iPhone 3G S purplera1n jailbreak released and available for download
Great news for all those who have an iPhone 3G S and want to jailbreak it: a jailbreak for the brand new smartphone has just been released today by an independent developer named George Hotz.
Dubbed purplera1n, the iPhone 3G S jailbreak can be downloaded from this address.
Note that you’ll need a Windows PC (Windows 7 [...]
Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is almost completed
The folks over at Facebook have recently announced that Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is close to being completed and thus it will be soon released and available for download (probably via the App Store).
The new version of Facebook for iPhone will obviously bring many improvements and additions. These include: new homescreen, News Feed, Notes, Pages, [...]
Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 out of beta; Ovi Contacts now supporting touch phones
We’ve got two announcements coming from Nokia today, regarding Ovi Maps and Ovi Contacts.
First, Nokia has released the final version of Ovi Maps 3.0 for mobile.
We don’t know what’s new in Ovi Maps 3.0 – other than the fact that it’s not a Beta application anymore. But you can download it from this address and [...]
NTT DOCOMO launches PayPal-like service for mobile phones
NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s leading mobile carrier, has announced the upcoming availability of a new PayPal-like service that will offer customers an easy and quick way of sending money to other DOCOMO subscribers, via a DOCOMO phone.
The new mobile remittance service will be available starting July 21. It will allow users to remit up to 20,000 [...]
SFR combines its HSPA and optical fiber networks
Big cities in France should be getting some pretty nice mobile broadband speeds pretty soon, thanks to some new developments by their mobile carrier SFR.
SFR today announced that they are upgrading their network to support 14.4 mbps data transfer rates. Which, in itself, is nothing too new or exciting these days. Especially [...]
Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile now out of beta
Several months after it was released as a Beta, Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile has now reached the final version, obviously being available for download.
Supporting Windows Mobile Professional and Standard versions 5, 6 and 6.1, Skype 3.0 for WM offers free Skype-to-Skype calls, plus free instant messaging.
The application also comes with new features, allowing you [...]
Nokia Messaging IM Beta launched; Nokia Messaging 10.00.14 compatible with Omnia HD
The folks over at Nokia Beta Labs have just announced the availability of “Nokia Messaging – E75 IM Beta”, which can provide a desktop-like Instant Messaging experience on your Nokia smartphone.
Of course, as the name suggests, Nokia Messaging – E75 IM Beta is currently available only for the Nokia E75 QWERTY slider, but it will [...]
Nokia Music Store launched in Poland
Nokia has recently launched its Music Store in Poland, which became the 20th country where the online music service is available.
Nokia Music Store offers Polish mobile users a collection of over 4.5 million songs, from both local and international artists.
The online music store allows users to browse, discover and buy music both via a Nokia [...]
Samsung Announces 4 Low-End Models; The World Yawns
Picking a rather unusual day to announce new phones, Samsung officially came out with four low-to-mid-range handsets to balance out the recent emphasis the company has had on smartphones (Samsung Jet, for instance).
All of these phones we’ve seen before, either at trade shows or through leaked live pics. The S6700 and C5510 are two sliders; [...]
Blackberry Tour on Verizon July 12, Will Be First to Launch
There is a lot of buzz on this here Blackberry Tour phone, and for good reason: almost every CDMA carrier still around is picking it up.
We’ve heard about Telus launching it July 15, and Sprint has mumbled something about “later this summer” (coincidentally, just like MMS on the AT&T iPhone…but we’re not bitter). But we [...]