The new iPhone OS 3.1 firmware for iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS and iPod touch was released at “Rock and Roll” event in San Francisco. I have received lots of questions by emails related to upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1 firmware. Instead of replying to them individually, I thought it would be useful to make a short post and answer the most frequently asked questions.
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A new build of Windows Mobile 6.5 has been leaked and is now available for download. Personally I think this is the best looking WM 6.5 Build that I have seen to date. Many UI elements have been updated. Some of the interesting UI changes that I have spotted in this Build are listed below followed by screenshots.
Apple today has unveiled the next generation of their iPod lineup at “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” event in San Francisco. Steve Jobs who hosted the event announced the new refreshed iPod lineup which includes iPod touch 3G, iPod nano 5G, iPod classic and iPod shuffle. Hands-on videos for iPod touch 3G and iPod nano 5G have been attached below for your viewing pleasure.
The wait is finally over. Apple has officially announced the availability of iPhone OS 3.1 for all existing users of iPhone and iPod touch (who have purchased OS 3.0) to download for free. The new firmware 3.1 includes a handful of new features and bug fixes and can be downloaded for free from the link given below.
It’s that time of the year again - The annual Apple’s special music event and its highly anticipated keynote address takes place today on 9/9/09. Apple is expected to refresh the current iPod lineup with 3rd generation iPod Touch getting camera, new range of iPod Nano, iTunes 9 with social networking features and the GM release of iPhone OS 3.1 firmware (unconfirmed).
Windows Mobile team at Microsoft is clearly at work these as we get to see new improvements every week. A new Build 23045 of Windows Mobile 6.5 is out in the wild, courtesy tom_codon of HTCPedia.com. This new leaked build was compiled on 3rd September 2009 and brings in more polish and refinements which is illustrated with screenshots below.
The latest Office 2010 Beta Build 14.0.4417.1000 which was leaked about a week ago features refreshed icons for all Office applications. And like any previous version of Office, all the icons from this latest leaked build have been extracted and are available for download at deviantART. The Office 2010 Applications Icon Pack includes 60 high-resolution icons in both PNG and ICO format.
The final version along with general availability of the highly anticipated iPhone OS 3.1 firmware is expected to be announced on September 9th, in Apple’s “Rock and Roll” event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Here’s a list of features that will be part of the new firmware, based on the feature set of iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 1, Beta 2 and Beta 3 come September 9th.
The Mozilla Foundation has just released a new version of Firefox, codenamed Fennec for all Windows Phones running Windows Mobile 6.0 or later. The main focus of Fennec is to bring decent desktop browser like functionality to Windows Mobile devices which are currently lacking a browser like Safari is for iPhone.
In the world of Windows Mobile 6.5, there’s a constant leak happening all over the place. The new leaked in question is Build 23409 which brings in more stability and reliability fixes that were hampering Build 23041. Visually, though, it looks almost identical to the last leaked Build 23041. A series of screenshots have been added below for your viewing pleasure.
