The folks of Applidium have managed to make a breakthrough as far as the famous Siri virtual assistant is concerned. They’ve cracked the security controls that made Siri only work on the iPhone 4S, based on some special identifiers. The same hackers also released some tools for messing around with the software in order to get it to work on other...
If you ever envisioned the world as your interface with everything digital, the following video will confirm that this is where we’re headed. Microsoft Office has a nifty vision of the future, that shows us in permanent connection with cloud services, computers and sharing systems.
Tablets and smartphones will be able to share info via touch...
July was the month when we first saw Aliyun OS, the product created by the famous Asian e-tailer Alibaba. AT that time, the handset running this platform was the W700, that now gets a follow-up, the W800. This model is pictured below, with a tablet that relies on cloud solution, according to people close to the source.
The W800 has the same looks as...
We’ve been saying for a while now that HTC would deserve its own OS, considering the fact that the HTC Sense experience feels likely a totally unique thing, aside from the Android world. Well, they could follow the example of Samsung, that’s been successful with the Bada OS and create their own platform… or buy one.
A good candidate...
When an artist such as Dub FX has such a great experience (video below) with an iPhone app, it’s clear that something’s going on. If you’re the kind of iOS user who likes to create music on an Apple device, Loopy 2 is the app for you. Going for $2.99 as the special launch price, this looper allows you to record and loop sounds.
You...
Nokia Beta Labs is proud to show you its latest achievement, a mixed reality application for Symbian^3 devices. This software offers a 3D real time perspective of the entire world, in first person view. You can look down to the Earth and view all the cities, plus info and even pictures.
You just point your phone to a certain direction and the physical...
There’s a new player in town on the market of video chat apps and it’s called ooVoo, being created by the company with the same name. This new software is a multi-platform app capable of HD video chat, that was tested during Uplinq 2011, with the aid of a LTE network available at the show.
The folks of Android and Me tested the app on a...
Well, although some of you must have forgotten about Windows Mobile already, the OS still exists and now there’s a SHOUTcast Radio streaming app for it. Created by XDA forum member hlov, the software is in beta phase at the time.
The same guy behind this project also created the famous SIRIUS XM application for Windows Mobile, but now he moved...
With the increasing number of app stores out there, it’s hard to differentiate one service from the other. Seavus Group tries this, by launching the Soc.Io Mall. Just like the name says, instead of being an App Store, this service is an applications mall for Android.
Aside from software, you’ll find here ebooks, audio books, music and much...
Usually Windows Phone handsets can’t be used as simple USB storage devices and if you’re familiar with Zune hardware, you should know that the same rule applies to them. However, there’s a registry edit that will allow you to implement this feature and make a Samsung Omnia 7 or HTC HD7 your USB stick.
XDA Developers forum member MarcHoover...