The latest and, according to some, most important update to Google’s Android OS - 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich - was open-sourced just a few days ago and talented folks from the hacking and developers community have already managed to get Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) working on some of the most popular handsets. In this post, we’ll guide our readers on how they can flash ICS on a Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S II. Check it out after the break!
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Apple has started selling factory-unlocked, contract-free models of its iPhone 4S from its online Store in USA, Redmond Pie has learned.
Remember last year when we published a report on Apple’s plans on making the Ultimate SIM card? Back then, the company had filed for the patent regarding an embedded SIM card for their popular iPhone series of smartphones, but today, according to reports, it has been granted! Read the details after the jump!
Deceased Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been nominated for TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year award, Redmond Pie has learned.
Just a year after Call of Duty: Black Ops shattered video game sales records by selling over 7 million copies in its first 24 hours, its successor - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - has obliterated the franchise’s own sales record by reportedly selling 9.3 million copies in the first 24 hours. The game is now set to become the highest selling game of all time.
After guiding our dear readers on how they could enable Panorama Camera Mode on iOS 5, we came across another all-new hidden feature in iOS 5: dubbed the Autocorrect Keyboard Bar, this feature, as its name implies, activates a bar on top of your keyboard which shows autocorrected options based on the letters you have entered which you can, in turn, tap to insert into the text body. Check out the step-by-step guide after jump!
According to a report published earlier today, Adobe will be pulling support for Flash on browsers for mobile devices.
Yesterday, we published a post in which we talked about a Chronic Dev Team member claiming that he had found a bug which would help in untethered jailbreak for iOS 5. Today, the same member has let jailbreaking enthusiasts know that if they wish to jailbreak their iOS device untethered, they should stay away from iOS 5.0.1.
Smartphones have terrible, terrible battery life. From truly horrifyingly terrible like the HTC Thunderbolt, to the somewhat tolerable iPhone 4, no mainstream smartphone can last more than two days with moderately heavy usage. My own smartphone - a Samsung Galaxy S II - doesn’t last more than 14-15 hours on a single charge and I have to invariably charge it overnight to make it through the next day. I love it to pieces, and the short battery life is a compromise I have to take in order to enjoy its great features, but yes, a longer battery life would be highly appreciated.
Consumer Reports - a nonprofit consumer protection organization - today published their thoughts on the iPhone 4S, which you can check in detail after the jump!
