Despite the decision to allow Jailbreaking/Unlocking for all Electronic Devices, as reported earlier, Apple has made a firm statement noting that if you do so, you would void your warranty, regardless of how you look at it, there’s no way that you would be able to service it if you returned your iDevice back to Apple Jailbroken.
So what did Apple have to say on the matter, according to TUAW, Apple notes
"Apple’s goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience. As we’ve said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably."
So there you have it folks, if you want to know more, check out Apple’s “mouthful” of information on their website.
via TUAW
Today, Google announced a way to give users a better way of working with applications within the Android Market, the idea of ‘signed’ applications is to apparently give protection to developers, in a nutshell, copyright protection or licensing mechanisms for developers to utilize to prevent APK distribution over the web.
While the move sounds good and all, to some this is a bad move, and could possibly lead to further issued down the road, not to mention the fact that the Android platform is [technically] open.
From the blog, Google notes,
“This simple and free service provides a secure mechanism to manage access to all Android Market paid applications targeting Android 1.5 or higher. At run time, with the inclusion of a set of libraries provided by us, your application can query the Android Market licensing server to determine the license status of your users. It returns information on whether your users are authorized to use the app based on stored sales records.”
What are your thoughts? Is this the end of the “open” platform for Google, or is this a reasonable measure to help developers protect their intellectual property?
Share with us in the comments.
via Android Developers
Jailbreak your iPhone? Root your Droid? Worry about its legality? Worry no more! The Library of Congress in America has added a DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) exception that allows unapproved software on handsets: otherwise known as jailbreaking in the iPhone world, or rooting in the Android and webOS world.
Here’s the full statement by the LoC:
Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.
Although this doesn’t mean that these companies will have to jailbreak your phone for you, it means that they won’t be able to sue you or file any legal action against you. So that means that you can jailbreak and unlock your iPhone, and Apple cannot call the practice illegal. And this also allows groups like the iPhone Dev Team and ih8sn0w to continue operating legally. Everyone wins!
As for the Android scene, there isn’t too much scrutiny regarding rooting in Google’s eyes, but maybe it makes the rooted users feel a bit better.
Even better, this means that ripping a DVD is completely legal, as long as you don’t distribute it.
[via LoC]
Have you ever wondered why iPhone OS 3.0 suddenly killed the iPhone 3G? And Apple’s real reason to disable multitasking and wallpapers on iOS 4 iPhone 3G edition? Well, the ancient device has had trouble indexing through integrated Spotlight ever since 3.0.
Those on iOS 4.0 have noticed how slow the mobile operating system runs on the ancient iPhone 3G, and here’s a way to make it just a pinch snappier. You know of Spotlight, right? That search system that Apple introduced in 3.0, that allows you to search for everything on your iPhone? Due to the minimum specs of the 3G, indexing is a bit of a bugger for the phone. You see, Spotlight indexes everything on the phone…as you use it. It’s not a noticeable thing on the 3GS or 4 (obviously), but 3G users suffer.
You probably don’t use Spotlight at all, though. So let’s disable it altogether.
Go to Settings.app, and then to General, and finally to Spotlight Search. Uncheck everything you don’t use (or uncheck it all, like I did). Reboot. There you go!
I tried this out with little belief, but I noticed that both the iPhone and apps launched quite a bit faster than they used to. It’s not 3GS iOS 4, but it’s better than nothing, right?
We have a video of iOS 4 vs 3.1.3 on the 3G after the break!
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HTC’s Drew Bamford told Forbes in an interview that HTC is continuing Sense on Windows Phone 7 after all.
Bamford said that despite the “firmer control of the core experience” of Windows Phone 7, HTC will still bring the functionality to Windows Phone 7. Sense won’t be a full part of the phone as it is with Windows Mobile 6.5 and Android, but the company will “augment” the WP7 UI with the Sense experience.
We first brought you this story back in May when a source at HTC told us that Windows Phone 7 would be receiving the Sense UI despite the operating system’s restrictions. This confused us, and we were close to not even publishing it at all. As we said before, maybe HTC’s partnership with Microsoft will help the mobile giant accomplish this goal, but whether other OEMs will follow in HTC’s footsteps is unclear to us.
[via Forbes]
Wzor.net has just leaked a beta build of Microsoft Office 2011 Beta for Mac to the Internet.
There isn’t too much explaining what’s in the build, but Wzor provided the following information on the leaked build:
BETA-5 FOR MAC:
MICROSOFT.OFFICE.FOR.MAC.2011.BETA-5.V14.0.0.BUILD.100709. ENGLISH-WZT
BUILD: 14.0.0.100709
FILE: microsoft.office.for.mac.2011.beta-5. enu. DMG
SIZE: 994,435,545 Byte
SHA1: 365C419F66047508612E099EB3A6ECFDD880C3F7
MD5: 5E60930ABC60B68BB8C390DD3877DACB
CRC: FB8AF7FB
INSTALL KEYS:
OFFICE 2011 BETA 4: MUV37-4DT6V-383HJ-KG2QQ-XQ6GM
WORD: CRVGP-F9DFF-YCR4X-D9GMM-9GQYB
EXCEL: MVGQR-X389M-DV7FQ-TVGVP-X7KBW
POWERPOINT: MMGC8-469V6-WMYXY-FCT9C-9GVYC
OUTLOOK: TRTWQ-4VGHQ-C72R6-GTVFR-W4TC6
by WZT
They also say that information on the beta falls under the Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA), so that wasn’t posted. To download the beta, simply click on the magnet link in the above quote and use the keys above to activate each version. No files are hosted on JCXP; in fact, we don’t even host a file. Download at your own risk.
Screenshots can be found here.
Engadget has just spotted a YouTube video (now pulled) detailing the new lineup of Windows, Bing, Xbox, Office, and Windows Phone.
The lineup, with the slogan “Be What’s Next”, has a sleek new logo and a cleaner, more simpler design. We can’t say that this is a definite confirmation that Microsoft is dropping its familiar logos and slogan, but it may not be all that bad. Bing has been flourishing lately (now on iPhone!), Windows 7 is the most purchased operating system in the world, and Microsoft seems really excited about Windows Phone 7. It may be time for Microsoft to make a new image for itself as a company.
It looks like we can expect the new Microsoft motto, not logo, at the MGX event this year.
Microsoft has the video pulled, but thanks to Engadget, you can still watch it, after the break.
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Despite a lot of claims people have made about the antenna issues with the iPhone 4, contrary to the testing I did personally at the local Apple Store and the information I gathered from one of the employees there, this issue seems non-existent in areas with good AT&T coverage, which goes to suggest that maybe it isn’t a hardware issue, but a carrier issue.
While I can’t say, nor speak for Apple on behalf of the issues that real customers have had, I can speak as a person who has tested this very same procedure on not one, but multiple iPhone 4s, below is a video that I captured from one of the phones used to demonstrate the very same procedure, and how [typically] the signal would drop.
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Well, that’s it, I guess: the Nexus One is officially sold out – for good – from Google.
The regular Nexus One purchase page has been replaced with a message that says:
Sorry, folks…The Nexus One is no longer available for purchase directly from Google. For more information on how to purchase the Nexus One, check out our help center.
The only way you’ll be able to purchase the Nexus One now is through a subsidised model with Vodafone or KT. If you’re a developer, you’ll eventually get to buy the Nexus One unlocked through the Developer Program.
Goodbye, Nexus One. You will be missed: your unlocked state, your beautiful body, and how you were the best stock phone on the market.
[via Google]
Yesterday, we reported that the HP Slate 500 appeared on HP’s official website: the full Windows 7 version announced by Steve Ballmer at CES 2010. Today, HP confirmed that the Slate is still alive.
According to Engadget, HP has confirmed that the Slate is still in development and is on track for a release later in the year. The computer giant also said that the device is "in customer evaluations now and will make a determination soon on the next steps."
[via Engadget]
Despite the decision to allow Jailbreaking/Unlocking for all Electronic Devices, as reported earlier, Apple has made a firm statement noting that if you do so, you would void your warranty, regardless of how you look at it, there’s no way that you would be able to service it if you returned your iDevice back to Apple Jailbroken. 
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