In addition to the three phones that Steve Ballmer announced today, the Samsung Focus , the LG Quantum , and the HTC Surround , there is still more to come. Apparently, Microsoft plans to launch 10 WP7 phones. Ten of them! They will be spread across 30 countries, and they will be looking at a November release date
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Microsoft to launch 10 WP7 phones
This step by step guide/tutorial will show you how to update your iPhone 4 to iOS 4.1 while preserving the baseband. Because we will not update the baseband, you will still be able to run the latest iOS version available, you will be able to jailbreak using LimeRa1n , and you will be able to unlock your iPhone using UltraSn0w .
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How to Update Your iPhone to iOS 4.1 Without Updating the Baseband
The latest knock-off from China is the iPhonc – a curved back mobile phone that looks good up to a point. Details are non-existent, but you probably don’t want to buy this thing anyway. Like many things, the iPhonc looks good from the back, but the face leaves much to be desired.
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The iPhonc Looks Good, Until You See The Front
There’s nothing worse then having a bicycle accident when you’re riding balls-out. Not only do you take a nasty spill, there’s also the risk of permanent trauma to your junk. Not to mention the temporary embarrassment of crawling on the ground clutching your sack.
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The Stemie – You’d Be Nuts To Ride Without One
On May 28, 2010 Sebastien wrote an article on the fact that anyone running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx could potentially access your iPhone’s data with ease getting around the PIN. Well, starting with Ubuntu 10.04 you can actually access your entire iPhone without a jailbreak or unlock.
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Want an Open Source Replacement for iTunes? Well Sorta
The Hyundai Equus, pronounced Eh-cuus, is Hyundai’s flagship luxury sedan in South Korea—so popular among the upper-class, that the South Korean President has one. Continuing off the car maker’s recent successes in the states, Hyundai is bringing the Equus here to enjoy sales from the already-brimming full-size luxury segment. This is the first Korean car to compete directly with the flagship sedans from Japan, Germany, and India/Britain (depending on where you call Jaguar home.) The Equus has been on the market for some time in South Korea, in fact, this is the second generation since its debut in 1999
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A Week In The High-Tech Hyundai Equus Super Sedan
Microsoft on Monday announced its initial arsenal of handsets built around the new Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, in what many believe is the company’s last-ditch attempt to regain traction in the mobile handset arena that’s fallen into the hands of rivals like Apple and Google.
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Microsoft unveils plans for first nine Windows Phone 7 handsets
With the release of iOS 4.1.1 or even 4.2 right around the corner, it would be a wise thing to do to save your iPhone iOS 4.1 SHSH blobs either on Cydia, or locally with TinyUmbrella. Saving your SHSH blobs will be helpful if you ever want to downgrade your iPhone to previous firmware version
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Don’t Forget to Save Your iPhone iOS 4.1 SHSH Blobs
NEW YORK — Microsoft on Monday unveiled details on the first phones running its brand new Windows Phone 7 operating system, the software giant’s answer to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS mobile platforms. The phone will be available on AT&T (who co-hosted the event) and T-Mobile networks stateside beginning Nov.
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Microsoft Announces First Windows Phone 7 Handsets
Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone will be capable of running on networks based on both of the world’s most popular 3G wireless standards but will forgo support for the faster 4G networks that are just now coming online, according to a new report.
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Apple’s fifth-gen iPhone may support dual model GSM/CDMA but not LTE
Oh, Microsoft. Only you would throw the official launch event for your new mobile operating system on a national holiday and wait to tell the invited folks about it until just 5 days before
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Live from Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launch event (Update: We’re Live!)
When the concertinaing Aviiq notbook-stand was announced way back in November of last year, my headline read “Origami-Like Folding Laptop Stand Is Perfect for In-Bed Movies.” Finally, almost a year later, the review unit arrived, and it proved that I was almost Nostradamus-like in this prophetic declaration.
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Hands-On with Aviiq’s Beautiful, Expensive Folding Notebook Stand
Forthcoming enhancements to the CDMA wireless standard could allow Apple to be among the first handset makers to deploy phones on the wireless networks of Sprint and Verizon that would be capable of simultaneous voice and data transmissions like those operating on AT&T’s GSM network.
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Verizon iPhone may be among first CDMA handsets to offer concurrent data and voice
The Stealth Boom Chair proves that you can make gaming seats that actually look reasonably decent. The thing also offers a few novelties alongside the usual massive sub-woofer, dual speakers and vibration rumble pack. For one thing it swivels
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Stealth Boom Chair – sleek sound box proves you can cram design into loud
Forget all those Marty-come-lately imitations and knock-offs: If you want McFly’s actual real sneakers, as worn during the filming of Back to the Future 2 , then you will soon be able to bid for them at auction. You’ll probably need to engage in some Biff Tannen-style back-in-time betting to afford them, but these are the real deal, people, and they look tacky as hell
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Marty McFly’s Actual Movie Sneakers for Sale: $15,000
The Nokia C7 is now shipping to customers according to an official press release . This comes less than 2 weeks after the news that the N8 started to ship, meeting the planned deadline of “Q3 2010″ by the narrowest of margins. Unlike the N8 however, the C7 was announced less than a month ago, on September 14th , making this one of the quickest turn arounds I’ve ever seen of a Nokia device
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Nokia C7, world’s second Symbian^3 device, starts shipping to customers
LimeRa1n came out yesterday creating a bit of controversy in the jailbreak community. Because it revealed a different exploit from SHAtter, releasing GreenPois0n today would have given away those 2 exploits to Apple for them to patch in a near update.
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GreenPois0n Jailbreak Delayed Because of LimeRa1n
This is a summary of the most popular posts that were published on iDB this week: GreenPois0n to be released on Sunday GreenPois0n will only jailbreak the iPhone 4, iPad, and iPod Touch 4G Important note about the iPhone 4.1 unlock How to jailbreak iPhone 3G iOS 4.1 with RedSn0w Is Geohot making a comeback? There won’t be an iOS 4.1 unlock LimeRa1n jailbreak released Should you stay away from LimeRa1n? LimeRa1n to mess up GreenPois0n release Guide: how to jailbreak iPhone iOS 4.1 with LimeRa1n From our sister iPad Blog : If you have never shot an iPad with a gun, this is what it looks like An iPad made of Legos Amazing iPad animations How to jailbreak your iPad with LimeRa1n From our sister Apple TV blog : You can install apps on the Apple TV How to put your Apple TV in DFU mode The new Apple TV costs $64 to make Fix for the Apple TV Netflix error 112 ” Top 10 iPhone News You Missed this Week ” is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store .
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Top 10 iPhone News You Missed this Week
Apple is attempting to block scalpers by instituting new restrictions preventing walk-in sales of the iPhone at Apple Stores in China. Customers must first reserve an iPhone on Apple’s website before visiting an Apple Retail Store to complete the purchase.
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Scalpers force Apple to require reservations for iPhone buyers
With Apple’s Oct. 18 quarterly earnings report approaching, one Wall Street analyst expects the iPhone maker to issue a “blowout” report, noting the company is “not too big” to surprise investors with sales of 12 million or more iPhones.
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Apple ‘not too big to blow it out’ in upcoming quarterly results
Apple is said to again be talking with major music labels about offering a subscription music service for a monthly fee, while the company is also reportedly attempting to prevent the launch of streaming service Spotify in the U.S.
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Apple again pushes iTunes subscriptions, attempts to block Spotify
Panoramic photos, love them or hate them , are a pain in the ass to make yourself. What with all the stitching work you need to do in Photoshop, it’s a real drag. Nokia has made this easy now with their “Panorama” application, which was built in to devices like the Nokia N86 8 MP and N900.
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Nokia Panorama made available for the N8; grab it from the Ovi Store right now!