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Ryan Glasgow has designed and launched a new type of iPhone bumper made of stainless steel. It has a hinged lid, and elastic band on the front to hold cards, cash or to lock the lid shut. Not sure I’ll be buying this at $95 but it’s definitely an interesting design. YOu can buy it and see more details here [nggallery id=1] Related articles Quick Note: iPhone bumpers now shipping (teleread.com) Troubled [...]

One of the most wished application on iPhone is Adobe Flash, If you  fancy having Flash  up and running on your iPhone 4, it is now possible, thanks  to Comex, the person behind JailbreakMe tools for iOS devices. Comex’s version of Adobe Flash 10.1 which is known as Frash is still in its infancy stage with an alpha build. The hack can only be applied to a Jailbroken iPhone 4, though the [...]

According to a tweet image by Justin Angel who is  former Microsoft program manager with access to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, Microsoft has already started to populated the yet unreleased Windows Phone 7 Marketplace with a couple of third party applications along with in house apps. The images reveals  that there are at least placeholders for a variety of games and productivity tools as well [...]

Rumor mills have been working overtime about  Blackberry maker RIM( Research In Motion) plans to introduce its tablet PC which will take on Apple’s iPad. Adding credence to the rumors is  report by Bloomberg News ( citing two people familiar with the company’s plans) which says that RIM  is expected to launch a touchscreen tablet computer in November, which will work closely with [...]

Apple’s App Store just opened up a “Try Before You Buy” to lets users test drive a limited selection of apps before buying them. The new section could be accessed from  under Features, go to features and select Free on the App Store,  the new section serves only to highlight the free  edition of apps which  only contains the freemium, “lite” or ad-supported versions of apps whose full [...]

Give way, iPhones and BlackBerrys, smartphone customers in U.S. have voted with their wallets and picked Android as their favorite in the second quarter of this year according to NPD , a market research company. Earlier NPD survey has shown Android-based smart phones outselling the iPhone in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010. NPD  concluding that 33 percent of phones sold during the [...]

Amazon has announced this morning the launch of its UK Kindle Store. The online store will stock over 400,000 books including 84 of the 100 Nielsen UK Bestsellers. On 29th July, Amazon UK started taking pre-orders for the all-new Kindle featuring a new electronic-ink screen , a new sleek design with a smaller body while still keeping the same 6-inch-size reading area. The all-new Kindle with [...]

Apple’s  iPhone Developer Program has released iOS 4.1 Beta 3 to developers signed on Apple’s developer program.  As usual, users should not be downloading and installing iOS 4.1 Beta 3 if they are  not  developers. Jailbreakers and unlockers should stay away if they want to keep their jailbreak ability in the future. iOS 4.1 Beta 2 was made available just over two weeks ago, [...]

Jailbreakme.com app is a boon to apple device users looking to break the shackles of Apple’s stringent sofware restrictions. Hacking a phone OS is usually done through  exploiting a weakness to get unsigned code onto a device. If  the good folks could open up our phones for us than any other hacker, with nefarious intentions , could use that same exploit to mess with your phone. Think about [...]

Software and hacks to liberate your iPhone OS from Apple’s restrictive and monopolistic design is as old as the iPhone itself, with iPhone dev team  and other developers tirelessly working to open up your iPhone to a host of apps which Apple prohibited. Jailbreaking had got a boost last week when the U.S. government updated its regulations  legalise “jailbreaking,” though the activity [...]