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Cross Platform Support For FaceTime App Now Possible

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October 20, 2010
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When it was previously rumored that FaceTime would soon be coming to OS X and Windows, many people were hoping for it to be true. Those people got lucky because the rumor was answered.

iMoviCha (Mobile Video Chat) is a cross platform video-chat application that is available for iOS, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, Windows, and the OS X, (most likely being released for the BlackBerry as well). All the platforms are covered. The biggest feature really is the ability to video chat from smartphone to desktop. Here is some information from the official website:

Mobile Video Chat on WiFi and 3G More >

New Discovery In iOS 4.1 Hints At Video Group Chat With FaceTime

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October 20, 2010
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iPodTouchFans forum user 42395_skyline found a couple of entries in the “Facetime App” property list that hinted towards group video chat which might be available in the future.  The discovery of an unknown key in a FaceTime property list hints at the possibility that future versions of the app will support video “conference” calls.

String found in iOS firmware:

<key>AllowsMultipleConnections</key>

<false/>

As per the forum member who spotted a key; “it is set to ‘false’ by default, but setting it to ‘true’ doesn’t seem to have any effect.” Although this would be a fairly useless feature More >

Xbox.com Get’s Overhaul To Accommodate Windows Phone 7

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October 19, 2010
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Major Nelson from Microsoft sent word that the company would push out a redesigned Xbox.com tomorrow both in the run-up to Kinect and to link it into Windows Phone 7 as well. The refresh will let users play web games not just with other Xbox Live friends but also with Windows Phone 7 users. Microsoft hasn’t said if this includes native Windows Phone 7 apps with a web tie-in or not as of yet.

The design also puts more previously Xbox 360 – only controls on the web. Some of these features include the ability to edit their avatars on the web, and the ability to check family reports to see how More >

Microsoft To Spend A Billion Dollars On Advertising Kinect And Windows Phone 7

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October 19, 2010
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A billion dollars is considered a large amount of money by many and that is exactly the amount of money that Microsoft plans to splurge in advertisement for Windows Phone 7 and the Kinect. According to the folks over at TechCrunch, Microsoft will be spending $400 million on advertising for Windows Phone 7, and an additional half a billion dollars on marketing for the Kinect, according to All Things Digital.

According to the reports, the money will be spent on cross-promotions with various other brands such as Burge King and Kellogg’s cereal,  news media mainstays like a buyout of the front More >

Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Device Lineup

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October 19, 2010
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Microsoft recently officially launched Windows Phone 7 – their next generation mobile operating system. The company has revealed nine new Windows Phone 7 handsets that will ship by the holiday season to finally join the smartphone race and take on Apple’s iPhone, Android phones, and RIM’s BlackBerry. Microsoft previously unveiled Windows Phone 7 at Mobile World Congress 2010 back in February.

Below is part of Microsoft’s press statement which discusses what Microsoft was aiming to accomplish with the enhanced version of their mobile operating system:

In today’s busy world we are spending More >

Supplier Denies Involvement With Touchscreen iMac

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October 18, 2010
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The component supplier, Sintek Photronics, has specifically denied that his company is sampling capacitive touch panels for an alleged touchscreen iMac. This is all according to DigiTimes, the same Tiawanese industry publication that was the original source of the rumor. The report previously claimed that Sintek sent samples of capacitive touch panels to Apple for a new touchscreen all-in-one desktop computer. It was said the supposed device will have screen sizes of 20 inches and greater.

Although the company has denied sampling the touch panels, DigiTimes does not retract it’s belief that More >

Turn Your iPhone Into A Wi-Fi HotSpot With PdaNet

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October 18, 2010
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The ability to turn your smartphone into a Wi-Fi hotspot is nothing new unless you have an iPhone. This has now changed with the release of PdaNet by June Fabrics, a jailbreak app that turns any iPhone into a Wi-Fi hotspot regardless of what network happens to be available. An Edge connection is obviously painfully slow, but a decent 3G signal should provide enough bandwidth for most users to surf the web comfortably. According to June Fabric’s website, “PdaNet provides the fastest connection speed possible from your data service and data signal.”  With PdaNet, users can enjoy the freedom More >

Apple Possibly Speaking To Carriers In India To Launch CDMA iPhone

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October 16, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is in talks with two major network carriers in India over the possibility of launching a CDMA-based iPhone in the country. The carriers in question are Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications, who are among the biggest players in the CDMA segment, which constitutes close to 20% of the more than 670 million strong mobile subscriber base in India. While the sources have confirmed that the talks are ongoing, a possible launch date of the new iPhone is unclear. Apple is reported to have been in talks with Tata Teleservices for more than five More >

Apple Released iOS 4.2 Beta 3 & iTunes 10.1 Beta 2 To Developers

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October 13, 2010
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Apple has just released the iOS 4.2 Beta3 Software Update build 8C5115c and iOS SDK Beta3 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 4G and iOS. The update is currently available at developer.apple.com.

There are no documented changes, but as word spreads and developers dig inside, we’ll be sure to share the new features in this release. There are rumors that the new Beta has a slight performance increase, of course nothing technical has been reported. There has also been some discussion about this Beta having some new additional SMS tones to choose from on your iPhones.

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GeoHot Working on “LimeSn0w” To Unlock iOS 4.1

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October 12, 2010
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After the release of LimeRa1n, GeoHot plans to release a new utility for the iPhone dubbed LimeSn0w, a potential unlock for iOS 4.1 on the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G. The screenshot and video below shows the iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 baseband 05.15.01 unlocked with LimeSn0w installed via LimeRa1n, the same way BlackSn0w was available via BlackRa1n.

When you update the iPhone 4 / 3GS to iOS 4.1 to jailbreak with LimeRa1n, it also updates the iPhone 4 baseband to 02.10.04, which is currently not unlockable at the moment. It would make sense for GeoHot to come up with his own unlock solution to help those More >

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