According to Wikipedia, Augmented Reality is a term used for live direct or indirect view of a real-world physical environment whose elements are augmented (read: enhanced / given more information about graphically) using computer-generated imagery. It’s basically what you see when you look through the viewfinder on Iron Man or Samus Aran’s helmet. Apps like Layar, Google Sky Map (Android) and Wikitude World Browser (iPhone) already make use of this technology.
iOS 4.1 Jailbreak news time! We have a lil’ update for all you guys anxiously waiting for SHAtter based GreenPois0n tool. Chronic Dev Team hacker p0sixninja, one of the hackers who are working on GreenPois0n jailbreak with SHAtter exploit, has tweeted that the tool is not coming out tomorrow or today or any fixed date for now.
Let me get this straight outta the gate: Google’s Android mobile OS is coming soon to iPhone 4!! Android can already run on iPhone EDGE (2G), 3G and iPod touch. The ports don’t work as well as they should do. since iPhone and Android don’t go along well (power management not optimized, iPhone’s battery drops to zero within a few hours) but it’s definitely great if you want to try out the so called open-ness of Android.
Microsoft is taking legal action against the company behind the popular Android-based Droid handsets - Motorola - for infringing nine patents that the company is allegedly using without licensing in their phones.
For those of us who are on data-capped / tiered mobile internet plans, keeping track of how much data one is consuming is of great importance and convenience. And for those of us who are on jailbroken iPhones can use Data Counter to track how much data is being used.
The Stereoscopic 3D experience is coming soon to iOS devices and Android! It’s not going to be native three-dimensional video but still offers similar results and the cool thing is: you won’t have to wear those hideous polarized glasses!
The yearly Fall dashboard update for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console is scheduled to roll out this fall. This year’s update, first announced at E3 2010, will feature UI tweaks, Kinect support, enhanced Netflix experience, improved Zune music, and an entertainment hub with ESPN Sports.
Everything is getting smarter these days. Today, PayPal - the e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet - announced that they will soon start accepting check deposits with iPhone.
PwnageTool Bundle for jailbreaking iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) on iOS 4.2 Beta 2 has been released by msft.guy. You can use this bundle with existing version of PwnageTool to create custom firmware files which are jailbroken and hacktivated for iPhone 3GS. But as always, this bundle is meant for iPhone 3GS with old bootrom only. Those of you who are with new bootrom will have to wait for SHAtter exploit based PwnageTool or GreenPois0n jailbreak tool, both of which are expected to release soon.
First of Apple TV reviews are now all over the web. The iOS-based media streaming device, which will be jailbroken in the future, uses iTunes, YouTube, Netflix (as well as Flickr / MobileMe) to bring you video content right in your living room. It costs a magical $99 and releases this week.
