Phone-stuff

    Things I am discovering about mobile phones

    Browsing Posts published on March 10, 2012

    Quad-Core HTC One X Passes Through FCC HTC’s much anticipated One X is coming in two flavors: the Snapdragon S4 dual-core LTE model destined for AT&T, and the Tegra 3 quad-core international version. The One Series of phones is getting a lot of chatter about their superior cameras with ImageSense technology. The good news is [...]

    Now You Can Tether Using Browser Based iPhone Tethering Solution, No Download Required [VIDEO] . Back in November last year, Tether released a $14.99 iOS app called iTether into the App Store which allowed unlimited USB tethering on any iPhone, even if the carrier restricted data tethering. As expected, Apple removed the app soon after but now, [...]

    Sn0wbreeze v2.9.2 Released, Supports iOS 5.1 Jailbreak On A4 Devices . The Dev Team has already released an update to Redsn0w following the public release of iOS 5.1 earlier this week and now, Windows exclusive jailbreak tool Sn0wbreeze has been updated to support Apple’s latest firmware. Sn0wbreeze v2.9.2 can now jailbreak iOS 5.1 on A4 devices by [...]

    Do You Know How Much Google Pays Apple To Be The Default Search Engine In Safari? . According to a report by Business Insider, Apple earned well over $1 billion from Google in 2011 just by having it as the default search engine in Safari on OS X and iOS. Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter notes that [...]

    Possible Snapdragon S4 manufacturing delays could setback Android device releases There’s a rumor flying around that the Snapdragon S4 processor could be facing manufacturing delays. It’s possible that TSMC, the plant that makes the Snapdragon S4, is having difficulties with the 28nm process. Word on the street is they haven’t been making the chip since [...]