If its iphone you own then it must be jailbreaked unless you want to buy each and every application from the istore. Moreover there are better and diverse applications available for jailbreaked iphone and that too for free. The latest OS is 3.0 and now is the time to jailbreak this new OS and here is a tiny little tool that can do the job for you.

This tool is called Purplera1n and is developed by George Hotz or GeoHot. It should work with any windows but it certainly does not support the latest windows 7. So if you want to jailbreak your new OS then make sure you have another OS than 7 and have latest itunes installed in your pc. If you are reading this post then I assume that you know what jailbreaking actually is however in case you don’t know in a jailbreaked iphone you can install unofficial applications which are not approved by apple. There are many third party installers and cyndia can be used to install them

Coming back to the jailbreaking part, to jailbreak with Purplera1n there is nothing much you are required to do. Just connect your phone and run the software and click on “make it ra1n” button and everything else will be taken care of automatically.

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Mobile phones as we know are vulnerable to theft. This is mainly due to there small size. But now the fear of getting your mobile phone stolen should subside by the anti-theft utilities. These mobile phone utilities are able to track and recover your stolen mobile phone.

iLocalis is one of the best anti-theft utility for mobile phones. It can trace your mobile phone and using this application you can even remote control your mobile device. This mobile device is Apple iPhone. This applications can be searched from Cydia on your iPhone. The search results will come up with iLocalis Daemon package. All you need to do is to install this package on your iPhone.

After installing the package the first thing you need is to get your iPhone registered. It is only after registeration that you can login to the application. This will bring the main menu on the screen. There is a option My Location, that will give you the details about how long that location was taken. It will also show you the google map, showing the exact time and date of location and will give you an estimate of distance of that location with the present in meters.

You can even control this application via iLocalis.com, this makes it even more special. At this link, when you login yourself, you will be able to see your last 20 locations. You can even turn the iLocalis tracking off or on, make a remote phone call, activate call forwading, see the battery percentage of your iPhone, show message box, send an sms or edit your iLocalis settings.

This application, thus can trace your iPhone and allow you to operate it from remote place. The main features of iLocalis are summarized as follows:
• Location tracking.
• You can share your location with others
• You can remote control your iPhone
• Send SMS to your friends for free

IF you currently own a Chinese mobile phone then it’s time to throw it away unless you don’t get a new IMEI number from the government by paying a minimal cost of Rs.199, this also includes tax. If you don’t do that, according to the new rules laid down by the Indian government your phone will stop working with all the service provides.

This new program is called GII which stands for Genuine IMEI implementation program. However if you are already thinking of getting rid of your chineese phone then you may skip this program because either way you are not going to use the phone. To get to know more about the authorized centers you can call in your customer care.

Some facts about IMEI numbers

IMEI number is unique for each and every phone and it’s necessary to identify the make and the model of the phone. Just like you have a different mac address and different driving license number, the same way every phone has a unique IMEI number. To check the IMEI number you can press *#06#. If you want to verify the integrity of the phone, you can verify the IMEI number by sending a message “IMEI <15 digit IMEI No.> to 53232.

The government and the IMEI number issuing authorities have assigned many shops that are licensed to provide you a new IMEI number. Check with the customer care to know more about these shops.

Idou the new phone by Sony Ericsson is a 12 megapixel camera phone with Xenon flash. The phone is on the lines of Xperia, but is powered by Symbian foundation OS. The phone has 3.5inch touch screen with 16:9 aspect ratio. The mobile is expected to be launched by the company this summer.

The mobile was unveiled at Mobile World Congress held earlier this year. The mobile is expected to be launched by the name of Satio. The phone has a in built 12.1 megapixel camera. The mobile is expected to be available in three colors – Black, Silver and Bordeaux.

The mobile phone is finished with metallic materials that re-inforce the feeling of solidity. The idou will include Sony Ericsson’s media bar and music player. The homescreen of the mobile has been customized with Sony Ericsson Style and is similar to Sony Ericsson’s W960.

The mobile will provide you with 3rd generation of mobile networks. This enables fast data transfer speeds, easy access to the world of audio and video streaming, surfing, multimedia messaging and email where ever you go. Now you can quickly and easily send and retrieve files. Satio also offers lots of other features like Wi-Fi, 3G, a GPS chip, Bluetooth etc. You can enjoy high definition games and play many 3D games on this phone.

The phone specifications are:
Dimensions 112.0 x 55.0 x 13.0 mm
Weight 126gm
Display 360×640 pixel, 16,777,216 color TFT touch screen
Memory 128MB internal, expandable up to 16GB
Camera 12MP with autofocus, xenon flash and video LED flash
OS Symbian Series 60, 5th edition
Connectivity GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, Bluetooth, USB
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1000 mAh

“The wide got wider”. Confused??? The wide screen of your mobile got wider. Yes the new phone by Toshiba TG01 gives you a 4.1 inch wide screen. The TG01 has a vast 4.1-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touch screen. The news of the launch of TG01 came five months ago and now Toshiba is all set to release its new Windows Mobile Smartphone into the market.
TG01 by Toshiba will be released on 9th July of this year in UK. The phone is already in sale in Spain, Japan and Germany and will be released all over the Asia and Europe soon. The 9mm thin handset will give you the best quality picture on the screen as said by one of the officials of the company. The Smartphone is called by the name of Snapdragon because of its 4.1 inch wide WVGA touch screen.

Toshiba’s TG01 runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS with Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD2850 processor of 1GHz frequency. This makes the phone faster than any other phone currently present in the market. The phone has 3D features too. It also supports the Divx files too.
The phone will come in resistive rather than capacitive touch screen. There is no stylus silo in the handset, but the company officials confirmed that a stylus would be present in the retail box itself. The phone looks similar to the iPhone as it has minimum hardware controls. With 1GHz processor the Snapdragon chipset should be able to support many of the mobile games.

The demo of TG01 handset shows that video and games runs very smoothly with slick and high resolution even in the less lighting environment. It is still to be discovered if there is a TV out feature in the phone.
The phone is just 9mm thin, slimmer than iPhone 3G and Touch HD. TG01 has a soft-touch plastic casing, with a chromed strip running around the edges. The phone also has some quick launch keys for camera, volume and power. The phone has 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus. But it lacks a flash for it. Phone has a microUSB port.
The various means of data transfer available in the phone are GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSCSD, WLAN, Bluetooth and USB. The phone has internal 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM. The internal memory can by expanded up to 16GB. The phone will be released in white and black colors. The phone offers 27 hours of standby and 5 hours of talktime.

Here is a new candy bar mobile phone for you “Motorola i465”. This is the first mobile phone with Push-to-talk capabilities. Motorola i465 is a full QWERTY messaging phone. The phone is recently launched by the Sprint Nextel, the 3rd largest wireless provider in the world. The mobile is also known as Motorola Clutch.

This is Motorola’s first mobile phone that combines push-to-talk capability with the convenience of QWERTY keypad. This is a rugged handset. It combines a familiar design and military-tough durability. This gadget meets the military specifications like high and low temperatures, shock, dust, 810F for low pressure, vibration and solar radiation.
Motorola clutch is best suited to those who are hardcore lovers of text and talk. This phone uses Nextel’s class-leading push-to-talk network which features a new kind of text messaging service. Group Messaging, as it’s called, takes advantage of the Nextel Direct network’s strengths - allowing for instant text-communications with a large group.

“The QWERTY keyboard of Motorola i465 gives its user a better way to communicate with friends, family and colleagues. By combining push-to-talk with text messaging, customers will have two of the most efficient ways to get business done wirelessly,” said Danny Bowman, Sprint’s President of iDEN Business Unit.
The mobile phone comes with a VGA digital camera capable of taking both still pictures and video recordings. It has GPS functionality, Bluetooth and third-party applications. Some of the features of the Motorola Clutch are as follows:
• 1.79 inch TFT display with 64k colors and 128 x 160 pixels
• Band= 800/900 MHz
• Dimensions=54 mm x 112.8mm x 14.9mm
• Weight= 96g/3.4oz
• Threaded messaging, MMS, email
• 20MB of internal memory
• VGA camera, 300k resolution with 4x zoom
• Full QWERTY candybar keypad
• Bluetooth, Micro USB, 5-pole
• Talk time: up to 205 minutes
• Stand by time: up to 100 hours

These days the Windows mobiles are in much hype. So Samsung declares to start the shipment of its some mobiles of Omnia family earlier than the decided time. The Omnia family announced by the Samsung included Omnia II(I8000), Omnia PRO B7610, Omnia PRO B7320, and Omnia LITE (B7300). These mobile phone will beef up Samsung’s leadership in the smartphone market.
The Smartphones will not only be launched earlier but will cost less than expected. The Omnia II is expected to hit the market latest by August this year and Omnia PRO B7610 are expect to hit the market even earlier i.e by July end this. These mobile are featured by cutting-edge technology.

The retail price of Omni II is suggested to be around 549 Euros and for that of Omnia PRO B7610 to be around 499 Euros.
The Omnia II is a communicator. This Smartphone will feature Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. It has a crystal clear WVGA display with 3.7 inches AMOLED display. The phone offeres unbeaten clarity under dayligh conditions.
The Omnia PRO B7610 is touch screen slider phone with 3.5 inches AMOLED display. It has a full QWERTY keypad. The phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. The phone offers 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.
This Omnia B7610 is an HSDPA capable device. This downloadable speed of the device may vary between 3.6 Mbps to 7.2 Mbps. The Omnia PRO B7610 can play back most of media files including MP3, Windows Media and DivX formats.

Omnia PRO B7610

Samsung has used 800MHz processor for Omnia PRO B7610. So the mobile will be faster than HTC Touch PRO2 a 528MHz processor mobile by HTC. The large display by the omnia family by samsung will be ideal for web browsing.
Although Windows Mobile 6.5 OS is not available till october but it is expected that Samsung will offer a free upgrade of OS from Windows Mobile 6.1 OS to Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. It is just few weeks left for us to wait for the Smartphones by Samsung.

Nokia’s N97 has got its first firmware update 11.0.021. Just after one month to the official release of the mobile, the first firmware of N97 has come. The new update for the mobile will be avialable in most of the countries. The new firmware promises to fix many bugs and make your mobile more effective in the competing world.

To get the latest firmware you need to have Nokia Software Update or you can get it Over-The-Air. The new firmware will bring a lot of changes and it contains many fixes. There were issues relating to occasional freezing and in-call volume being too low by some owners. It is expected that this firmware will be able to fix these kind of issues and many more.
Nokia official say that software stability, USB detection, imaging, email, widget stability and display transitions are most like to improve by the new firmware. The new firmware also downloads the Ovi client to the mobile phone automatically for Nokia’s side project. The easiest way to get the new firmware is to download it by using a good Nokia Software Updater and apply it through a USB connection.
The salient features of the new firmware are:
• It fixes the USB detection error.
• It has home screen online/offline widget crash fix.
• It has Ovi store client.
• It fixes the browsers to improve the widgets stability.
• It has partial fix for Messaging/calendar entry lost.
• It contains mail for exchange calendar entry synchronization error fix.
• It has new improved widget UI.
• It has fix for alphabetical and number input.
• It has a fix for Slow Touch UI response.
• It comes with many UI transitions fixes.
• It has many stability improvements.
• It comes with thumbnail improvements.
• It has new version of AccuWeather to improve the “Connection error” situation.
• It has many JAVA fixes as well.

It’s good news for the Nokia E75 users. Today Nokia launched it IM messaging application for its E75 mobile phone. Nokia beta laboratories launched a messaging application which is an upgraded version of the existing messaging application in E75 but with IM capability. This is basically Nokia Messaging, the Email Client, with new IM capabilities.

This application with IM capability offers a desktop-like IM experience on your mobile phone. With this IM application we you can stay connected to your friends and family. By this application you can save your conversation and it also allows you to login invisibly. This IM application makes E75 to be the first ever mobile phone with a lifetime subscription to the messaging service.
The new IM application for Nokia E75 works well with Yahoo Messenger and Ovi accounts too. This will make a new shift in the mobile messaging. This will support various communities. The new up gradation for the existing messaging for E75 will encourage the beta labs to work for the other Nokia mobiles too.

The key features of the new application are as follows:
• This application enables you to chat on Yahoo messenger and Ovi communities.
• You can quickly navigate through multiple conversations across different communities.
• This gives familiar and integrated community experience.
• With this you can see your Ovi friends’ avatars and even set your own.
• This enables you to save conversations to remember your chat sessions.
• Using this you can rapidly set your status and availability, and you can login invisibly and choose who you want to talk to.
• This provides background notifications of new IMs for true multitasking on your phone.

One of the most awaited Android phone is now on sales in Germany by Samsung. Samsung I7500 is the new mobile phone launched by the company. The mobile has been put on sales only in Germany right now and the sales is expected to spread all over the globe in the coming months.

Samsung I7500 also known as Galaxy is a 5 megapixel camera phone. This is the first phone powered by Google that comes with a much improved multimedia skills. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.

The touch screen phone enables its user to access the full suite of Google services. These include Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Search, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. The GPS receiver in the mobile will let the user know its exact Location and Latitude. This receiver will give a detailed route description with the street view to its user. A preinstalled application Wikitude will act as a mobile travel guide. It allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.

The new phone by Samsung comes with latest multimedia features. It has 3.2” HVGA (320×480) AMOLED display. The touch experience of the phone makes it more enjoyable. One can enjoy his/her favorite videos at just one touch. The phone supports various multimedia codec formats. The phone comes in slim and compact design with just 11.9mm thickness.

To have a look at a video of the Samsung Galaxy click here.

The specifications of the phone are:

• Dimensions: 115 x 56 x 11.9 mm.
• Weight: 119 g.
• Display: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches screen.
• Memory: 8 GB storage, 128 MB RAM expandable up to 16 GB.
• Camera: 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels with autofocus and LED flash.
• Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, MicroUSB, 3.5mm ear jack.
• Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV.
• Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA.
• Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1440 mAh.