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PS3 jailbreak loosed for N900 and Pre; Android, iPhone soon
Sep 6th
The recently frozen PS3 jailbreak has been reworked to be usable through smartphones. After having been open-sourced as PSGroove, PSJailbreak is now available through code (PSFreedom) that runs from an attached Nokia N900, Palm Pre and even the Dingoo. In most cases, the technique works by catching the Sony console on startup and inserting an exploit of a memory heap overflow hole that defeats the blocks placed on what apps can run.
Other hobbyists have added that an Android version is in development, but that the initial version will likely be limited to phones with Qualcomm MSM processors, like the More >
Samsung hopes to crack 10% smartphone share, sell 25m units
Sep 4th
Samsung hopes to break through the 10 percent mark in smartphone share by the end of 2010, the company’ mobile group head JK Shin said at the IFA show today [sub. required]. He was optimistic about Samsung’s success in light of the Galaxy S and explained that Samsung now expects to ship 25 million smartphones this year, up from an earlier prediction of 18 million. It may ship as many as 50 million smartphones in 2011.
The Korean company has routinely held a top spot in cellphones and has over 20 percent of the market, but until now it has had More >
Mophie Juice Pack for iPhone 4 coming next week?
Sep 3rd
Add-on battery maker Mophie will soon release another battery pack, this time for the iPhone 4. Engadget believes the accessory will arrive as soon as next week, priced at $ 79, or less than previous Mophie iPhone batteries. The newest product will reportedly double the iPhone 4′s battery life.
Called the Juice Pack Air like its predecessor, it will allow users to plug into a USB charger and continue to sync the device with iTunes. It will have the familiar integrated four-LED status indicator, and a standby switch should cutoff the power flowing into the iPhone 4′s battery. The 1,500mAh pack is More >
iPhone “definitely” coming to T-Mobile US, G2 pricing leaked
Sep 2nd
Persistent talk of an iPhone for T-Mobile USA gained a minor assist with a rumor this morning. An unnamed Examiner contact said that there had been “problems with the carrier” but that there would now “definitely” be a version for the second-largest American GSM carrier. The unconfirmed tip had the iPhone reaching the network early in 2011.
Such rumors can be inaccurate, and the new mention contradicts a claim the T-Mobile version might be available in the fall. However, it would line up with a Verizon-capable iPhone in January and implies that Apple might make the iPhone available on all US More >
Flash hobbles Android use of BBC iPlayer versus iPhone
Aug 29th
A Freedom of Information request to the BBC completed just Thursday has revealed that Android use of iPlayer may have been hurt, rather than helped, by the use of Flash. As the Android version of iPlayer requires the still-rare Flash plugin to work, British viewers streamed just 6,400 episodes in July. In comparison, 5,272,464 shows streamed to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch owners.
Much of the damage to Android has been done by OS and device fragmentation. Flash requires Android 2.2 and, in the UK, would limit access to just a handful of phones. Only the Nexus One could view clips More >
