17 Year Old Robin Hood Launched Phones into Prison in Brazil
September 3, 2010
It appears that the days of smuggling files in cakes into a prison have given way to the smuggling of mobile phones, and one specific gang of criminals had a 17 year old play Robin Hood complete with bow and arrows.According to an essay by on Gizmodo by Kyle VanHemert, and by way of an commentary by on the AP, a Brazilian gang paid a local teen to use a bow launch mobile phones fixed to the end of arrows by the prison walls.Apparently the authorities have said they caught the offender when he fired an arrow with a mobile phone attached by the wall and struck an officer on the back. The struck officer wasn’t seriously injured as the mobile device fixed to the arrow tip cushioned the blow.The young would-be Robin Hood managed to launch four mobile phones into the prison before being caught, whether said mobile phones were recovered by the authorities isn’t clear.
[Source] James
Huawei Ideos Android 2.2 Froyo Handset Handled at IFA 2010
September 3, 2010
It seems a couple of smartphone makers are using IFA 2010 to show off new wears, with the Samsung i5510 being sported at the event and now Chinese telecom giant Huawei has used the event for the debut of their latest smartphone, the Kuawei Ideos.The guys from Engadget are at IFA in Berlin and managed to grab a little hands-on moment with the new Huawei Idoes and they say they are impressed and that the company had put in considerable effort into engineering the device so it won’t fall apart in your grip but is quite an affordable handset.According to Hauwei, the Ideos is “the world’s first affordable smartphone” which is somewhat of a claim, but apparently the Ideos will hit somewhere amidst $100 and $200 in Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America, unsubsidised.So what does the Hauwei Ideos offer? Well there’s a 2.8 inch capacitive QVGA display, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 3G, WiFi, mobile hotspot for up to 8 devices, and comes packing Android 2.2 Froyo, and apparently w…
TomTom for iPhone Gets Updated With New Features
September 3, 2010
Navigation giant TomTom has apparently released an update for their TomTom for iPhone application and now take full advantage of the new iPhone 4 Retina Display, so whether you use TomTom for iPhone you can now grab the updated version.According to an composition by on T3, by Thomas Tamblyn, the most prominent new feature is probably what is called Navigate-to-photo, a feature that utilises geo-tagging so the app can navigate the user back to where they snapped the photo.Apparently the tech has been around a while but integrating it into the updated TomTom App for iPhone becomes a nice way of navigating back to that specific park, shop or pub you took an image of.The balance of the update revolves around optimisations for the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch so the use should gain better quality graphics, improved smoothness and quicker loading maps, and naturally the new update comes with all the essential HD traffic, Advanced Lane Guidance and IQ Routes.
[Source] James
iPhone 4 Exclusivity Ending For T-Mobile Germany, AT&T Next?
September 3, 2010
Exclusivity by Apple’s gear is starting to fall by the wayside, many who had exclusivity by Apple’s iPhone 4 have now seen that exclusivity end particularly in Europe; however one last carrier, T-Mobile Germany still has exclusivity by the iPhone 4, but that may soon change.According to an write-up by on Cult of Mac by John Brownlee, and by way of an commentary by on the Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Telekom is gearing up for the end of iPhone 4 exclusivity by the holiday season.So with iPhone 4 exclusivity coming to a final end in Europe isn’t it about moment the same happened in the US? Surely it’s day for Apple to end AT&T’s grip by the iPhone and open up availability of the iPhone 4.Apple must know that citizens really want to be able to get an iPhone without having to go with the Big Blue, and there are options for doing so, Apple could give the iPhone 4 to T-Mobile USA, or they could even do what most want them to do and that’s push out the Verizon iPhone.So, wha…
Samsung i5510 Android 2.2 Froyo Device Spotted at IFA
September 3, 2010
Looks like old Sammy is continuing to push out new smartphones as one such unannounced handset has been spotted at the IFA event in Berlin hanging around in the Vodafone booth, and is apparently the Samsung 15510.According to an scoop by on Pocket Now by Evan Blass, the guys by at All About Phones, eyeballed the new Sammy smartphone, but as usual most of the details and specs are lost, but apparently they could tell the Samsung i5510 was packing Android 2.2 Froyo.Apparently Android 2.2 Froyo was plus skinned by Sammy’s TouchWiz and other details found out where that the Samsung i5510 will sport a 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and have microSD expansion.Furthermore, unlike the new Samsung Epic 4G that packs a 5 row physical keyboard, the Samsung i5510 apparently features 4 rows with the top row being dual alphanumeric, other than that though Vodafone and Samsung wasn’t saying anything.
[Source] James
Droid X Battery Pull Tab Confusion Cleared Up
September 3, 2010
Apparently there has been a little confusion by the Droid X battery pull tab, mainly whether the user should actually yank the pull tab off, which plus apparently led to rumours that in doing so the user would void the Droid X warranty.Well according to an exposition by on Droid-life by Kellex, and by way of Android Central, that little issue has now been cleared up by Motorola by new Droid X smartphones now sporting a newly designed battery pull tab which shows the user not to remove or cut.Seems a little foolish to me as obviously the pull tab is there to ease the removal of the battery and not to be pulled right off, why on earth would Motorola put a tab that needs to be removed for no reason? They didn’t and it doesn’t.So all you Droid X users out there that may have been somewhat puzzled, just use the tab to extract the battery and don’t pull it all the way off.
[Source] James
Apple Event Announcements Like or Dislike? Vote Now
September 3, 2010
Yep Apple has now held their special event and several announcements were made by Apple chief Steve Jobs, some for the music orientated, some for the visual orientated, some for the gamers, and of course one for the iPhone faithful.So basically what went down at Apple special event was iPhone owners can look forward to new next verion of the iPhone operating system, iOS 4.1 hitting the streets sometime next week and along with it delivering several bug fixes.For those of the visual mind Apple announced their Apple TV now will be cheaper and that TV shows can now be rented rather than just purchased. For the music orientated Apple fans, they introduced a new version of iTunes with iTunes 10 that brings new social networking for music which they have called Ping.But have Apple done suitable for their customers with that event? possibly you feel somewhat let down by the announcements, or perhaps you are overjoyed with what Apple has announced. We are running a poll on what you our readers…