Mobile Phones

by , 7 days ago

Blackberry ‘London’ image leaks [BlackBerry 10]

BlackBerry London - BB10

Images of a new BlackBerry 10 device, codenamed ‘London’, has been leaked to the internet via Crackberry. Previous leaks of a BlackBerry 10 (back when it was still BBX) showed a Blackberry London device that looked similar to the BlackBerry Porsche P’9981. It should come as no surprise that the…

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by , 29 days ago

USB 3.0 coming to smartphones and tablets

usb 3.0

USB 3.0, the successor to the current USB 2.0 standard which hasn’t yet been universally implemented as the new standard will be made available on smartphones and tablets either by the end of 2012 or early 2013. USB 3.0 will allow for faster data transfer speeds than what is currently…

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by , 33 days ago

ChevronWP7 Labs “sold out” of unlock tokens

ChevronWP7

The cheap unlocking (or official “jailbreak”) service provided by ChevronWP7 has currently been put on hold. ChevronWP7 allowed users to unlock their Windows Phone 7 devices for $9 and sideload homebrew apps unto them. It also allows WP7 users to bypass the need to pay the $99 needed for a…

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by , 41 days ago

Microsoft working on a fix for Windows Phone 7 SMS bug

Microsoft working on SMS bug fix

A few weeks back, a potentially OS breaking bug was discovered on Windows Phone 7. The bug disables the Messaging Hub for WP7, disabling all messaging services it controls. Khaled Salameh, the discoverer of the bug tweeted: “MS Security Team contacted me today, they’ve confirmed the WP7 SMS Bug and…

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by , 42 days ago

How to recalibrate your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch’s unresponsive home button

iPhone home power button

iPhone Hacks has posed a set of instructions to recalibrate your iDevice’s home button delayed responsiveness. So if your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch home button lags, follow the steps below: Launch a default iOS application. eg. Stock, Weather. (The source states to use a default app. It could work with any app…

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by , 56 days ago

SkyDrive app released for Windows Phone and iOS [video]

Skydrive

SkyDrive is Microsoft‘s free cloud based service that offers 25GB of online storage to users. An app for SkyDrive has finally been made available to Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and iOS (version 4.0 and above) users. The SkyDrive app can be downloaded from the Windows Phone Marketplace or iTunes App…

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by , 56 days ago

Windows Phone 7 SMS bug crashes messaging hub [video]

WinRumors has reported a bug discovered in Windows Phone 7 that disables the messaging hub when a specific string of characters is sent to the phone via text, Facebook or Windows Live chat. When the string of specific (undisclosed) characters are sent to the Windows Phone app hub, the device…

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by , 62 days ago

Official Xbox Live app available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

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Microsoft has released an Xbox Live app for iOS devices. If you’re an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch user with an Xbox 360, this is an app for you. With this app you can stay connected to Xbox Live via your iPhone. It allows you to: Read and send messages…

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by , 63 days ago

Windows Phone 7 Emoji list [Part 2]

Windows-phone-7-emoji-list-2

  Continuing from last week’s list of emoji icons available for Windows Phone 7 devices, here is part 2. These emojis may appear differently on non Windows Phone 7 devices (or not at all). They also work when messaging via Windows Live Messenger. See part 2 of the list below:…

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by , 65 days ago

Xbox Companion app coming to Windows Phone Marketplace tomorrow (update)

windows-phone-7-xbox-companion-app-homescreen

update: The app has now gone live and can be downloaded unto your device via this Marketplace Link. Some reports claim you must be running the 7740 update for Windows Phone 7. If you’re both a Windows Phone and Xbox 360 owner, Microsoft has some early holiday presents for you…

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