Online universe of fan communities for games PlayHaven is “going iPhone” by opening up its platform to the iPhone developers. As a result, interested individuals and companies which make iPhone games can instantly establish a community presence online and in-game for free. This translates into generating some buzz for the games, as users will get…
Brief: Droid? Developer? Read On!
Yep the hype machine is in full swing with Droid – everyone is talking about it, and I’d bet an increasing number of people are wanting it! Well Moto have pinged me an email to say that Developers should be excited by Droid too, and Moto are there to help them – they are suggesting…
blackra1n RC2 now available to jailbreak new (OTB) iPhone 3GS
iPhone hacker George “geohot” Hotz has released an update to his “blackra1n” jailbreak utility that should give new iPhone 3Gs owners reason to celebrate. The blackra1n RC2 update will jailbreak factory-fresh iPhone 3GS’s loaded with iPhone OS 3.1.2 by Apple, but only through a “tethered jailbreak” method. The latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 update was released…
BlackBerry 9700 Bold Device Simulator Available for Download
Developer tools are making the rounds for BlackBerry OS 5.0, to work with things like Google Gears and widgets, but something that might be a little more interesting for end users is the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 device simulator. Since review units aren’t getting out yet, and there’s only a smattering of hands-on pictures/video, this…
HTC releases HTC Hero kernel – Let the Hero mods begin!
One of the biggest problems that HTC Hero modders have been coming up against in their quest to create the perfect Hero ROM has been the lack of an available open-source kernel. Without access to the full kernel, there’s only so much that can be hacked/modded. Today, that all changes. HTC has themselves posted up…
RIM Actively Seeking WebKit Developers
When RIM acquired Torch Mobile, I think all of us on the BlackBerry scene were convinced Waterloo had big plans for its mobile browser… and with good reason, as in my opinion, the thing needs a LOT of work. With that in mind, RIM may have accidentally (or maybe they just don’t care) spilled the…
iPhone 3.1.2 OS kills tethering hack, iPhone Dev Team brings it back to life
If you’ve been using your jailbroken and modified iPhone 3G/3GS as a tethered 3G modem and you’ve updated to the latest iPhone 3.1.2 OS, you’re probably well aware that Apple has killed the iPhone tethering hack. Even if you updated to iPhone 3.1.2 OS through the Dev Team’s PwnageTool 3.1.4, iPhone tethering is a no-go.…
Want to end calls by closing the slider? There’s a Palm Pre patch for that.
Wish you could end phone calls on your Palm Pre by simply sliding the slider closed? Well, there’s now a Palm Pre patch for that! A new software patch allows Palm Pre users to hang-up the phone with a “snick” of the slider – a feature Palm has yet to officially enable on the Pre.…
Blackra1n jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
Famed iPhone hacker George Hotz is at it again, and this time he’s making it (black)ra1n! Following on his “purplera1n” iPhone jailbreak utility, Geohot has released his “blackra1n” to jailbreak Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhones everywhere. The utility is fairly self-explanatory (it takes just 30 seconds to use), but we’d still recommend you…
$3 iPhone game shuts up cheapskates by raising price to $40!
iPhone users have it good when it comes to mobile apps and games. The AppStore is filled with hoards of iPhone apps and games that cost $1.99, $0.99 or nothing at all. Compared to prices on traditional apps and games, the AppStore is largely a bargain for software hunters out here (nevermind that there’s a…