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iPhone app: 3G Unrestrictor allows you to use WIFI apps on 3G / Edge network

3G Unrestrictor for the iPhone allows you to go around the iPhone’s limitations and restrictions like not being able to use Skype or SlingPlayer while on a mobile internet connection like 3G or EDGE as well as many other things. It allows those things by tricking applications into believing they are on WiFi, even though they are on 3G or EDGE.

Features:

  • It allows you for example while on 3G/EDGE/GRPS:
  • Make free calls using VoIP software like Skype, iSip, Truphone and other applications
  • Watch TV with SlingPlayer
  • Watch high quality YouTube videos, just like on WiFi
  • Download apps bigger than 10MB from the AppStore
  • Download music, TV shows and podcasts bigger than 10MB from the iTunes Store

Developers were forced to put those restrictions in by Apple, but 3G Unrestrictor makes those apps “think” they are on a WiFi connection so that you can do all those things.

It works on all iPhone models: The iPhone 2G, the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS. You need firmware 3.0 or higher to be able to install 3G Unrestrictor.

Changelog:

  • Fixes a problem caused the crash of some applications (such as iFile)
  • Adding an icon in the Settings

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Java Twitter client

This Twitter application written in Java works with almost all the phones that are available today. The simplest way to install is to open your Java-enabled phone’s web (or WAP) browser and type the following URL: tw.j1ck.com

Features:

  • All standard functionality: timeline, @mentions, DMs, favorites, following/followers, follow/unfollow, profiles… and of course tweeting!
  • Simple, no-nonsense interface. Up/Down/Click and using a menu is all you need to know.
  • Quick Reply / Retweet / Favorite in each tweet
  • Trending Topics / Saved searches support
  • Multiple-account support.
  • Twitpic support: you’ll see the picture without having to navigate over there
  • Camera support! Take a snapshot from the tweeting form itself and have it automatically uploaded to Twitpic. Great to share where you are in a moment.
  • Pretty good support for touch-screen phones (we’re testing mainly on Nokia 5800 and Samsung F480)
  • Support for QWERTY keyboard phones (Nokia E71 is currently our main testing device for this)

Here is an (incomplete) list of phones that this application works with

Nokia N70, Nokia N73, Nokia N80, Nokia N81, Nokia N95, Nokia E50, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6288, Nokia 6500, Nokia 5610 XpressMusic, Nokia 5220 XpressMusic, Nokia 2630, Nokia 3109c, Nokia 3120 Classic, Nokia 5800, Sony-Ericssson W880i, Sony-Ericssson K610i, Sony-Ericssson Z610i, Sony-Ericssson K800i, Samsung SGH-U700, Samsung SGH-J800, Samsung SGH-i560, Samsung SGH-L760, Samsung SGH-F480 (touch-screen), LG KU-380, LG KU-800, Motorola RAZR V3, Motorola VE 538

[Thx Daniel, Via]

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Elago Slim Fit Case for iphone 3g & 3gs

The Elago slim fit case for the iPhone and and iPhone 3G/3GS gets reviewed by Pashyn. Video review after the break..

[Via]

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This is a funny tale about shopping in the OVI store =)))

[Thx Steve]

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Frodo S60 running on Nokia 5800 XM touch phone

This video shows how the touch screen and sensor support is working in Frodo S60, the Commodore 64 emulator (on a Nokia 5800).

[Thx haviital]

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Nokia N900 Email Walkthrough (Nokia Messaging)

In this video, Mark takes a look at the Nokia Messaging email client on the Nokia N900. Is it as good as the Symbian version? Find out after the break…

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Review: iPhone Backup ExtractorFor the past few months, ever since I first bricked my iPhone actually (which has happened a numerous amount of times), I have been on the lookout of an app on how to extract the backups that iTunes make of your iPhone/iPod touch. So I recently tweeted about my problems, and a fellow twitter(er) (and apple expert), Shawin, suggested I use a program called the iPhone Backup Extractor, free to download with limited features and $25 for a full 1 year license which include the all the program features, updates and email support. A little steep in my opinion but everything comes at a price these days…

On to the review now. A relatively small download at ~530kb, the program runs instantly without any sort of installation. At first (and quite annoyingly), you are always presented with a screen where you have accept a license. It would have been better if it was possible to only have to come across this type of screen only at on the first boot.

Licence Screen

After accepting the licence, you are presented with a screen displaying all the available backups that are currently present in the default folder in which iTunes saves the backups.

Review: iPhone Backup Extractor

This Screen takes quite some time to show up since the program has to connect with its servers to check for update(which are quite regular) and to also to check for the available backups currently in your PC

Review: iPhone Backup Extractor

After having chosen your desired backup, the program analyses it. The analyzing time varies anywhere between <15>

Chosee restore type 2

After the analysis is over, you are presented with 2 types of restores. With the first type you can restore all your Photos, Contacts, SMS history, Call History, Notes and Calendar entries. In the second type of restore you will be presented with the following screen:

File type 2

Restore type 2 1

As you can see, with file restore type 2 (also known as manual restore), you can choose whichever files you want.

restore destination

Review: iPhone Backup Extractor

Restoring about 800 files can take up to about 1 minute.

Review: iPhone Backup Extractor

Once restored, all that is left to do is close the program and view all the restored files.

Review: iPhone Backup Extractor

Once restored, you will find them in the folder where you had chosen earlier. As you can see, all the folders can be opened using excel.

Note: Once the extraction is done, the extracted backup will still be available on iTunes thus you don’t actually lose any data.

All In all, the Iphone backup extractor is an ingenious idea and is already very stable with stability releases coming out pratically every week. Available as free download with a 1 file extract limit, one can always try the program tho it might be a little steep at $25 but this is a great solution for saving all your data on non-jailbroken iphones.

Verdict: 5/5(Highly Recommended)

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Nokia N900 vs Nokia N97   Browser Speed Test

This is a browser speed test video between the Nokia N900 browser (Maemo 5) and the Nokia N97 (Symbian S60v5). Check out the winner after the break…

[Via - Thx Daniel]

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Press: Sandisk starts shipping 64GB memory cardsSanDisk Corporation today announced it has begun production shipments of flash memory cards based on the company’s advanced X4 flash memory technology. This innovative new technology holds four bits of data in each memory cell, twice as many as the cells in conventional multi-level cell (MLC) NAND (2-bits-per-cell) memory chips.

Based on 43-nanometer (nm) process technology, the 64GB NAND flash chip is the highest-density single-die memory device in the world to enter production. SanDisk is shipping 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards as well as 8GB and 16GB Memory Stick PRO Duo cards using X4 technology.

Press: Sandisk starts shipping 64GB memory cards

“The development and commercialization of X4 technology represents an important milestone for the flash storage industry,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief operating officer, SanDisk. “Our challenge with X4 technology was to not only deliver the lower costs inherent to 4-bits-per-cell, but to do so while meeting the reliability and performance requirements of industry standard cards that employ MLC NAND. Our world-class design and engineering team has applied its deep experience with high speed 2 and 3-bits-per-cell flash chip designs and collaborated closely with our leading design partners to develop and perfect new and powerful error correction algorithms to assure reliable operation. This intensive multi-year effort has generated powerful new patents and know-how, and demonstrates SanDisk’s relentless drive for innovations that result in the ever expanding use of flash storage in consumer applications such as music, videos, photos, games and numerous third party applications.”

“The shipment of 4-bits-per-cell technology is a necessary evolution for the industry,” said Joseph Unsworth, research director, Gartner. “Enabling this technology in mainstream products demonstrates a cost advantage in the flash memory industry that considers 2-bits-per-cell in a memory device as standard. The NAND industry continues to see a rapid pace of innovation, and adoption of this technology will be essential to remain competitive.”

[Via]

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Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Review

The Nokia 5730 gets reviewed by the folks at PhoneArena. The Nokia 5730 works on Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, and has a 2.4-inch display with QVGA resolution, a 3.2-megapixel camera with a LED flash and Carl Zeiss lens, a 3.5mm jack, a built-in GPS, Wi-Fi and microSD card slot.

[Via]

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