sense like weather app for your iPhone and iPod touch, then look no further than World Weather app by TAPTAP Mobile. This app has by far the best animation and graphics for a weather app, and it works very smoothly on iPhone 3GS. The UI totally sets it apart from all the weather apps available on the iPhone.
Did you ever got jealous of your friends with HTC HD2 which has this beautiful animated weather background which changes automatically with real weather forecast? Comes in Let It Snow Widget theme which brings snowy animation background right on your iPhone and iPod touch screen. The main purpose of this theme is to display snowflakes which falls on the home screen right behind all the icons. The overall effect is really nice as can be seen in the screenshot below.
A guy by the name of rodrigofd at modaco forums has managed to port HTC HD2 Rom, complete with HTC Sense 2.5 on his Samsung Omnia II. It’s still a work in progress but he has stated that he is going to release to the Rom soon for Omnia II users once he is done with full testing. You can see the Rom running with HTC Sense 2.5 on Omnia II in the video attached below.
