Mobile Phone makers for a new,smaller SIM card Standard 0

Cell phone manufacturers decided to adopt a new standard for smaller SIM cards. Nokia Oyj and Apple presented competing proposals. Apple's proposal was selected for the novel SIM standard. The new standard was selected by ETSI(European Telecommunications Standards Institute). 




This standard is compatible with the existing SIM card design too. The new SIM size will be 40% smaller than existing version. 

JailBreakMe 3.0 Released for iOS 4.3.3 0

Finaly, the jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 is released after the release of ipad 2. The latest version is JailBreakMe 3.0 and it is a browser based jailbreak. This Jailbreak can also be used in iPad 1, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch.

To jailbreak your device, you should visit www.Jailbreakme.com through Safari browser. The link will redirect you to a page from where you can download Cydia App. Install the downloaded app similar to any other app.
You will be asked to select mode. The three modes present are User, hacker and developer.

On selecting a mode your device will be jail broken. After the release of jailbreak tech world is looking at Apple. It is interesting to know how Apple will react to this release.

How HTC Desire, iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S differs? 0

We know that HTC Desire, iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S are the best selling smartphones in the present mobile market. In this article let us find out the similarities and differences of each phone. Specifications like OS, processor, touch screen, storage, memory, camera, connectivity etc are discussed here.

OS

HTC desire and Samsung Galaxy run Android. Galaxy S runs Éclair 2.1 version while Galaxy S runs Froyo 2.2 version of android. As all know iphone 4 runs Apple’s iOS 4.

Processor

HTC Desire      - 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdgragon 8255 processor
 Samsung Galaxy S - 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 chip
iPhone 4 - Apple's own A4 chip

Touch screen

HTC Desire                   - 4.3-inch SLCD 480 x 800 pixel screen
 Samsung Galaxy S    - 4-inch AMOLED screen,  480 x 800
iPhone 4                       -Apple's new Retina Display with a 940 x 640 res.

Storage

HTC Desire                   - 1.5GB
 Samsung Galaxy S     - either 16GB or 8GB
iPhone 4                       -16GB and 32GB capacities

Memory

HTC Desire                   - 768MB of internal memory for running programs
 Samsung Galaxy S    - 568MB
iPhone 4                       -568MB

Camera

HTC Desire                   - 8MP cameras
 Samsung Galaxy S    - 5MP cameras
iPhone 4                       -5MP cameras

Connectivity

All are quad-band phones with 3G/HSDPA. There is also Wi-Fi (up to 802.11n) and Bluetooth 2.1.
HTC Desire                   - Micro USB connections
 Samsung Galaxy S    - Micro USB connections
iPhone 4                       -standard Apple 32-pin dock connector

Talk and stand by time(3G)

HTC Desire                   - talk time up to 320 mins and standby up to 490 hours.
 Samsung Galaxy S    - talk time up to 390 mins and standby up to 576 hours.
iPhone 4                       -talk time up to 420 mins and standby up to 300 hours

Others

All the three smartphones have 3.5mm audio jacks, GPS, proximity sensor, compass, accelerometer and ambient light sensor.

Will iPad 3 include Retina Display? 0

Some pictures in the software development kit for the new iOS 5 kicked the rumour that new ipad may include retina display. The tech site TechUnwrapped reported that the images in the Twitter integrating framework for the new mobile OS of Apple have double of 1,024 x 768. That is, the images are of 2,048 x 1536 resolution. It is double the resolution used in current iPad.

By analyzing the images, the site says that this change in resolution may indicate the incorporation of retina display. Apple’s retina display was introduced in the last summer with iPhone 4. It have pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. This makes the display smooth and crisper.


There is also confusion among tech commentators like TechRadar and 9tomac. 9tomac says that the images are strong evidence for the inclusion of retina display in the new iPad. But TechRadar comments that similar images where also released in previous ipad. iPad 2 failed to have retina display.



Tech world believes that Apple will release two different iPad models. One Wi-Fi only version and another version with either CDMA or GSM.

Facebooks Secret project: Project SPARTAN 0

Now facebook is gaming on mobile platform too. According to reports facebook is nearing to the release of an mobile App. TechCrunch reports that facebook has a secret project of a photosharing iphone App which is similar to that of instagram and color. No one outside the company knows how the new app works. TechCrunch says that it is a hybrid of Instagram, Color, Path.

There is also another new which says that facebook is on a secret project called project spartan. It is a code name for a new platform based on HTML 5. The aim of this project is to reach 100 million users who regularly uses HTML5 supported browsers like safari in iPhone, ipad etc. Instead of developing a facebook App for iOS, facebook is developing a mobile browser based cloud platform which will run on safari. So actually it will not be an App alone instead it will be an new OS.


Facebook targets iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users. According to TechCrunch about 80 outside developers are working for the new platform.

Adobe releases AIR 2.7 0

Adobe recently released AIR runtime and SDK. The latest version of AIR 2.7 which concentrates on both mobiles and desktops. Most important thing to be noted is that the performance of flash content in iOS will be increased by a factor of 4. The latest release makes the runtime up to date with flash player 10.3

Features for desktop

1.Acoustic echo cancellation in the latest AIR will provide improved VOIP features without using noise cancelling headphones.

2. Media measurement is a feature in AIR for the developers to add support for collecting data and reporting the same.

3. Enhanced navigation with HTML loader

AIR 2.7 is also introduced for mobile devices.It is released for android version 2.2 and above as well as iOS 4 and above. In a later update it will also cover blackberry.

Features for mobile

1.iOS rendering enhancement by 4 times using CPU mode.

2. iOS debugging improvement by the implementation of a new debugging mode for developers.

3. AIR can support SD card also in android platform.