Cydia Tweak – SpotLock

SpotLock Cydia Tweak allows you to lock your device when you swipe to the spotlight page in your homescreen. Now you can lock your device without pressing the power button.

Check the video review after the break.

There are no options to configure and no icon is added on the springboard. To disable the tweak simply uninstall it. If you don’t use spotlight page you may find this tweak very useful.

SpotLock jailbreak tweak is available in Cydia under the BigBoss repo for free.

Paid Apps For Free Downloader Installous 5 Released

For many of you who don’t know about the Installous, Installous is an excellent place where you can find tons of paid apps for free. If you are not willing to pay for any app which you need then you can use a Cydia app called Installous. Before installing and downloading paid apps for free you have to understand that this is unethical and to a certain level illegal also because the server providing  paid apps for free is violating the copyright law. I am only mentioning the software here for learning purposes so that if someone still wants to download paid apps for free he can use this software.

Some of the new features include BitTorrent downloading support, support for the new iOS notification system, and several improvements for filehost compatibility

How to install Installous 5 on iOS 5.1 iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch

Note: To install Installous Cydia App you need to jailbreak your iphone, iPod or iPad, click here to go to the tutorila onHow to jailbreak iOS 5.1 and iOS 5.1.1.

You can follow my guide on How to add sources to Cydia and give the source address http://cydia.hackulo.us when asked and install as mentioned in that tutorial after adding the source you will find Installous 4 or Installous 5 in the sources just tap and install it. Now you can download paid apps for free of any value if available at the server.

New Telecom Policy approved, Roaming charges to be abolished

The Cabinet has approved New Telecom Policy 2012 that would let telecom users avail free roaming across the country. It would also offer Full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) that would let the customers retain their number even if they shift from one circle to another, anywhere in the country without any extra charges.

This would introduce single license across India under a new unified licence regime and the operators doesn’t need separate license. Under this licensing regime, licence has been delinked from spectrum to reduce different licenses.

The new policy would separate licences and airwaves, allowing carriers to share airwaves. There is no time frame when the new policy would be implemented. Pricing and spectrum allocation would be announced later.

Google Maps event scheduled before WWDC, Expected to reveal new 3D mapping features

t is widely believed that Apple will dump Google Maps and announce an in-house solution at their annual WWDC event later this month.

RIM wins lawsuit over BBM Trademark

Research in Motion (RIM) has won the law suit that lets them to continue using the BBM name for itsBlackBerry Messenger service. Last December, BBM Canada, a broadcasting company filed a lawsuit against RIM to stop RIM from advertising the service using the shortened name. RIM lost it’s BBX trademark last year and changed it to BlackBerry 10.

BBM Canada was started as Bureau of Broadcast Measurement in 1944, which changed the name to BBM in 1960s, later to BBM Canada in the 1990s. RIM launched the BlackBerry Messenger in 2005 and started using shortened form BBM since 2010.

The federal court has ruled in favour of RIM, stating that BBM Canada is in broadcasting industry and RIM is in wireless telecom industry, which are in different industries.

HTC One X receives v1.29 firmware update

The One X has received a new firmware update via OTA with the version number 1.29. We are not exactly sure what this firmware update brings to the table but the update is around 31 MB in size. HTC calls it anecessary System Upgrade.Updating over WiFi is recommended unless you don’t mind using your 3G data. The update is expected to improve the HDR Camera function , power management and volumecontrol in DLNA mode according to this tweet

Looks like this update has been rolling out in Europe for quite sometime and it has finally hit India. Any one else got this update on their One X ?

iOS 6 move to Facebook integration at WWDC 2012

Back in early May we posted an article about new features that may come to Apple’s iOS 6 and one of the aspects we discussed wasFacebook integration. This has featured in beta versions of iOS before but has never come to the final release and so it didn’t look too likely. However news today is that iOS 6 will move to Facebook integration and that we will be hearing more about it at WWDC 2012, starting on June 11.
This would be a hugely popular move demonstrated by the fact that since Twitter was integrated in iOS 5 people have used it more. A similar integration for Facebook makes perfect sense then and a report says that Apple and Facebook are indeed in talks and on the edge of a deal that would bring this to fruition. The deal would mean that Facebook assets would come to future iOS devices with iOS 6 integration and the same report also says that this is expected to be announced at WWDC.

Beautiful HTC One XXL concept to take on Galaxy Note

Quite often with many forms of technology clever designers come up with some stunning concept ideas especially for smartphones and cars, and today we have the beautiful HTC One XXL concept for you that could quite easily take on the Samsung Galaxy Note.

Samsung has had quite a success with the Galaxy Note since it was released with millions of consumers making the device their smartphone of choice, and while Samsung and HTC battle it out for Android supremacy, an article over at Android Pit has a HTC concept of what the company’s answer to the Note could look like.

Samsung Galaxy S3 blitzes iPhone 4S already

This year Samsung changed tact with regards to showcasing its latest Galaxy S smartphone by giving the handset an unveiling all of its own in London, while in previous years the company revealed the new model at the annual MWC event. It seems that all the hype and publicity has helped the Samsung Galaxy S3 to blitz the iPhone 4S already when it comes to a chart complied in the UK.
According to uSwitch the Galaxy S3 soared to the top of its Mobile Tracker chart and ending the white version of the iPhone 4S brief stay at the top of the tree. The chart is compiled by combining actual sales and web searches and comes only a couple of days after the Samsungsmartphone being released.

Next generation iPhone front panel on video

Over the past few days we’ve seen pictures of what are supposed to be next generation iPhone parts and schematics of the front panel. Today we have a video posted by Japanese blog Macotakara showing off alleged front panel for the next-generation iPhone. Check the video after the break.

Controversial Carmageddon coming to Android and iOS soon

In the history of video games that are some titles that hit the headlines for a number of reasons that wasn’t always positive ones, and today we have news that the controversial Carmageddon is coming to iOS and Android soon.

The original Carmageddon that was banned in a number of countries because the game encouraged players to run down pedestrians in an attempt to gain bonus points, and according an article on Pocket Gamer the game will be coming available on both the Android and iOS platforms in the summer. The game was originally released on the PC in 1997 but due to its content was quickly banned in some countries, and it will be the complete version of the original game but with some changes.

MIT students manage to turn bananas into touchpads

If you believe keyboards are too old-school for you and you also don’t like touchscreens, then two MIT students might have a solution for you. They have invented the MaKey MaKey, a kit which allows you to turn virtually every object into a touchpad.

The two final-year MIT PhD students have launched the project on Kickstarter, with the goal of raising $25,000 in funding. While Kickstarted is a very popular website for launching new concept ideas, along with the fact that their is really unique and out of the box, they managed to raised already $360,895 and they still have 11 days remaining. Until now over 7,500 people pledged their concept.

If you are a geek curious to know how this thing works, then you should probably head over to their page where they explain accordingly. But, in short, they use a printed circuit board with an ATMega32u4 microcontroller running Arduino Leonardo bootloader and it uses a HID to communicate with your PC.

Samsung Galaxy S III launched in India for Rs. 43,180

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S III in India. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S III earlier this month at an Event in London and the pre-booking started in India on Samsung eStore couple of weeks back. The Galaxy S III packs in 4.8 inch (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash and 1.9MP front facing camera with HD recording at 30fps and face recognition. 

It has some unique features including S Voice, S Beam, AllShare Play, All Share Cast, Pop up play, Best photo and more. The My Movies app enables the users access to hundreds of Indian movies, trailers and film songs. The My Music lets you Download English and Bollywood song. The My Reader app offers Indian newspapers, magazines and over 3 million books including audio books. The My Station app lets users to watch live concerts, performance and videos in real time.

Other features include, 1GB RAM,16GB Internal memory, up to 64GB expandable memory with microSD. The connectivity features include, 3G (HSPA＋ 21Mbps), Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, NFC, and GPS. It has 2,100 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S III comes in Marble White color and is priced at an MRP of Rs. 43,180.It comes with 3GB of free data for 2 months for Vodafone customers valid till 31st August. The Pebble Blue color would be available from next week.

Nokia India teases 808 PureView launch with countdown

Nokia India seems to be ramping up the activities leading up to the launch of its much awaited camera phone , the 808 PureView . In addition to the pre-order page , the company has also today introduced a countdown. We suspect that the countdown might lead to the announcement of availability of the phone but as of now that is just speculation.

The Nokia 808 PureView has perhaps the most  amazing camera we’ve seen on a phone and we definitely can’t wait to get our hands on the phone.The proprietary oversampling technology leads to some incredible results.

N.O.V.A. 3 now available for Android

Gameloft has launched N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for Android. After years of exile, humanity will finally return to Earth! You can  fight in 10 immersive levels across the galaxy, from a war-torn Earth to a frozen Volterite city.  It was launched for iPhone and iPad earlier this month.

Features in N.O.V.A. 3  - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for Android

• Multiple weapons and powers: Run, shoot, drive vehicles, and pilot a mech to defeat hordes of enemies.
• Join 12-player battles in 6 multiplayer modes (Capture the Point, Free-for-All, Capture the Flag, etc.) on 6 different maps.
• Multiple allies can jump inside the same vehicle and spread destruction on the battlefield.
• Discover the new FPS benchmark for graphics and gameplay (real-time shadow & lights, particle system, ragdoll physics, etc.)

Download N.O.V.A. 3 for Android from Google Play Store for $6.99.

Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak Updated For iPhone 4 New Firmware

Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak has been recently updated to jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered for the devices already having 5.1.1 tethered jailbreak. The new version also support jailbreak iPhone 4 5.1.1 with new ios 5.1.1 firmware build.

If you have already installed tethered jailbreak 5.1.1 and now you want to get the untethered 5.1.1 jailbreak, you do not need to install Absinthe 5.1.1 jailbreak or RedSn0w instead you can go to Cydia and search for Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 Untethered and just install the package.

HTC One X hammer video

A while back we posted some video footage of the Nokia Lumia 900 being nailed on camera, where some guy decided to find out how tough the display is by hammering nails onto the screen, and then using the Nokia Lumia 900 as a hammer, and now it seem this practice has taken off, as we have another video for your viewing pleasure below, this time of the HTC One X being used as a hammer.

The Using HTC One X Display Screen as a Hammer video comes our way courtesy of the guys over at Ubergizmo and by way of Droid Dog and YouTube user ched2468, which shows some guy using the HTC One X as a hammer to whack a nail into a piece of wood for some reason.

The guy in the video, apparently an HTC engineer takes some time to drive that nail into the wood with the display of theAndroid Ice Cream Sandwich handset, something that personally if I owned the device wouldn’t attempt even though the HTC One X has Gorilla Glass.

According to the Ubergizmo guys, the video footage was taken down shortly after being posted, but not before someone else grabbed it, and word is HTC were not that happy about this particular HTC One X display stress test video, which word has it could lead to the sacking of the engineer.

Anyway, I’ll leave it right there and simply let you head on down to hit that play button to check out the guys beating a nail with the One X…would you use your HTC One X as a hammer?

Samsung Galaxy S3 Packs Gorilla Glass 2, Now It’s Official

Samsung Galaxy S3 was launched internationally a couple of days ago, and the smartphone enthusiasts have formed lines in front of UK stores in an attempt to get their hands on the Android Ice Cream Sandwichflagship before it runs out of stock.
As you probably know the smartphone packs a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display with HD resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels and until know we didn’t knew for sure whether it’s protected by Gorilla Glass or not. A day ago Samsung have released an official press statement confirming that the display of the Galaxy S3 is protected by the latest generation Gorilla Glass 2 coating.

The first details about the Corning Gorilla Glass 2 display were unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show 2012 event in Las Vegas and the new layer is supposed to come with improved protection and to be 20% thinner than the previous generation.

Absinthe 2.0.4 Download Jailbreak iPad 2,4 iOS 5.1.1 Untethered

After release of Absinthe 5.1.1 Jailbreak on 25-May the jailbreak tool has been updated many times and the latest Absinthe 2.0.4 Download is now available. The very first release Absinth 2.0 was not supporting iPad 2 ,4 jailbreak 5.1.1 and iPhone 4 GSM on ios 5.1.1 build 9B208. As tweeted by Chronic Dev Team the Absinthe 2.0.4 download now supports  iPad 2,4 jailbreak 5.1.1 and iPhone 4 GSM 5.1.1 jailbreak @ 9B208.

Absinthe 2.0.4 Download Jailbreak 5.1.1 Untethered

Future Nokia Lumia and PureView handsets will be waterproof

At the Lumia 610 launch event in London last week, Conor Pierce, Vice President of Nokia Western Europe unveiled that the company is working on a “Superhydrophopic” technology that will be implemented into all future Lumia and PureView devices.

“What happens when a drop of water lands on a lotus leaf… has baffled scientists for generations… but our team in Cambridge found a solution,” said Pierce.
“Nano technology lets us do it. Superhydrophobic technology makes water bounce, it stops it, rolls it off the device, that’s the magic, that’s what we’re going to bring to the party.”

No firm date was given when this technology will be implemented in Nokia’s handsets. There are already some waterproof smartphones on the market like Motorola Defy and PanasonicEluga and I hope that Nokia will join the party soon.

Who doesn’t want a waterproof handset?