iPhone Siri UK pathetic so opt for International Locations

Last October when Apple launched the latest version of the iPhonethe company revealed the new Siri voice assistant feature, which made its debut on the iPhone 4S and is currently the only iOS device it officially works on. Trouble is if you have the iPhone 4S and live outside of the US the service is not much use to you, and in the UK its pathetic you cannot search any businesses or addresses at the moment, Siri in the UK is just a waste of time and unless Apple turns on the switch to make it work to its full advantage. Well now there is a new Jailbreak tweak called International Locations for Siri.

iPhone 4S users in the US can use a number of location based Siri functions, but if you live in the UK and ask it where the nearest McDonalds is you have no chance of getting an answer, but the hard working jailbreaking community has found a way to make up for Apple’s shortcomings. An article on iDownloadBlog is reporting about a new Assistant Extensions plugin titled International Locations for Siri, which basically allows users to perform location based searches outside of the US.

London Police to use new software to crack smartphones

While many people now own smartphones since they have become cheaper in recent years, the devices are also used by the criminal community to organise their crimes, but the Police in London are set to use new software to help them crack smartphones.

According to an article over at Techradar the Metropolitan Police is set to introduce new forensic software, which will let officers extract vital information from a suspect’s mobile device in a matter of minutes. The software from Aesco can quickly obtain information on calls, emails, and messaging from a handset, even if the SIM card is locked. This will mean that officers will no longer have to send a handset off to the crime lab for weeks at a time to retrieve such information.

More Samsung Galaxy class smartphones on the cards

The Galaxy line of smartphones have thus far done exceedingly well for Samsung, especially with the Samsung Galaxy S2 and it looks like the Galaxy S3 will be yet another huge success, but when you have a good thing going it is always best to expand, and as such it appears that old Sammy has no intentions of giving up on their Galaxy name.
According to the guys over at Intomobile by way of Fusible, Samsung on the 10th of May submitted applications for such Galaxy device names as the Samsung Galaxy Lunge with the serial number 85621870, the Samsung Galaxy Wield serial number 85621864, the Samsung Galaxy Rivet with serial number 85621854, the Galaxy Forge serial number 8561866, Galaxy Victory number 85621853, and the Samsung Galaxy Mission with serial number 8561866.

Samsung shows it cares with customer support app

There are a number of different applications being released all the time, but today we have news of one that is a bit different and in an effort to keep in touch with its many customers Samsung shows it cares with the release of a customer support application for Android.

The company that has recently announced it latest smartphone has attempted to improve the customer service it provides for users of its devices with the release of the Samsung Cares application. The idea of the application according to Talk Android is to provide Samsung support to users while on the go.

Samsung Omnia M Windows Phone with 4-inch AMOLED display and 1 GHz Processor announced

Samsung has announced the Omnia M, their latest handset to feature Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). The phone has 4.0-inch Super AMOLED display, 1 GHz processor and 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera. This has larger display than the Omnia W that was launched last year but it doesn’t have impressive specs.

Samsung Omnia M specifications

• 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display
• 10.5mm thick and weighs 119g
• Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
• 1 GHz Processor
• 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera
• 3.5mm audio Jack, FM Radio with RDS
• 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v 2.1, aGPS / Bing Map, and USB 2.0
• 384MB RAM, 4GB/8GB Internal Memory
• 1500 mAh Li-on battery

This has Samsung AllShare that lets you can play films, games, or any other media direct from your Omnia M to a TV. Other features include, Samsung ChatON communication service, Samsung’s cloud-based family network and Windows Phone People Hub that has built-in social networking services like Windows Live, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

The Samsung Omnia M will be available starting from Europe and rolled out to other regions. The price has not been announced yet.

Samsung Galaxy S3 pre-orders start in India

Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S3 on their eStore. The pre-order price is Rs. 2000 and they promise you a free gift with every booking, but there are no details about the launch date or the price yet.

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S3 earlier this month at an Event in London and there were reports that the global Pre-orders crossed 9 million units globally.

The Galaxy S3 packs in 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, Zero Shutter and 1.9MP front camera with HD recording at 30fps.

You can pre-book your Galaxy S3 on Samsung India eStore. You can read the Terms and Conditionshere.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance up for pre-order in India for Rs. 23,749

Samsung Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) is now available for pre-order in India from online retailers Letsbuy and Flipkart. It was announced this January and was unveiled in India last month. It comes with 4.0-inch WVGA (480×800) Super AMOLED display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor. It has 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, 1.3MP secondary camera and runs on Android 2.3(Gingerbread) with Samsung TouchWiz UI.It has 768MB RAM, 8GB User memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD and has 1,500mAh battery. Other features include, 3.5mm audio Jack, StereoFM Radio with RDS, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0 and aGPS.

The Galaxy S Advance is now available for pre-order from Letsbuy for Rs. 23, 749 and from Flipkart for a slightly higher price, who also offers you a free Samsung Bluetooth headset. It is expected to available from the 4th Week of May.

LG Optimus UI 3.0 for Android ICS devices announced

LG has unveiled its new Optimus UI 3.0 for its upcoming Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) devices. It would bring new and enhanced key features, including Quick Memo that enables users to jot notes on the screen using a finger that also lets users share it with social networks or via text messages and e-mails. The new UI also include unique unlock functions, Voice Shutter, new camera features and more.

New features in LG Optimus UI 3.0

• Ability to unlock the phone by dragging anywhere on the screen
• New Pattern Lock allows users to preset the most frequently used function, such as the camera, which automatically opens once the phone is unlocked
• Simpler version of Optimus UI 3.0 for new smartphone users which organizes the main applications so that they are the easiest to access
• New Voice Shutter allows users to capture photos using only voice commands
• Special camera feature enables users to pick up the best shot among multiple images including the moment just before the shutter button is released
• New Icon Customizer provides an additional level of personalization by allowing users to set their own photos as icons and shortcut images
• Download category in the menu for easier organization.

The Optimus UI 3.0 will debut on the LG Optimus LTE II launching this week in Korea, followed by LG Optimus 4X HD in June.

Adaptxt Keyboard for Android – Intelligent text input app with support for over 53 languages

Adaptxt Keyboard for Android Adapts to users own writing style with auto suggestions and error corrections. It has support for over 53 languages worldwide. The Symbian app for S60v3 Nokia phoneslaunched last year.

Features of Adaptxt Keyboard for Android

• Dynamic use of multiple languages in the same message
• Next word prediction by understanding your context to prevent user from making typing error
• Completes the word by providing relevant suggestions of different words as you type
• Add and manage new language Add-ons from the settings
• Adaptxt builds and maintains ‘My Dictionary’ that also lets you manually add custom words
• Word suggestions based on Accent and URL suggestions
• Learns from Android Dictionary

Adaptxt is open-source and can be integrated with other text input solutions like Slide IT and others. It is now available in Hindi-English (Hinglish) and will soon be made available in 12 more Indian languages in English.

Download Adaptxt Keyboard Beta for Android from the Google Play Store and for free (limited time).

Fold To Unlock – A New Lock Screen Concept

Here comes a brand new idea from Anton Kudin, an interface and Web designer. He has created the images of an awesome fold-to-unlock iOS lock-screen concept and posted it to the popular idea-sharing website Dribble. As I understood the concept is based on folding the screen by swiping your two fingers towards inside the screen in order to unlock instead of the typical slider by default.

Below are the concept pictures:

Macbooks and iMac To Have Retina Display

Most of you are aware that Apple’s WWDC would be held in June 2012, as the dates are coming closer there are lot of reports about the next generations iPhone and other Apple products. Previously it was reported that Macbook Pro will have retina display in next model and Macbook Air may not be able to get this due to battery issues since Retina Display required more powerful battery. But now, it has been reported on 9to5mac that iPhone is working to provide Retina display in Macbook Air and iMac. So this is a good news if someone is planning to purchase a new Macbook Air he must wait till theApple’s WWDC in June 2012 and enjoy the high resolution experience with the latest Retina Display technology.

If you don’t know more about retina display, just to make you clear it is same as the display of the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and the new iPad. So experiencing the same great picture and video quality on a laptop will be definitely a dream experience which I am waiting for sure and would like to replace my existing Mac with the new one as soon as it is announced and released after the WWDC, hopefully. What do you think about the new Macbooks and iMac with retina display? Share your thoughts in below comments.

Promotional videos for Sony Xperia GX and Xperia SX

We were thrilled by the spec sheet of two new Japan-bound, LTE enabled, devices from Sony, Xperia GX and Xperia SX, that were unveiled last week. Check out their first promo videos launched today, after the break.

Xperia GX

Xperia SX

Sony, we wish to see an international version of these handsets as well.

iPhone 4S Jailbreak for iOS 5.1 Release Coming on May 25th?

Hackers are testing the iPhone 4S Jailbreak for iOS 5.1 and iOS 5.1.1  and working on a tool, like Absinthe, so the average iPhone owner can jailbreak the iPhone 4S.

This testing takes time, and according to security researcher pod2g, the iPhone 4S jailbreak release date could come in a couple of weeks.

It just so happens that the Hack in the Box conference, takes place on May 24th and 25th in Taiwan and @pod2g will be there to talk on May 25th about the iPhone 4S jailbreak processfor Corona and Absinthe Jailbreak tools. He is joined by members of the Dream Team of hackers including Joshua Hill, Nikias Bassen and David Wang.

The Hack in the box conference website states that, “Our main focus is on new and groundbreaking attack and defense methods that have not been seen or discussed in public before.”, which would make it the perfect stage to talk about a new iOS 5.1.x untethered iPhone 4s jailbreak.

Google to release multiple Nexus Android 5.0 Jelly Bean devices

We all wait the Thanksgiving, but this year it comes with a surprise. According to the report of the Wall Street Journal, if all the things will go according to plan, Google will open up its Nexus program to multiple OEM partners. The offer of Google will be up to five launch devices for Android 5.0. We could noticed the interest of Google for smartphones sale directly, by the action of selling the Galaxy Nexus through the Google Play store. We can speculate that Google have plans to change the entire Android landscape.

By this change we think that Google will try to satisfy manufacturers wary of favoritism of Google’s Motorola buyout and in the same time is making available a big variety of carrier unlocked devices running Android latest version to customers in Europe, the United States, and Asia.

HTC Ville C specs leaked, but no release date yet

A new leak, a new subject. We talk here about a new HTC product, which was today’s morning announced, under the name of HTC Ville C, a smartphone created in order to add a new line of production, “C”, a bigger gamma of products being a better way to make business. Thanks to Brief Mobile, the lucky one who received the tip, we could find out that HTC Ville C is quite similar to an previously model, HTC One S, but without some of the best specifications of it, that took it in the top, and made it special.

Some specs we can say for the new HTC Ville C are not so innovative, like the processor Qualcomm S3 dual-core which was used before, and equipped the last year products, or the camera of 8 MP with BSI sensor paired with the HTC ImageChip , and we can see that there is a VGA camera available for special social life. And we can find for the new HTC 4.3-inch AMOLED qHD display, 1GB of RAM, and 16 GB of internal storage, but we hope that an extension of the memory will be available. Exact dimensions remain a mystery for the new HTC, but the rumors sounds like an ultra slimPDA phone with 1,650 mAh battery.

No idea of the release date, nothing official, but the rumors say that it might be sooner than we expect.

Siri updated for new best smartphone answer

When Apple released the iPhone 4S last year one of the unique selling points of the handset was its new Siri assistant feature, but the new feature hasn’t been without its problems though as it had issues understanding some accents and many features of it don’t work outside the US. Now Siri has been updated so it gives a new best smartphone answer to users.

A few days ago we told you that when Siri was asked what is the best smartphone ever, it surprisingly replied the Nokia Lumia 900, which as AppleInsider is reporting was based on just four user reviews that had an average score of 5 out of 5. The key word in the question was ‘ever’ as asking Siri for just the “best smartphone” would return responses such as “the one you’re holding”.

Pod2g updates on release of iOS 5.1 (.x) untethered jailbreak

We’ve been following all the developments of the exploits of well-known developer and hacker pod2g and his attempts to bring an iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak. Today we thought we’d bring you the latest update on the progress of the iOS 5.1.x jailbreak, which is becoming closer every day and should be available within the next two weeks.
Previously we learned that pod2g had managed an untethered jailbreak on an iPhone 4S running iOS 5.1 and then a few days ago we told how he had now managed an untethered jailbreak on the new iPad running iOS 5.1. Later we then heard that the untethered jailbreak had also been successfully performed on iOS 5.1.1 as well. This of course has made many potential jailbreakers hopeful of a public release of the jailbreak real soon.