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Google has put together a very nice series called “Nexus One: The Story”. It’s a behind the scenes look on their first phone, the Google Nexus One. We will see 5 episodes in Nexus One: The Story:
Check out the fifth and final episode after the break. I have to say that I really enjoyed this mini series. You can see all episodes by visiting this page.
iPhone repair site iResQ has posted a few photos of what appears to be the fourth-generation iPhone’s parts. What is interesting about these, is that the front of the phone is a little bit taller, and has some soft of reflective surface on the top. No-one knows what this reflective surface will be used for, but I can’t even come up with a wild guess about its function.
Leaks like this should always be taken with a grain of salt, since there have been so many mis-leaks in the past. A few more pictures after the break.
All About Phones is reporting that the Nokia C6 will not be the previously rumored ‘Mystic’, but a whole different phone with a touchscreen display. Actually nothing else is known about this, other than the name C6, touchscreen and a price point of around 200€.
We sure will know more when Mobile World Congress starts next Monday. The C-series should be released dunring MWC.
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Warm up your Twitter fingers, the latest Nokia Messaging for social networks beta has now added support for Twitter, making tweeting even more convenient from the homescreen of your Nokia handset.
Changelog, video and download info after the break.
Engadget has received intel that Verizon is working on an Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid. No info yet on when the update will be available. Here is what they have to say about the update:
It’s based on Android 2.1. The build currently being circulated is identified as 2.1 version 1, mirroring the update just pushed to the Nexus One last week. Google Goggles is now pre-installed (no matter how unhelpful it may be). The browser’s now multitouch enabled, just like Google Maps 3.4. Huzzah! No Flash, but then again, we weren’t really expecting that. Interestingly, the home screen’s still got the same look as 2.0.1, meaning it doesn’t adopt the Nexus One’s rotating 3D grid of app icons — it’s still got the pull-up drawer tab at the bottom. No active wallpapers. Bummer! The news and weather widgets introduced on the Nexus One are included. Maybe certain capabilities of 2.1 are going to be restricted to devices with minimum performance benchmarks?
Dev-Team today released a new and updated version of PwnageTool. The new version is PwnageTool 3.1.5, and is able to crack the iPhone OS version 3.1.3. Here’s a take from the Dev-Team Blog:
On Tuesday, Apple released firmware 3.1.3 for the iPhone and iPod touches. Unless you’ve personally observed a problem with the reporting of your battery percentage, there’s no reason to update to 3.1.3. We know some of you will want to anyway. Superbowl Sunday’s PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X will let you do so safely, preserving your jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock. (If you use the blacksn0w unlock (at baseband 05.11.07), you need to stay at 3.1.2.)
iPhone 3G and 3GS unlockers should always be very wary to update their firmware. This is no exception. If you make a mistake along the way you may find yourself updating to official 3.1.3 in which case you will lose your unlock, possibly forever.
iPhone 3GS users (regardless of unlock) should stay away from this and all 3.1.3 jailbreak tools unless you know you have your “SHSH hashes” backed up via Cydia. That’s because if you make a mistake you may find yourself stuck at official 3.1.3 with no way to jailbreak or come back down to 3.1.2 to jailbreak.
If you really truly feel that you need to update, this version creates a custom 3.1.3 IPSW for you to restore to on your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS with early bootrom, iPod touch 1G, and iPod touch 2G with early bootrom. If you don’t know if you have an early bootrom or not, please avoid updating until you learn more.
To download this, head over to the Dev-Team blog here.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, informed on his blog a few days ago that he owns a Nexus One. Here is a take from his blog-post:
I broke down and bought a Nexus One last week.
I got the original G1 phone from google when it came out, and I hardly ever used it. Why? I generally hate phones – they are irritating and disturb you as you work or read or whatever – and a cellphone to me is just an opportunity to be irritated wherever you are. Which is not a good thing.
At the same time I love the concept of having a phone that runs Linux, and I’ve had a number of them over the years (in addition to the G1, I had one of the early China-only Motorola Linux phones) etc. But my hatred of phones ends up resulting in me not really ever using them. The G1, for example, ended up being mostly used for playing Galaga and Solitaire on long flights, since I had almost no reason to carry it with me except when traveling.
But I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner. I wasn’t enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. I’ve wanted to have a GPS unit for my car anyway, and I thought that google navigation might finally make a phone useful.
And it does. What a difference! I no longer feel like I’m dragging a phone with me “just in case” I would need to get in touch with somebody – now I’m having a useful (and admittedly pretty good-looking) gadget instead. The fact that you can use it as a phone too is kind of secondary.
We previously wrote for instance that Steve Wozniak, founder of Apple, owns a Nexus One. Who’s the next celebrity to join the Nexus One bandwagon.
Nokia is planning to develop the operating mode of its Salo plant to ensure production is focused fully on the high-value smartphone market, especially in Europe. The key drivers for a new operating mode in Salo plant are diverse customer requirements, faster deliveries in high-end mobile device manufacturing and the company’s transformation towards a solution-driven offering. The plans will result in the introduction of new and highly specialized manufacturing methods and also entail changes to personnel at the facility.
The planned new focus for Salo is expected to affect a maximum of 285 employees involved in production and in related support functions at Salo. Today, Nokia’s Salo facility employs approximately 2 200 people.
Nokia will support alternative solutions, such as finding new positions at Nokia for as many employees as possible. Nokia will begin consultations with employee representatives about these plans, including discussions about voluntary severance packages. Additionally, Nokia plans to stop currently ongoing rotational temporary lay-offs at the Salo plant by the end of June 2010.
“Salo is a crucial part of Nokia’s global manufacturing network. Plans involving changes to employees are always painful, and they are set in motion only after thorough consideration. However, with these plans our aim is to ensure the plant’s future competitiveness and its special role as one best suited to the production of high value mobile devices,” says Juha Putkiranta, Senior Vice President, Markets, Nokia.
Nokia has a strong global mobile device manufacturing network with ten manufacturing sites in nine countries – Brazil, China, Finland, Hungary, India, Mexico, Romania, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
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A cool looking phone leaked by Pocketnow.com. The HTC Incredible will sport the following specs:
A few more pictures after the break.
With Mobile World Congress only a week away, a new batch of info on Windows Phone 7 has popped up on blogs over the world. PPCGeeks leaked the following info about the new OS:
The most important points being that there will be no multi-tasking, and that the browsing experience is better than on the 3GS, and that Microsoft is “aiming towards 3GS”.
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Google has put together a very nice series called “Nexus One: The Story”. It’s a behind the scenes look on their first phone, the Google Nexus One. We will see 5 episodes in Nexus One: The Story:
Check out the fourth episode after the break.
Google has put together a very nice series called “Nexus One: The Story”. It’s a behind the scenes look on their first phone, the Google Nexus One. We will see 5 episodes in Nexus One: The Story:
Check out the third episode after the break.
