Nokia is no doubt one of greatest mobile manufacturer in the world. Well, they have proved this yet again by launching a new cell phone- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in its line. Its the same Nokia tube which was rumored long time back. Nokia has launched the 5800 XpressMusic in Taiwan as part of the limited number of countries who will get to receive the company’s touch screen phone this year. This is the first phone with full touch interface from Nokia.
Few people have taken an initiative and started a site- Pleasefixtheiphone.com which enables users to vote on the features that most need fixing on the iPhone. The site is in no way affiliated with Apple. The website has a digg like interface where iPhone users can submit their problems and wishes. Well, it’s not assured that they’ll get them fixed. But at least users can share their grievances and wishes, who know’s one day Apple might hear and fix them. The site itself is also optimized to work with the iPhone.
Every time I browse tech websites I find something or the other written about iPhone. Well, after all iPhone is worth it. But there are a few criticisms and cons as well. For instance, we have seen the deadly Indian iPhone pricing few days back. Ok, so let’s keep these things apart. I have something cool for you if you already own an iPhone. It’s an iPhone Theme Maker.
The iPhone Dev Team has come up with a new tool- QuickPwn for jailbreaking iPhone 2.0 firmware. Using this tool you can jailbreak your iPhone 2.0 easily without requiring a full restore. It’s fast, convenient and less troublesome. If you’re a user who doesn’t want to create a custom firmware, then QuickPwn is the right tool for you. As no restore is required it speeds up the pwnage process to a great extent.
iPhone 3G has already hit many countries across the world. The iPhone 3G 8GB in US is priced at $199 and 16GB version at $299. That’s a sweet deal isn’t it? But looks like it won’t be the same in every country. We can take India as the best example. Well, iPhone hasn’t arrived in India yet. But the estimated price is way too much. It’s whopping Rs31000! ($740) for the 8GB edition and the thing that shocked me even more was that the price was exclusive of rental plans. The 16GB version will cost between Rs36,000 – Rs37,000 ($850).
Windows users, here’s something cool for you if you are interested in unlocking your iphone 2.0 firmware. Winpwn 2.0, the iPhone Unlocking and Jailbreaking utility for Windows is finally out. You can now easily jailbreak and unlock your iPhone with 2.0 firmware in Windows.
The wait is finally over, the iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool is now available. iPhone Dev Blog has announced the availability of Pwnage Tool 2.0, you can now easily jailbreak and unlock older iPhones, and jailbreak iPhone 3G and iPod Touch with 2.0 firmware. The tool is around 20MB in size. Download links listed at the end of the post.
You might have noticed many people posting their iPhone screenshots especially in iTunes app store. You might have been wondering how they managed to do that. Well, it’s actually simple with iPhone 2.0 firmware. It doesn’t require any app. Here’s how you do it: