Are you having trouble coping with the reality of not having one of Apple’s “magical” iPads in your hands? Rather than sweat through the next couple months in want of the slick tablet device, you can try to trick your desires into submission with a DIY iPad. It’ll be made of paper and no more…
iPhone Dev Team brings iPhone data tethering back to life with redsn0w 0.9.3
The iPhone OS 3.0 and 3.1.2 firmwares have been jailbroken through various methods for some time now, but you may have noticed that you can no longer tether your iPhone. That’s because the latest fixes that Apple put into the iPhone OS 3.1.2 pretty much killed the data tethering (IPCC tethering) hack that allowed jailbroken…
Get free Ovi Maps Navigation on your Nokia N97 now (because waiting isn’t fun)
Nokia is bringing their Ovi Maps Navigation service to the Nokia N97 (along with a slew of other Nokia smartphones) on January 28th, but you don’t have to wait for the official update to start playing with free GPS navigation on your N97. Nokia N97 Blog has posted instructions for getting Nokia’s Ovi Maps installed…
How to Get Google Maps on your Nokia N900
Yeah, the N900’s native browser is badass enough to actually load the real Google Maps front page, but it take forever to load and isn’t what you’d call “mobile friendly”. Luckily, YoDude from HowardForums has put together a nice little solution that will definitely do the trick. Download and install Oleg Romashin’s Geolocation extension. This…
How to Access BlackBerry Engineering Screens
Those who are curious and brave enough to dive deep into the BlackBerry operating system’s guts will be interested in hearing about this tool for accessing hidden engineering screens. It’s a pretty simple process. From the homescreen, hit Alt + Shift + H (or Alt + EACE on SureType devices like the Pearl, or Escape…
Unlock your factory fresh iPhone 3GS with ‘blacksn0w’ (OS 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11 friendly)!
If you accidentally updated your iPhone 3G/3GS to the latest iPhone OS 3.1/3.1.2, then you’re also stuck with baseband version 05.11. If you recently bought a factory fresh iPhone 3GS with OS 3.1 or 3.1.2 already loaded, then you’re in the same boat. That used to be a bad thing, because baseband 05.11 couldn’t be…
Banish unwanted iPhone photo rotation with a little tap-and-hold
The iPhone’s big 3.5-inch display is great for watching videos and viewing photos. It’s also great for boring your friends with photos from your Napa Valley vacation (trust us, that vineyard was way more impressive in person). Here’s a quick tip to keep your photos locked in a particular orientation: Simply rotate your iPhone into…
How-to: Bring auto-complete back to your HTC Touch Pro2
In-line auto-completion can be a godsend when you’re tapping out a long-winded email. Unfortunately for all you HTC Touch Pro2 owners, HTC decided to disable the feature in favor of you using the trick slide-and-tilt QWERTY keyboard. Auto-completion is still available through the Touch Pro2’s Windows Mobile Professional OS, but it takes a little fiddling…
iPhone hardware call recorder puts function over form
There are iPhone apps that allow you to record phone conversations for blackmail your personal records (SpoofApp and Recorder 10 are good examples), but they apparently weren’t up to snuff for DIY gadget hacker Adam Byers. The currently available iPhone apps require that you jailbreak your iPhone, pay by the minute for call recordings and…
iPhone meets HTC Sense UI
Fancy yourself playing with the HTC Sense UI, but can’t bear to part with your iPhone? Well, you’re in luck. The Sense UI is now available on the iPhone as a custom-made theme! While the likes of T-Mobile myTouch 3G users will probably never get to use the widget-friendly Sense UI (licensing restrictions being what…