Note that these questions are answered considering general guidelines across the world but its better to read more information about unlocking in your country as well.

3 Things You Must Know About Unlocking iPhone

So which are the things you should really know when it comes to unlocking an iPhone, following questions will explain in detail.

1. Unlocking iPhone is Legal

Well, Before you make any argument with  my above headline, I would like you to understand what exactly iPhone unlocking is?

In most of the countries Apple have partnered with several networks like AT&T, Verizon, Three and  many more. This partnership help them subsidize the handset and offer the phone at very smaller cost. Imagine buying an unlocked iPhone for $799 compared to buying it for $199 with 2 years of contract, second sounds better isn’t it?

But after you buy your favorite iPhone you have to use it with the network you did contract with. So eventually, The SIM card of that phone is locked with only one network and you can not use it with any other network. Unlocking is the process of removing this restriction so that you can use it with any favorite network.

After unlocking you can use the iPhone with different SIMs to call, internet and texting. Anyhow you have to complete your contract by monthly payments you promised for and so you will not get in any legal trouble.

Now, any method or intention other than this might not be legal. You might have heard of boxbreaking or unblocking of iPhone, which is 100% illegal in most of countries and you can read more about them online.

2. Warranty of Unlocked iPhone

Hmm, apart from the fact that process of unlocking is not illegal, it is important to know that it will void your warranty by Apple. The service center guys may refuse to repair or replace you iPhone in case you have any issues with unlocked iPhone.

Now again, this changes from country to country and Apple also do willing to help their customers but you have to understand that it is not guaranteed that your warranty will stay when you unlock the iPhone.

3. Safety of When Unlocking iPhone

Well, yes it is perfectly safe to unlock the iPhone using trusted methods and from reputed service providers. You do not want to go on web read some tutorial and make some mistakes and create issues with device or the SIM. Unlocking iPhone helps you get free to choose network provider but you must get it done from reliable service online or offline.

It is always better to read user reviews wherever you are unlocking iPhone online, which will help you build a trust before you buy or try any method suggested for unlocking.

So I guess, this will cover all you major queries about unlocking an iPhone about  warranty, safety and legal issues. Do share this article with your friends if you find it helpful and let me know if you have any queries in comments below!

Today, we are reviewing one of the flavors of Trivia, which you have never seen before and a complete new experience made available on Android Smartphones called – Photos Trivia.

Photos Trivia Android App Review (Free)

Most of us are definitely bored with the Trivia in old school way and Photos Trivia definitely add a new dimension to our love for Trivia and helps us kill time without loosing any excitement.

I’ve been playing with this app for last 4-5 days and it’s definitely easy to get addicted for it. As you move forward the challenges become exciting and all you have to do is guess the photo as early as possible and score the points. Soon you will find yourself competing with your older scores, which is the beauty fo this game/app available for all Android smartphones.

The User interface is fairly simple to understand and once you get in,you can choose from various categories you would like to guess the photos from. From Art, Hollywod, History & Birds, you get numerous number of pictures & categories to choose from which can keep you busy for hours.

The developers are constantly adding the new photos & categories every week, which is interesting to have in this free Android app. Photos Trivia works very fluently on different screen sizes and even lower end Android smartphones and wont consume much of your space on Android Smartphone.

This app is definitely the one of very few apps that I played for a longer time, which I enjoyed a lot and that is why I am giving this complete 5 star ratings for its cool UI, involving & exciting design and simplicity that anyone can understand easily!

Cost: Free

Ratings: 5/5

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NewsAce Multimedia News Reader App Review

This app lets you collect all your favorite news feeds and multimedia resources in to a single platform. The user interface is really nice somewhat similar to Apple Newstand you get with iOS devices.

The Interface is aesthetically pleasing an very responsive and its gesture based navigation to swipe left and right to newer news. You can manually add any number of RSS feeds to this free app and it also suggests you hand picked 400+ resources for reading directly. The app works really great with all Android devices with different screensizes and specifications and very usable on tablets as well.

The recommended section well categorized to find the news that you want to read and becomes a fun experience overall compared to surfing through browser. 400+ recommended news channels including CNN, Movieclips(movie trailer), The NewYork Times, ESPN, Engadget, Boingboing, The Big Picture, 5min, BestRadioPodcast, College Humor, and Twitter Youtube are already in-built in the NewsAce app for Android.

As I said this app is ‘Multimedia News App’, It has capabilities of subscribing to podcasts & radio shows that get synced automatically. Its a great feature for those who does not want to have separate apps for news, social & multimedia.

The app also displays Twitter news and it is to configure no matter it is text, links or photos. This whole app is supported by Google reader so you can directly sync or use it with the NewsAce.

Some of the Miscellaneous features of this app includes View it Later,which lets you view the pages and RSS feeds even if you are offline. Share features lets you share the stories to various social sites and Starred feature let you save the favorite RSS feeds or News very easily.

Overall, This app is really useful for almost everyone who loves to stay updated with latest news, videos & podcasts. And as its free its definitely a must-have app for Android smartphone or Tablet users.

Cost: Free

Rating – 4/5

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Video Demo of The NewsAce App

Well, almost never right? I was going through same from a long time now and then I stumbled upon this really smart app for  my iPhone that can easily & visually manage my financial goals – Budget Envelopes.

Today, I am going to give in-depth review of budget envelope that will help you decide why you should budet envelope all your finances.

Budget Envelopes iPhone/iPad App Review 

As all of you are aware that, most popular method to save and manage money is envelop budgeting. We get the income, we store it in different envelopes for specific purposes and use it when needed.

This app is built upon the same concept where you can create virual envelopes and store the expected incomes from various sources. You can assign the envelopes for specific purposes like – groceries, entertainment, gas and so on.

Now when you make expenses, the envelops get empty accordingly and you can visually manage which money is going where! Its damn simple to view how much money fro envelop is spent and what is left very quickly and it encourages you to spend money according to needs. The progress bar shows you money left in Green & Money spent in Red and in similar way you can  have unlimited envelopes as you want.

Why this app is most helpful is because of its recurring monthly income and spending capabilities. Because most of the people have predictable income value and timings, you can set it once and forget about it.

Like you are getting $3000 monthly wages and $1000 for Rent, you just set it once and you don’t have to update it again and again. Similarly your predictable spending can also be set and edited within the app, so you do not have to worry about it.

Unexpected expenditures can be easily met using Budget Enevelope App, because you can collect all your financial details at single interface. You can additionally create reports and graphs to find out where you are saving money or where is that you are overspending.

The export feature of the app is really strong and some of them are as follows -

• 2D pie chart view of expense by envelope and income by category.
• 2D bar chart view of expense vs income.
• Bar chart view of income and expense for last six months.
• Detailed 2D Pie chart view of income and expense reports for any day/week/month/year.
• Print reports from the device directly with any Air print supported printer.
• Export reports into PDF and email the PDF report.

Additional Features of the Budget Envelope App -

Despite of its mainstream finance management capabilities, The app also does have many promising features that you can use to store the data securely and sync it very easily with the other devices in your family.

The interface is simple, easy to understand and works very fluently on both Apple iPad & iPhone can be used with all iOS devices.

Its strong capabilities of managing finances, syncing, exporting, printing & emailign PDF reports, Budget Envelope becomes a definite must-have app for those who are sincerely willing to manage money & plan a great monthly/yearly budget.

Cost: $0.99

Ratings – 4.5/5

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HTC One X from the HTC One series has been a much talked about Android based smart phones and Samsung already glamorized the market with Galaxy and now it has come up with the new breed Galaxy S II. Well these both smart phones are quite lucrative and full of exciting features and if this season you are thinking of to buy anyone of them, then let us have a walk to the park and see, which smart phone stands on which strand.

HTC One X Vs Samsung Galaxy SII  Comparison

Form Factor

HTC One X is being framed in 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm as compared to Samsung Galaxy S II which has been composed in the frame size 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm. Comparing the weight of both, One X is just 130gms, compared to 116gms of Galaxy SII. However you will hardly feel the difference of 14gms.

HTC One X is a thin built with decent 3 touch capacitive buttons below the display. Compared to this, Samsung Galaxy holds a bit grand look with brawny built and comes with stylish button with physical centre button and two capacitive touch buttons.

Well over all perceptions says, that HTC is a head in the form factor.

Display Comparison

In terms of display, HTC One X is composed of super IPS LCD 2 capacitive touch display of 4.7 inches and which offers the screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels with the pixel density of 312ppi. Compared to this you will find, 4.3 inches display in Samsung Galaxy SII which offers the 480 x 800 pixels with density of 217ppi.

Both the display offers the multi touch support, sensors like accelerometer, proximity and Gyro sensor which enhance the user experience. Both the displays are also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass displays.

More or less, in terms of display features, both stands on the same strand, however HTC One is ahead in offering the better picture quality with better resolution and pixel density.

Camera Quality:

Galaxy S II and HTC One X, both are powered with 8MP camera, where the maximum resolution is also the same. However you will find HTC One X better than Galaxy, when it comes to other features like dual LED flash, quality of HD and also in terms of software application for enhancing the pics quality. Both have maximum resolution of 3264×2448 pixels, features like LED flash, Geo Tagging, image stabilization, face detection and HD video shoot at 1080p resolution.

Processor, OS and UI:

HTC One X is powered with 1.5 GHz Quad Core processor which is backed by Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, compared to this, Samsung Galaxy comes with 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor which is powered by Mali GPU.

In terms of OS power, HTC is again ahead to Samsung Galaxy S II which is powered with Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 compared to Android 4.0 ICS which powers the HTC One X. If we talk about UI, then Samsung Galaxy SII has TouchWiz 4, while in HTC you will experience the charisma of Sense UI which is popularly known for offering better gaming experience and user friendly UI.

Memory, Connectivity & Battery:

HTC One X comes with 32GB of internal memory which is no more expandable. Samsung Galaxy also comes in 16/32GB variants and it offers the support for expandable memory. Both the smart phones offer quite similar connectivity features with the difference in Bluetooth, where HTC is powered with HTC one X and Samsung comes with 3.0.

HTC One X runs on 1800mAh battery and offers the 10 hrs of talktime on 2G and close to 9 hrs on 3G. Where have Samsung Galaxy SII runs on 1650mAh battery which offers 19 hrs of talk time on 2G and 9 Hrs on 3G.

Verdict

HTC One X is powerful Android based smart phone which has show quality performance in recent times and better quality of experience in all aspects of interaction. Powered with Android 4.0 ICS, HTC One X is no doubt a head from Samsung Galaxy SII which is no doubt less expensive then HTC One X. However Samsung Galaxy SII with decent features is an ideal choice if budget is the constraint.

HTC Evo 4G LTE Android ICS on May 18 for Sprint Customers

Evo 4G LTE composed of 4.7 inches HD display and it offers the charisma of Android 4.0 ICS. It runs on dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor which offers soothing and smooth multitasking performance on Android ICS.

Apart from this it also composed of 8 MP camera which offers decent photography experience.

So, get ready to experience the new breed of Android on Sprint, don’t forget to witness the launch of HTC Evo 4G LTE on 18^th May 2012.

Sprint Tri Fi Hotspot Network

The 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot embedded in this technology is developed by Sierra Wireless and it will support the 3 way data of Sprint network. This device is being priced at USD 149.99, but the good news is that for after the rebate given by the company itself, you can get it in USD 99 for the 2 years service contract. For 3GB of monthly data plan, all you need to pay is just USD 34.99, for 8GB it will be USD 49.99 and for 12 GB you need to bear the cost of USD 79.99.

So, get ready to experience the completely new dimension of networking with Sprint Tri-Fi Hotspot.

“Digital handwriting has been around for decades, but it has never gone mainstream because the hardware and software simply weren’t aligned. Thanks to Penultimate and the iPad, that’s all changing,” said Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote. “For the first time ever, writing on a tablet is really great, which is why we chose this moment to make the acquisition. We have big plans for Penultimate that will both enhance the app and bring more capabilities into Evernote. It’s already the best handwriting app out there, and it’s only just getting started.”

The Penultimate app is designed to resemble a physical notebook. Individuals can use a finger or stylus to take notes wherever they like. The application allows users to choose from a variety of paper types, ink colors and line thicknesses. Notes taken in Penultimate can be saved directly to Evernote with a single tap.

“Technology often distances us from things that feel natural and human. With Penultimate, our goal was to use the most advanced tools to enable something that was at once powerful and familiar,” said Ben Zotto, creator of Penultimate. “I’m thrilled to join the Evernote family. Their vision and expertise will help bring exciting improvements to Penultimate, and together we’ll elevate the importance of handwriting within Evernote.”

Availability

Penultimate is available for $0.99 from the iTunes App Store.

Well, as the name suggest this game is consist of the main character Paddy which is a Leprechaun, who chases the gold coins with us. As paddy becomes more and more smarter in the next levels and game becomes even harder after some time.

The game has really good graphics and becomes addictive really easily and game is really suitable for most of all age groups but your kids will love it for sure because of the cute voice of 12-year-old kid!

The Irish music help this app to get stronger in their market very well. One of my favorite part of the this  unique features is that Paddy the  leprechaun talks to the player in very funny way. Specially when you can’t reach the gold pot he teases you by taunting you!

So, overall the game is simple to understand – You just have to toss the Paddy tot he gold pots and get him most of his gold pots. The game uses really sensitive screen touch function of your iPhone or iPad and it can be very tricky to get to the spot. As you have to apply exact force and direction by using your fingers to reach the gold.

The graphics of the further levels are beautifully done as well and game does include a bonus level which adds in some more fun. But most importantly game takes full advantage of the gaming graphics of your iOS devices and gives you a different and fun experience compared to regular games.

I would like to recommend this app to all of you because its fun, interactive and more than worth for its price.

Cost – $ 0.99

Ratings - 5/5

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