Google unveiled the Gesture Search app, that allows android users to search for contacts, bookmarks, apps, music by drawing simple gestures on the screen. Gesture Search, announced March 3, can only be used on devices running Android 2.0 or higher ( I tested it on a HTC hero running firmware 2.1), which restricts the number of [...]
Just a week after Apple released the iPhone 3.1.3 update, Sherif Hashim has discovered an exploit that could allow iPhone users to unlock their iPhone on the iPhone 3.1.3 firmware on baseband 05.12.01 and use it with other carriers like T-Mobile in the US, for example. We get these a lot, but no the iPhone [...]
On Wednesday morning an unknown number of thieves managed to break in to a Best Buy in South Brunswick, New Jersey and steal 20 notebooks valued at $26,000. For the record, these were all MacBooks so no Windows computers were stolen (phew!). These thieves were clever because they were able to avoid cameras, motion sensors, [...]
Here’s some good news for Android users. Swype has just launched a beta program for the Google Android platform. The new beta requires users to make an account with the company. It downloads on the Android device and users can install it from there.
The Swype beta for Android is capped at a limited number of [...]
HTC has just announced their new smartphone named HTC Desire. HTC calls the HTC Desire a superphone rather than a smartphone, just like Google calls their Nexus One a superphone as well. This phone will run on Android 2.1 and have the beautiful HTC Sense UI just like HTC’s other phones. The HTC Desire [...]
The tech world has certainly learned to not get their hopes up for an Apple device after Steve Jobs debuted the giant iPod Touch iPad on January 27th, 2010. Without getting into too much detail, let’s just say that with regard to the iPad’s functionality — it’s limited.
But it’s still fun to look at concept [...]
