Hacking into the iPhone SDK to enable these emoji emoticons is possible. Some of the older iPhone apps made use of a loophole in the SDK to enable these characters on non-jailbroken iPhones. These apps have
. Consequently, the only way to now access the iPhone 's native emoji icons is
. However if you would prefer to not jailbreak your iPhone , here is an alternative. Folks at Awesomest Software have released the latest version of their ”
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The BlackBerry Torch comes installed with the all-new BlackBerry OS 6 that is touch-enabled and seamlessly integrates the old email message interface, contextual menus and contacts with a more modern UI. The new OS also comes with a universal search feature that makes it extremely simple to access all the contents on the handset including the messages, contacts and UI themes from the home screen. Besides this, there are also several other enhancements (more…)

Instant word lookup on included dictionary with 250,000 entries and definitions
So if you don’t know the meaning of a word, all you have to do is tap on the word to see its definition. The app consists of 250,000 entries. You also have the option to look up words on Google and Wikipedia but unfortunately it opens the URL in the mobile Safari browser instead of opening it within the app.
The new features might seem minor in nature but they go (more…)

On Wednesday an Apple spokeswoman said in a statement, “We're aware of this reported issue, we have already developed a fix and it will be available to customers in an upcoming software update.”
Apple declined to say when the update would be pushed out.
. Apple had released the
to developers of its iPhone Developer program earlier in the week.
So iPhone jailbreakers and unlockers should avoid upgrading to iOS 4.1 when it is released and (more…)

The most common criticism is that the phone is slow after an upgrade. There are also many complaints that the phone drains the battery quickly and becomes excessively hot. Concern about general problems such as slowness and battery life on gadgets isn't unusual, but using iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G seems to make the problems so bad that the phone is nearly unusable for some people.
for iPhone 3G due to hardware limitations so it was disappointing (more…)

We will be releasing the unlock in 48 hours (after we conduct a private beta).
iPhone 4 carrier unlock will be pushed after small test period (only @planetbeing and I have been able to test til now!)
It looks like one of the private beta testers has leaked the screenshot of Ultrasn0w.
So the release of Ultrasn0w 1.0-1 to
is imminent.
, their software solution to unlock all basebands since
including baseband 05.13.04 that comes bundled with
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If you want to find out which jailbreak apps available on Cydia are compatible with iOS 4 (or iOS 4.0.1) then you can checkout the iOS 4 JB compatibility list, that tells you which apps work on iOS 4 without any problem (highlighted in green), works partially with some problems (yellow) and those which don’t work at all (red).
4 without any problem (highlighted in green), works partially with some problems (yellow) and those which don’t work (more…)

, some experts have also noted that the delay could have been caused by potential quality control issues arising due to the white coloring on the glass front panel.
There are now indications that the delay in the launch of the white iPhone 4 could actually be due to manufacturing challenges as noted by Apple . According to a recent article on
, the back light from the white iPhone 4 display could be leaking out through the edges of the glass to (more…)

, Apple 's carrier partners in Australia opened their stores at midnight local time instead of Apple 's officially announced retail store opening time of 8:00 AM in a bid to outscore competition. Carriers offering the
in Australia include Optus, Telstra and Vodafone/3. Each of these
are reported to have only received around 12,000-13,000 units in the first batch and with carriers like Optus having reported pre-order numbers of over 100,000, (more…)

The jailbreak stuff saved as FlateDecode stream within that PDF file, and vulnerability occurs when Mobile Safari loaded the PDF file, letting iOS to parse the FlateDecode filter, and use the font file inside, then Kaboom.
Experts have raised concern that the security vulnerability in iOS could be exploited in a similar way by malicious websites to install malware.
It is important to note that the security hole has been around for quite sometime (more…)