A 25 year old Frenchman was successful in hacking into US President Barack Obama’s, and Britney Spears' Twitter account this Wednesday. According to Reuters, this young Frenchman used administrator account of Twitter to break into account of US politicians and stars. No harm was done though as the hacker didn't extract any personal account information. He did it all for thrill and fun.
HTC HD2 was a big success in the masses, majorly due to it’s multimedia features and it’s huge screen which provided the user with a rich multimedia experience, but unfortunately, it won’t get the Windows Phone 7 Series upgrade due to the strict hardware requirements of three buttons on the phone: Back, Windows and Search. The grail doesn’t end here, HTC’s CEO Peter Chou hinted on a phone which might probably be an HD3, and would hit the shelves in the end of this year – that’s exactly an year after HD2 shipped.
The Twitter tab for HTC Sense is a real charm to use providing connectivity with your timeline on the go. Users have been waiting for an official tab for Facebook for quite some time now. The wait is over now, and it’s here, but unofficially.
Missing an app which you used to run on your Palm OS device? Try this Palm Emulator now and run legacy Palm OS apps on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch. With this app named SyleTap, your iPhone becomes a virtual Palm device.
Watching live video on an iPhone has become a breeze and is very accessible to many iPhone users around the world. There are many apps out there which allow users to stream live video on your phone, some of the most well known ones are Ustream and Qik. Here’s another addition to the ever growing list of live video streaming apps, Justin.tv!
Sprint and HTC stole the show at CTIA when they announced EVO 4G – the first ever Android powered 4G capable phone; slated for summer 2010 release. This phone is a beast with a 4.3 inches display (first for an Android phone), 8 megapixels camera which is capable of shooting high-definition 720p video, HDMI out, Flash 10.1 enabled browser, and lots more.
Unlock for iPhone 3.1.3 on 05.12.01 baseband is here, but not in the ideal way you would have liked. Some folks over at a Turkish shop have managed to successfully unlock an iPhone 3G, on OS 3.1.3, running 05.12.01 baseband via a hardware flash. They have also shot a 10 minutes video which shows the whole process of re-flashing the baseband back to 04.26.08. Video after the jump.
It has been confirmed by Opera via their official twitter account that they have sent their most renowned mobile browser Opera Mini today to Apple for approval. So where’s the Safari headed after this? Another browser war on the rise? or just a step by Opera to gain publicity.
It has been confirmed by an Apple Store employee that Apple will now be selling iPhones to customers without having to purchase an AT&T plan. Anyone can purchase an iPhone from their retail stores but there’s a limit of purchasing one iPhone per customer per day, and a customer can only purchase 10 of them in their lifetime.
Dropbox - the highly popular and extremely useful web based file syncing service is coming soon to an Android phone near you. The Dropbox app for Android is expected to be available in the next few months, and is definitely worth a wait.
