The HTC One X has already been released and was available in the US, but stock was limited. The EVO 4G LTE was due to hit stores on May 18th. Both are now shown as out of stock and will be until this can get resolved.

“The US availability of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed due to a standard U.S. Customs review of shipments that is required after an ITC exclusion order. We believe we are in compliance with the ruling and HTC is working closely with Customs to secure approval. The HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE have been received enthusiastically by customers and we appreciate their patience as we work to get these products into their hands as soon as possible.”

The HTC One X was announced months back, had been available in Europe, so it should have be clear to all parties if HTC were still in violation. This could be a simple misunderstanding or something much more.

Source: Phonescoop via Everything Android

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Commenting on the thought of new display for the iPhone was Nobuo Kurahasi, a securities analyst for Misuho Investors.

A new iPhone with a larger screen wouldn’t necessarily mean that Apple is making changes to its products because of what rivals are doing. The smartphone market has become diverse, but the iPhone still sets the agenda,” with the whole industry watching Apple’s every move, he said. He said that the iPhone’s strength lies in the overall experience including its user interface and applications, and the screen’s size wouldn’t be its defining feature. If Apple ever released a lower-priced iPhone, that would be more of a sign that the changing market environment is beginning to affect the company,” he added.

Kurahasi makes plenty of sense here. This move is more about the iPhone and less about competition from giant phones. If that were the case, we’d be seeing 4.8-inch or 5-inch displays. Having the biggest display on a smartphone doesn’t translate into sales. Sales is a result of pushing out a product that combines great software with solid hardware. Having a 3.5-inch display on iPhones hasn’t exactly dulled sales figures.

WSJ: Apple to begin production on 4-inch plus iPhone next month is an article from everythingiCafe.

Sorkin is best known for his work on The West Wing and blockbuster movies including A Few Good Men,  The American President and more recently The Social Network and Moneyball. (IMDB)

It’s lining up for there to be two movies about Jobs. The other movie, tentatively titled ‘Get Inspired‘, will star Ashton Kutcher.

If you could only see one, which one would it be? No contest, right?

ARON SORKIN TO ADAPT “STEVE JOBS” FOR SONY PICTURES
–Film to be Based on Walter Isaacson’s Best Selling Biography of Late Apple Co-Founder-

CULVER CITY, Calif., May 15, 2012 – Academy Award® winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin will adapt Steve Jobs, a motion picture based on the best-selling biography of the legendary Apple co-founder by award-winning journalist Walter Isaacson, it was announced today by Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Doug Belgrad, President of Columbia Pictures. The project is being produced by Mark Gordon, Scott Rudin and Guymon Casady.

Published late last year, Steve Jobs was Amazon’s best-selling book of 2011. In addition, the biography ranked #1 among bestselling hardcover books by a 2:1 margin, with sales of 2,246,569 in 2011, according to Publisher’s Weekly.
Commenting on the announcement, Pascal said, “Steve Jobs’ story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time. There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen than Aaron Sorkin; in his hands, we’re confident that the film will be everything that Jobs himself was: captivating, entertaining, and polarizing.”

AARON SORKIN won the Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Social Network. His other screenplays includeMoneyball, Charlie Wilson’s War, The American President, Malice, and A Few Good Men. He has also acquired the motion picture rights to The Politician, the best-selling book by Andrew Young about the downfall of former Senator John Edwards. He will adapt the book and make his directorial debut with the film, which he will also produce. For television, Sorkin created “The West Wing,” “Sports Night,” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” He is currently in production on the HBO series “The Newsroom,” which is scheduled to premiere on June 24, 2012. For the stage, Sorkin wrote “A Few Good Men” and “Making Movies”; he returned to Broadway in 2007 with “The Farnsworth Invention.” Sorkin will return to the theater and make his Broadway debut as a librettist with the 2013-2014 production of “Houdini.” Based on the life of legendary magician Harry Houdini, the musical will star Hugh Jackman and will feature music and lyrics by Oscar and Grammy winner Stephen Schwartz.

About Sony Pictures:Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; a global channel network; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of entertainment in more than 159 countries. For additional information, go tohttp://www.sonypictures.com/

Source: Slashfilm

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Preventing Phone Spam
When you receive an unsolicited text or advertisement, then you are the unfortunate victim of phone spam. According to AT&T, a large portion of these messages are sent from the Internet to your iPhone, so they are actually sent via an email message. They provide a free service with an assortment of blocking options. Once you sign up, you can make changes to the following:

• Email delivery control: You can select ‘Block all text messages sent to you as email’ and/or ‘Block all multimedia messages sent to you as email‘.

Allow, Disallow Lists
You can create your own list of email addresses you’d like to either whitelist (Allow list) or blacklist. This can be extended to block any messages from a particular domain using the format domain.com.

Verizon
Sign into myVerizon and you can access Verizon Safeguards. Here you will find a tab for Internet Spam Blocking. They allow up to 15 email addresses. You can also block all text message sent from the web and/or block all text messages sent from email.

Sprint
To stop Internet Spam in its tracks, send one of the following applicable texts to 9999.

• block 
• block 
• block email

How to block your crazy ex
There is a good chance that you’ve stumbled upon this article in an attempt to block messages from your crazy ex-girlfriend (or boyfriend). There are no apps in the App Store and nothing within Message that allows for this function. If you are running stock iOS, then your only option is to purchase a plan from your wireless carrier.

AT&T Wireless
AT&T offers an option called Smart Limits for Wireless, which runs $4.99 per month. It offers a host of features, but most notably the ability to block incoming, outgoing calls and text messages. This feature supports up to 30 numbers. It’s intended to be more of a parental control, but these enhanced features will prevent harassing text or phone calls.

Verizon
One of the benefits of having Verizon Wireless as your carrier is the ability to block calls and messages without an additional fee. If you have a family plan, the numbers can be blocked across all lines. Sign into myVerizon and select I want to… “Block Calls and Messages” and enter up to (5) phone numbers.

Sprint
They handle blocking through the use of shortcodes. Here’s how to block SMS messages on Sprint.

Text block XXX-XXX-XXXX (remove the dashes) to 9999.

If it goes through, you should receive the following message.
SprintFreeMsg: block: Text messages to and from “XXXXX” are now blocked.

Tip: By sending help to 9999, you’ll receive a help message from Sprint on how to use assorted shortcodes.

iBlacklist
If you are jailbroken and don’t mind the investment of $12, there’s been plenty good said about iBlacklist and it’s ability to prevent incoming calls and messages. It works similar to AT&T’s allow/disallow list, but it does so with phone numbers and not just email addresses.

Whatever your reason for blocking SMS messages from hitting your iPhone, there are a number of options to help safeguard you from receiving unwelcome texts. Depending upon your carrier, these options could be either paid or free. While the App Store doesn’t provide any solutions, jailbroken iPhones can pay a one time fee of $8 for iBlacklist, which might be advantageous to those looking to skirt extra monthly fees charged by AT&T for this type of service.

How to block SMS messages on iPhone is an article from everythingiCafe.

Several sources suggest Apple will use iOS 6 to introduce their own mapping application, thus ending the long relationship with Google. Since the advent of the iPhone, Maps had always been powered by Google Maps. Recent acquisitions of mapping companies signified that a change would happen at some point and it appears that will be in iOS 6. With so many applications developed to interact with Google Maps, it will be interesting to see how much legwork developers will have to do in order to become fully compatible with iOS 6.

Source: 9to5mac

iOS 6 showing up in App Store developer usage logs is an article from everythingiCafe.

Using the G/F2 design will help reduce costs and will also make the iPad Mini thinner than previous iPad models since it will have one less layer of film than the G/F/F (glass/film/film) structure, according to sources. The G/F2 structure places the electrode on the top and bottome ends of the ITO film, which will then be laminated onto the cover glass.

On the scale of rumors, this one doesn’t sound terribly far fetched. If Apple is to find a way to release an iPad mini priced between $200 and $250, they are going to need to find a way to cut costs, without changing the iPad experience.

Source: DigiTimes

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Background
You may have heard of Autocad, a leading architecting and engineering 2D and 3D modeling software.  The same makers are the creators behind 123D Catch for iPad.  This intensely simple app will create draw dropping 3 Dimensional Sculptures.  These aren’t the 360 panoramics everyone has seen time and time again.  Instead of photographing around yourself to create a 360 degree view as you would see it, you will photograph an object in order to explore it from various angles.

First Launch
The first time you open up 123D Catch, you will be greeted by an introductory video.  This is followed by a sample of a dinosaur for you to play with.  You can then hit next in the top right of the screen and you will be taken to a page which has a set of examples preloaded.  On the bottom left is an “i”symbol.  This will show four options.  About will take you to a legal type agreement, Help will bring up a few page tutorial, Getting Started will show the video again, and Support will take you to the app creator’s website.

Let’s Play with Examples
Before performing your own capture, it’s a good idea to play with a few of the preloaded examples in order to get a feel for how to navigate a finished product.  Two fingers will drag the model around, while one finger will pan around it.  Two finger expands will enlarge the image and vise-versa.  After you have had your fill of playing around lets create a capture.

Creating a Capture
To start this process, click on the New Capture Button in the middle bottom of the screen.  This will take you through the tutorial automatically the first time.  It’s a good idea to read through as you can prevent making some mistakes that may cause your model to render with issues.  When finished the tutorial, you will have the entire screen open.  Even though there is a large camera button on the right of the screen, you can push anywhere to take a picture.  You picture tally will show on the bottom left.  When the capture is complete, push Finish Capture on the bottom right.  You can also cancel your capture at any point by pushing the back button on the bottom left.

Processing in the Cloud
This is the most brilliant part of the app if you ask me.   Anyone familiar with 3 dimensional wire diagrams or video rendering knows it’s highly processor intensive.  So much so, that I doubt the iPad’s hardware would be able to handle such a task.  That’s why Autodesks cloud method is so brilliant.  Basically, your set of pictures are sent to their servers which do have the technical capability to process your model.  This takes the grunt work off of your iPad and onto their servers.  Once the model is completed, it’s delivered back to your iPad at which time you are notified of completion.  I have found the whole process takes around 3-5 minutes depending on the amount of photos taken.

Sign In and Community
Having some kind of account is a requirement for Autodesk to process your model.  They offer a range of options to use such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Windows ID, and even their own.

There is a Community option on the top menu.  This is great because, what good is making a 3D model if you have no one to share it with. Here you can see other peoples captures by Popular, Features, Latest, and even a MyCorner option.  This option will allow you to see friend’s captures (should you be signed in using a social network) and also show yours.  It is fun to check out what other’s have made – even though you must download their models to your device before you can view them.

How Well Does it Work? – Overall
It works fantastically well.  Of course it is not going to be perfect every time, but the quality to which it is able to stitch the photos together is amazing.  Especially for being a free app!  I have made a few models of friends, chairs, tissue boxes and more.  It is one of those apps that will just wow someone.  It is almost like seeing your friends or yourself turned into a video game 3D model.  The idea of processing in the cloud is genius, the models are fun to use and create, and the app is free.  Put these together and you have a 10/10 app!

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• Apple’s policy on out of warranty iPhones
• Facebook app is kinda poop
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While some might consider a score in the eighties to be low, no companies have reached that plateau. HTC, Nokia, LG achieved a score of 75, having never reached a score above 80.

Also measured was consumer satisfaction of wireless carriers, where Sprint was the leader with a index score of 71. Verizon, who has seen a steady decline, is now at 70. Satisfaction at AT&T and T-Mobile  was 69. The industry has seen a decline overall, save for AT&T who saw a .5% increase.

People lover their iPhones, but their not crazy about their wireless carrier. Unfortunately, you cannot have one without the other.

Source: ACSI via Wired

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Message navigation
You can now navigate all your mailbox messages simply by swiping up and down. When switching from a conversation to another, you’ll see a special separator clearly showing you’re swiping to a new conversation.

Edit and create folder/labels
You can now rename, create, delete all your labels and folders straight from within the app.

Landscape composing
You can now compose messages in landscape mode.

Fluent in 9 languages
Sparrow now speaks English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, and Chinese.

One of the big drawbacks to Sparrow is the lack of support for push, which had been working in a previous version using an API that was outside of the developer guidelines. The developer attempted to curry support from customers in an campaign to convince Apple to make an exception. Apple refused to allow use of the VoIP privilege. A future update is planned, but the implementation of push will require customers to have a yearly subscription. No word yet on what this will cost.

SparrowSparrowUtilities$ 2.99Download

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