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iOS 4.3 Hints At New iPad And iPhone Models

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January 13, 2011
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Engadget has found references to two new iPhone models and three new iPad models in the iOS 4.3 beta firmware which was seeded to developers yesterday. Considering the current iPhone 4 is 3,1 for AT&T and 3,2 for Verizon, there is now a 3,3. Its likely that the new iPhone models represent the GSM and CDMA version of the device and the three new iPad models are WiFi, GSM, and CDMA variants.

If you dig far enough into iOS’s code, you’ll eventually come across iPhone3,1, which is the AT&T iPhone 4, and the analogous iPhone3,2 (i.e. Verizon iPhone). It’s nothing we haven’t seen

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[How To] Downgrade iPhone 4/3GS, iPod touch And iPad iOS 4.3 To iOS 4.2.1, 4.1

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January 13, 2011
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Apple recently released iOS 4.3 for the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, 4G, and iPad to developers. After updating your iOS device to the latest iOS 4.3 firmware, you might face incompatibility issues with your favorite iOS apps forcing you to return to the older iOS 4.2.1, iOS 4.1, or iOS 4.0.1 firmware. If for some reason, you upgraded to iOS 4.3 and would like to downgrade to iOS 4.2.1, 4.1, or 4.0.2, follow the steps listed below (for both Mac and Windows users).

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  • This process is only for those who have already saved the ECIDs with SHSH to Cydia Server for iOS 4.1, iOS More >

Verizon’s PR Push For iPhone Comes At Expense Of Android Sales

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January 12, 2011
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Just in case some of you might not know about yesterday’s Verizon iPhone announcement, the nation’s largest mobile operator is preparing what could be the nation’s largest marketing campaign to herald the Apple smartphone’s arrival on Verizon. According to speculation, the effort that Verizon is summing up for Apple’s iPhone could severely impact Android devices negatively. Up until now, Verizon has been the biggest Android carrier and if the network switches to promoting the iPhone heavily then it will definitely impact Android sales.

Analyst Shaw Wu who works with Kaufman Bros. who More >

Sony Ericsson – XPERIA Arc Running Android 2.4 Was A “Misconfiguration”

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January 12, 2011
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During CES 2011, one of Sony Ericsson’s newest smartphones, the XPERIA Arc, was sighted running Android version 2.4. Just a few weeks ago, there were rumors that Honeycomb, Google’s next iteration of the Android platform, would actually be Android 2.4 and not Android 3.0. With more info coming in, it was later confirmed that Honeycomb would indeed be Android 3.0 and rumors were suggesting that an incremental update to Android was being readied. The About section of the XPERIA Arc, which can be seen above, appeared to confirm that there was indeed an Android version 2.4 in the More >

iOS 4.3 To Offer Personal Hotspot Feature To All iPhones?

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January 12, 2011
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According to the folks over at BGR, their sources are confirming that iOS 4.3 will be bringing a personal HotSpot feature to all iPhones in March, subject to the approval of individual carriers. If this is true, iOS 4.3 will begin to support personal HotSpots out of the box, but it is upto the individual carriers such as AT&T and now Verizon to enable support for it.

Verizon’s iPhone 4, which will be running a new iOS 4.2.5 comes with support for turning the device into a personal Wi-Fi HotSpot allowing up to five Wi-Fi devices to share the iPhone’s cellular data connection. Their sources More >

Microsoft To Develop Facetime Competitor App For Windows Phone 7

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January 11, 2011
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Steve Ballmer didn’t announce much about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 updates at the Consumer Electronic Show this year except for demoing the cut-copy-paste. However, according to the folks over at Neowin, a key Windows Phone 7 employee has revealed some information to them on where the platform was heading. One of the features that was discussed was the news of Microsoft working on a FaceTime competitor for Windows Phone 7.

The mentioned application will probably be one that will integrate with Microsoft’s Live services so that it could be used on all Windows Phones. When someone asked More >

Microsoft Investigating “Phantom” Windows Phone 7 Data

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January 11, 2011
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Microsoft recently told BBC News that it was investigating why some handsets running its Windows Phone 7 operating system are sending and receiving “phantom data.” Several net forums are detailing complaints from people that say their phones are automatically eating into their monthly data plans without their knowledge. Some complains have even been made about people’s phones sending “between 30 and 50MB’s of data” everyday, an amount that would eat into a 1GB data plan in about 20 days without even using the device. As far as this issue goes, it seems to be mainly based in the United More >

Samsung Announces New Galaxy Tab Models for MWC 2011

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January 11, 2011
by V_Geek in , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The buzz from CES 2011 hasn’t even died down yet and Samsung is already big promises. For MWC 2011 next month the company has promised smartphones but more surprisingly, new Galaxy Tab tablet models. The Korea Herald is reporting that the new handsets will have dual-core processors, run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and pack the same Super AMOLED Plus displays as the one on Verizon’s new Samsung 4G smartphone at CES.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the new slates are also going to be making an appearance at the Barcelona show in February. With Samsung also promising varying models of the More >

GreenPois0n Untethered Jailbreak For iOS 4.2.1 On Its Way; SHSH Blobs Not Required?

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January 10, 2011
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A recent tweet from Joshua Hill of Chronic Dev Team suggests that the team has decided to work on their “GreenPois0n” tool to make it support an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, and iPad running iOS 4.2.1. Right now you can untether your jailbreak using iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w 0.9.7b5 but it will only serve to the users who have enrolled in the iPhone Developer program and have legitimate access to that IPSW.  This news goes hand to hand with our previous report where it was reported that the new version of the GreenPois0n jailbreak tool was going to feature an untethered More >

Verizon Disappoints With No iPhone Announcement At CES 2011 Keynote

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January 7, 2011
by V_Geek in , , , , , , , , ,

During the Keynote speech from Verizon’s CEO Ivan Seidenberg everyone was on the edge of their seat waiting for the news that everyone expected to hear, but that news never came. We were all left shocked with our jaws on the floor when the keynote address ended and there had not been a single mention of the CDMA iPhone for Verizon‘s network. As for now we’re left clinging to the hope that maybe such a large announcement would be made by Steve Jobs at an Apple event rather than at CES 2011, hopefully. When do you think Verizon will stop teasing us and announce their plans for an iPhone on More >

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