If you are an avid and passionate Android device user then you will be well aware of the ability to modify and tweak certain aspects of the firmware to get the most out of it. Being able to amend and enhance various aspects of the installation to suit specific tastes is always a good thing from a personalization point of view, and now thanks to the Android Tweaker app it just became a whole lot easier to modify certain elements of the operating system.
Release date of the upcoming iOS 6.x untethered jailbreak has just been confirmed by the official Twitter account of the team Evad3rs. It’s coming on Monday, February 4, 2013.
The folks of the XDA-Developers forums are old hands at solving problems and limitations with mobile devices, particularly those of the Android variety, and in the latest, one member has come through with a nifty wireless charging solution. The mod, which costs around $25 in supplies, can be completed in around ten minutes, and the final result is a fully-functional, wirelessly juiced Samsung Galaxy S III.
The release of Windows 8, has, quite inevitably been followed by the release of Office 2013 and Office 360, but this time around, the Redmond company has been hard at work on several other apps as it tries to establish its new-look operating system across its vast user base. The Windows Store needs as many decent new apps as it can get, and today, another in-house offering arrives in the form of My Server.
When the camera first met the mobile phone, it was seen as a gimmick, but nowadays, many consumers look for a snapper in some way representative of some of the higher-end standalones in terms of performance and quality. A vast portion of smartphone users can take high-resolution images and shoot video in full HD, and naturally, the amount of supplementary apps offering advanced editing features has soared over the past year or so. But while the likes of Instagram have managed to secure a solid user base, the popularity of video editing is comparatively low, and it's a trend music creation company UJAM wishes to buck with its VJAM offering.
As we wait patiently to see what developers have in store for us when the new untethered jailbreak lands, but in the meantime, we are seeing the release of one of the most exciting tweaks of recent times, called Flex.
If you're looking for an app to break from the generic, tried-and-tested mold, you needn't look much further than Compasso Synth by Rubyjock, which turns your iPhone's compass into a synthesizer. By tweaking the three main options - resonance/cutoff, LFO Rate, and oscillator detuning, you can produce some epic sounds, and each depends on which way you decide to tilt your device.
The smartphone and tablet sales and shipment figures churned out by our resident numbers firms make for particularly intriguing reading, since different companies tend to draw differing, oft conflicting conclusions regarding which vendor enjoys a stronghold on the market. One such company unafraid to wade into the Apple-Samsung debate is Strategy Analytics, and according to its latest research, Apple has overtaken Samsung to stake its claim number one phone vendor in the United States. While the Korean consumer electronics giant managed to shift an almighty 16.8 million units in the last quarter, Apple appears to have piped its bitter rival, managing an impressive 17.7 million iPhone sales. Meanwhile, LG took third spot with a comparatively meager 4.7 million.
Remember when Sony's Vice President of Home Entertainment revealed that the PlayStation team were hopeful of making an announcement before the Electronics Entertainment Expo? It was originally predicted that we might expect to hear about the purported PlayStation 4 a month before the start of E3 in May, but an out-of-the-blue announcement from Sony could mean that we get the inside scoop three months early.
In the middle of all the current rumors, conjecture and speculation surrounding Apple hardware, it is perhaps the future of the company's so-called hobby project that is managing to capture most of the immediate attention. The little black box has never been one of Apple's highest revenue generating creations, but has been consistently improving on its sales figures, numbers that are only set to continue to rise amid speculation of a new smaller model being introduced and the potential of additional apps being introduced during the year.
