The Nokia Lumia 900 is likely to launch in March, although an exact launch date has not been announced just yet. What we do know is that the device is actually up for pre-order over at Microsoft retail stores.
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Over the last 24 hours some details of the new Windows Phone 8 operating system have appeared online. The info comes from PocketNow and goes over a number of things such as the hardware as well as integrating with the Windows 8 operating system and how the whole eco system will connect together.
The Square card reader is a device that allows stores to accept card payments on an iPhone. The reader attaches to a headphone jack of an iPhone and allows the card to be scanned in to an iPhone which runs an app that sets the price and accepts the payment.
T-Mobile is beginning to offer the Square card reader at the point of purchase to business owners who subscribe to a particular plan on the network.
Pictured below is what has been codenamed the BlackBerry London. The picture was found amongst some slides recently and shows the device as it presently could look. A previous image found late last year showed a more angular type device similar in looks to the P'9981 from Porsche design.
Rumours have started circulating again about the future of the iPhone and the next generation model. It is currently being called the iPhone 5 which is quite possible although some argue it could be the iPhone 6. Either way, that's not too important right now.
What the latest rumours say is that the iPhone 5 will not have a tear-drop design, but that it will have a 4 inch screen and be slightly taller and slightly wider than the current iPhone 4S. We also hear that Apple will be switching back to a summer launch for the device.
Samsung is rumoured to be launching the Galaxy SIII in April this year which will follow an announcement made at Mobile World Congress this February.
As we have seen with the previous Galaxy S models, we can expect some high-end specs and a very sleek device. Lets take a look at the rumoured specs of the device. Also note that the image below is just a concept of what it could look like.
The LG X3 is a quad-core smartphone that is scheduled to be launched in 2012. The device is expected to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich when it launches and will have a large 4.7 inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
A new jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 has been released. This one comes from the Chronic Dev Team along with pod2g. The jailbreak is based on Greenpois0n and is called Absinthe A5.
Last week, various blogs reported that Singapore operator M1, was about to launch an iPhone 4S without a camera. The reason for it is related to the military in that country prohibiting the use of mobile phones with cameras. To get around that regulation, M1 has removed the cameras from the iPhone 4S and is selling it without. With the modifications, the iPhone 4S is now approved for use.
It appears that the iPhone 4S jailbreak will be released in the next few days. The release will also be compatible with the iPad 2. The iPhone Dev Team has announced that some streamlining of the Corona A5 Jailbreak is all that is needed to be done before it launches.
A new tweak called Overflow is now available for iOS devices that have been jailbroke. Overflow is a Cover Flow style tweak to the dock of an iPad or an iPhone as pictured below.
AT&T [T] has changed pricing on its data plans. These new plans cover all tablets and smartphones. Pricing starts at $20/month which gives 300MB/month. Upping that to $30/Month you'll get 3GB of data which is likely to be a plan that most opt for. Finally, for those even more consuming users there's also a $50/month price plan which gives 5GB of data.
