All the previously leaked rumors which were indicating towards a possible T-Mobile US version of HTC HD2 were indeed true. HTC and T-Mobile has announced today that HTC HD2 is finally headed to United States exclusively on T-Mobile network.
As reported previously, Steve Ballmer in his keynote today at CES 2010 announced the HP Slate PC which is said to go retail later this year. What is interesting about this Slate PC is that instead of running a stripped down or a customized version of Windows or Windows Mobile, it will be running full fledged version of Windows 7 (Starter most probably). Here is what Ballmer had to say about it.
The are a number of rumored reports around the web, suggesting a possible announcement of Microsoft Courier Tablet like Slate tablet PC tonight during Steve Ballmer’s opening keynote at 2010 CES. If this happens, then we could very well have a Slate/Tablet PC, running Microsoft software well ahead of Apple’s rumored iSlate/Tablet, which is expected to be unveiled on January 27th, in Apple’s mega event to be held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Facebook version 3.1 app for iPhone and iPod touch is out! and it brings the much needed support for Push Notification System, along with ability to sync facebook contacts with the native iPhone contacts app. The change log of Facebook 3.1 iPhone app is as follows.
Redsn0w is an alternative jailbreaking and unlocking tool to blackra1n for both Windows and Mac. In addition to the announcement of PwnageTool port for both Windows and Linux, MuscleNerd has also confirmed that iPhone Dev-Team has found the lost code of Redsn0w and that now they are going to update it to work with the latest iPhone 3.1.2 firmware.
The iPhone Dev-Team is back! and this time they have announced PwnageTool for both Windows and Linux. For those of you who don't know, PwnageTool is the infamous jailbreaking tool for Mac OS X, which can jailbreak both iPhone and iPod touch by creating a custom .ipsw file. The current version 3.1.4 of PwnageTool works with iPhone OS 3.1.2 to jailbreak the original iPhone (Edge), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (1G and 2G) running on iPhone firmware 3.1.2.
The International Consumer Electronics Show 2010 kicks off tonight with keynotes by Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft and Robbie Bach, President of Entertainment & Devices Division. Their keynotes like always will be streamed LIVE all the way from Las Vegas on January 6th, 2010 at 18:30 PST (Pacific Standard Time). Click here to see what time is it in your region.
After weeks of rumors, gossips, leaks and revelations, the much hyped Nexus One (aka the Google Phone) has finally been unveiled today in a press event ceremony held at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. Powered by Android 2.1 operating system, the Google Nexus One features 3.7’’ AMOLED screen, 1Ghz Snapdragon processor with 512mb of Ram and 5 megapixels autofocus camera with flash. The phone has been designed by Google and is manufactured through their partner HTC.
Engadget in its extensive review of Google Nexus One carried out a web browser speed comparison test between iPhone 3GS, Nexus One and Motorola Droid. The test involved opening of engadget.com homepage at the same time on all the three handsets, running on a local WiFi network. Mobile Safari on iPhone 3GS dwarfed both the Android based devices by a long shot.
The greatest strength of Apple and iPhone has always been the availability of over 100,000 apps in the iTunes App Store. No other phone manufacturer has so far been able to match the success that Apple’s App Store has got in its first year alone. There is an app for just about anything one can think off. And so, today, Apple has announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store by iPhone and Pod touch users worldwide. This is what Steve Jobs had to say on the occasion.
