Internal peek at the HTC One S: video

If you happen to own or contemplating picking up the HTC One S smartphone, and would like to know what the handset looks like inside then you might enjoy the video footage we have for your viewing consideration below, as it is a teardown video of the HTC One S.

The HTC One S video footage comes our way courtesy of the guys over at Engadget and by way of DirectFix, and is the first time we get an internal peek at the Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone as DirectFix shows you how to replace the HTC One S screen.

Apparently the tools required to get into your HTC One S include a Torx T5 and Phillips precision screwdriver, a nylon spudger, and a hair dryer if the displays adhesive is troublesome, and of course very steady hands, and one must also realise that doing such would naturally void any warranty.

Once inside you’ll see the battery pack dominates, along with a blue coloured shield that protects the main board and includes the lens cover, along with numerous fragile components that have to be removed before gaining access to the display so you can separate it from the device.

I’m quite sure you don’t really want me to go through all the shenanigans, and would much rather simply head on down to hit that play button so you can check out getting into the HTC One S for yourself, so I’ll leave it right there and let you get to it…enjoy.

Prepare Your iPhone, iPad and iPod To Jailbreak 5.1.1

Many of us are waiting for the latest 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak which hopefully be released with 1-2 days from now.  If you want  to upgrade your iOS from existing one to iOS 5.1.1 and you need an unlock in future, remember to NOT update through iTunes and direct from your device because it will definitely update the baseband of your device and later if you need you would not be able to unlock.

Instead you should use RedSnow to preserve baseband and create custom IPSW and then use that saved ipsw to restore through iTunes. But if you got factory unlocked iPhone you never need to go through this procedure you can just update normally.

Here is how you preserve baseband:

• Download 5.1.1 IPSW for your device from Here and download RedSnow from the This page.
• Run Redsn0w as administrator => Go to Extras => Custom IPSW
• In a new window select IPSW file which you have downloaded for iOS 5.1.1 => Click Open
• It will take some time and Redsn0w will build custom IPSW file for 5.1.1 which will be saved at the same location where your IPSW file was downloaded, the new file name will be starting with NO_BB.
• To put your device in DFU mode: Connect your iPhone with computer and start Redsn0w go to = Extras => Pwned DFU => Follow the instructions on the screen to put your device in DFU mode
• Restore in iTunes: Open up iTunes and it will automatically detect your iPhone in recovery mode
• Now Hold SHIFT (Alt for Mac) button and Click Restore Button in iTunes main window.
• Now browse and select the custom IPSW file  that was created at Step 4 = > Click open.
• iTunes will now automatically restore your device to iOS 5.1.1 and your baseband will not be updated.

Nokia 808 PureView creation video

If you are a Nokia fan that likes to know all about how the Finnish company goes about creating a smartphone, you might like the video footage we have for your viewing pleasure below, because the video is the making of the Nokia 808 PureView, Nokia latest big megapixel camera smartphone.

The Nokia 808 PureView: 5 years in the making video comes our way courtesy of the guys over at Ubergizmo and by way of Nokia Conversations and shows the story behind the making of the Nokia 808 PureView, along with how the smartphones’ camera managed to achieve great shots.

HTC Sync Manager for HTC One series launched

HTC has released HTC Sync Manger software for HTC Ones series of smartphones finally. This has new UI that is completely different from the HTC Sync software that is available for all the HTC phones. The new software also lets you rip music from audio CDs that is powered by Nero.

Features of HTC Sync Manager for HTC One

• Sync all of your media including contacts, calendar events, bookmarks, and documents to and from your computer with your HTC phone
• Organize your photos and personal videos into albums and also edit the images
• Create playlists or Import iTunes or Windows Media Player music library and playlists
• Auto sync feature lets you automatically sync your personal info such as contacts, calendar, and bookmarks between your computer and phone
• Rip audio CDs using the software and sync the music to your phone
• Playback audio and video files using the HTC Sync Manager

You can download HTC Sync Manager for HTC One series devices from the HTC Site.

Absinthe v2.0-rc1 Ready To Jailbreak 5.1.1

Absinthe iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak

Finally we came to know the name and status of the new 5.1.1 jailbreak tool that is at its final stage before release. @xvolks is a close friend of Pod2g and he tweeted hours ago that he has testedAbsinthe v2.0-rc1 for iPhone 3GS 5.1.1 jailbreak with new bootrom and he was testing iPhone 4 GSM at the time of first tweet which later he also got done successfully.

If you go to his twitter page you will find complete conversation where pod2g also participated and said that now it is matter of days and more specifically he updated “Two Days More to wait“, hurray after two days we will be able to jailbreak iOS 5.1 and jailbreak ios 5.1.1 with Absinthe 5.1.1 jailbreak tool. As was the case for previous version of Absinthe I believe this time also it will be very simple to jailbreak 5.1 using Absinthe 5.1.1 jailbreak. xvolks also mentions that many people are asking about Absinthe v2.0 download, but as he says he is close friend of pod2g so and was supporting him in Absinthe  jailbreak.

S Voice available for all ICS devices

The Samsung Galaxy S III comes with some exclusive features and S Voice, a Siri-like personal voice assistant, is one of them. Thanks to the guys over at XDA-developers, S Voice is now available for all Android devices running Ice Cream Sandwich.

S Voice has been extracted from the leaked Galaxy S III stock firmware and a working S Voice apk was released. It’s confirmed that is working on various Android 4.0 roms across various devices like: Samsung Galaxy SII, Galaxy Nexus, HTC One S, HTC One X and many more.

Here is a demo video of S-Voice on Samsung Galaxy S II

For more info, download and how to install visit XDA-developers forum.

Apple again seen testing FaceTime over 3G

While folks in the jailbreak community have been able to make FaceTime calls on cellular networks for quite some time now, others haven’t been so lucky. Since it debuted in 2010, the video calling feature has remained Wi-Fi-only.

Today, however, evidence has surfaced that suggests Apple is testing a FaceTime over 3G option. The folks over at iDevice posted the above screenshot, which was taken from an error message pulled out of iOS 5.1.1…

As most of you probably know, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen such evidence. Last summer, a similar feature was discovered buried deep down in beta versions of iOS 5. Andwe found similar strings ourselves in iOS 5.1.

Maybe the feature has always been there. It’s just never been activated.

Apple would certainly need to get the carriers’ approval before deploying such a feature. Not only would FaceTime use a large amount of wireless data — which is becoming more expensive, but it would cannibalize profitable voice calls.

Perhaps with the next iPhone expected to run on 4G LTE networks, we could finally see FaceTime set free this fall. But we aren’t counting on it. Carriers seem to be having a hard enough time as it is just trying to deal with iMessage.

What do you think?

Swipe Safari brings OS X Lion inspired functionality to Mobile Safari

Meet the brand new Safari. No, Apple hasn’t made any upgrades to Safari themselves, but you can gain a significantly better Safari browser right now by installing Swipe Safari – a new jailbreak tweak that just touched down on Cydia’s BigBoss repo.

Swipe Safari promises to bring OS X Lion’s Safari navigation to the small screen, along with a host of other improved options and abilities.

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.