Unless you’re the type that won’t settle for anything less than a high-end magnetically-shielded speaker, you’re probably familiar with the dreaded cellphone speaker “buzz.” All those electromagnetic radio waves streaming to and from your mobile phone can sometimes cause interference with unshielded speakers – the result is an annoying buzzing through your speakers. One DIY…
The Verizon Wireless Palm Pre… kinda, sorta
The Palm Pre’s success is only being held back by Sprint’s exclusivity deal on the WebOS-powered smartphone. Both Verizon Wireless and AT&T have made it known that the Palm Pre is most certainly on their radar (although, Sprint isn’t shy about reaffirming their own exclusivity deal), but we’ve yet to even see either carrier officially…
Jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 3GS with purplera1n and ultrasn0w!
The original iPhone hacker has returned to work his magic on the iPhone 3GS and its iPhone 3.0 OS. Thanks to George Hotz, the iPhone 3GS is now officially jailbroken and ready to take full advantage of its faster processor and boosted RAM stores! That also means the iPhone 3GS can now be unlocked to…
The DIY iPhone tripod made simple, cheap
The dedicated do-it-yourselfers out there will probably have already slapped together an iPhone tripod using some spare toothpicks and a fork, or two. The rest of us haven’t even considered making a DIY iPhone tripod. For those of you in that second category, iPhone-modder Scott Patrick has posted a DIY video that explains how to…
iPhone (2G) gets MMS, courtesy of a hacked iPhone OS 3.0
One of iPhone OS 3.0s most anticipated features is its support for MMS, sometimes called pictures messages. Unfortunately, the original iPhone crowd was left out of the party. Apple only enabled MMS support for iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 3GSs running the latest iPhone 3.0 OS. Today, a new jailbreak application has been released, allowing the…
iPhone OS 3.0 video walk-through
Can’t get enough iPhone news? Still? Cool. Here’s a little video walk-through of what to expect with the new iPhone OS 3.0 firmware. There are a lot of features not shown in the video because some are tied to the iPhone 3G S’s new hardware and so I didn’t have to post a 30 minute…
Tether your iPhone 3G now!
“But,” you say, “AT&T has yet to officially support data tethering on the iPhone OS 3.0.” That may be true, but that hasn’t stopped the fearless iPhone community from tethering their iPhone 3G’s to AT&T’s data network for free! Thanks to the widely available iPhone 3.0 OS GM (gold master) firmware bearing the “7a341” designation,…
Enable advanced features on your HTC Touch Pro2
The kinds of customers that are apt to buy high-end smartphones like the HTC Touch Pro2 are probably going to want to squeeze every last bit of functionality out of their new handset. For all you HTC Touch Pro2 power-users, TracyandMatt has released their Advanced HTC Touch Pro2 tweaking guide to help guide you through…
Skype for iPhone works well over AT&T 3G
A buddy recently let me in on a little secret. You can use the Skype iPhone application over a 3G connection – and it works damn well! No wonder AT&T banned Skype from making calls using its 3G data network. The release of the Skype iPhone application caused quite a stir as carriers around the…
Inject some Diamond2 goodness into your HTC Touch Diamond!
You’re going to have to shell out some cold, hard cash to get HTC’s upcoming HTC Touch Diamond2 smartphone in your pocket, but you can get some of the Diamond2’s software goodies without spending a single dime. The updated Diamond-successor sports nothing less than a 5-megapixel camera (with autofocus), GPS, WiFi, and 3G data connectivity.…