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Here is a great new iPhone application from Black Arc Studios. The application is called Thor’s Hammer and it lets the user wield the almighty power of the god of thunder. The application has over 30 different special effects and Im sure it would be a fun buy for kids.
Thor’s Hammer’s key effects include:
- Motionless, the hammer crackles, hinting at the immense power within
- Sway your hammer gently to build up charges!
- Swipe up/down once to set your hammer into a tumultuous rage!
- Swipe left/right to spin your hammer and build up some momentum!
- Thrust your hammer forward/downward to unleash the God Blast!
- Flick your iPhone/iPod touch left or right to pound your nemesis!
- Swing your device to hurl divine justice on your foes!
- Your hammer returns swiftly when you draw it back!
You can check out more information on the application here or download the app here ($0.99).
Have you ever wondered how Green the iPhone is? Well you can now find out.
via Geekaphone
According to Reuters, Foxconn are planning to invest up to $12 billion in manufacturing facilities in Brazil.
The Brazilian government is studying Foxconn’s investment plan, President Dilma Rousseff told reporters during a visit to Beijing, where she is meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
“You’ve got an ample range of investments that go from $300 to $400 million to $12 billion over 5 to 6 years in the case of Foxconn,” Rousseff said, speaking of discussions Brazil’s government is having with various technology companies.
“They’re proposing a partnership. They came to us and said we want to invest in Brazil.”
Foxconn has been in discussions about this investment for the past three months and it is expected that something will be finalised very soon.
Does this mean that we will be seeing iPad’s and iPhone’s with made in Brazil writing on the back?
BabbleOn has just released their free smartphone application for iPhone, Android and Blackberry.
“An application like BabbleOn is the next step in the social media arena, and will certainly revolutionize the way we communicate online,” said Michael Mills, President and founder of BabbleOn. “This application will break down the walls of social media communication and allow users to create voice messages for all to actually hear. For instance, you can sing Happy Birthday to your sister who lives across the country, record your baby’s first words, tell all your friends all at once you just got engaged or just update your status… the possibilities are endless and more efficient and satisfying than typing a message.”
Using the App is just as easy. Simply log on to your Facebook account through the BabbleOn App, press and hold the talk bubble to record then choose to post your message either to your wall or your friend’s wall on Facebook. The BabbleOn App includes:
- Simple and intuitive user interface.
- Ability to listen to your babble (recorded message) to determine whether you delete and start over again before posting to Facebook.
- Provides full access to your friends list on Facebook.
- Add custom text to babbles.
BabbleOn Technologies Inc. plans to expand the BabbleOn App with the upcoming launch of the online BabbleOn Community (www.BabbleOn.com). The website will allow users to follow friends, celebrities or products and see what all the babble is about as well as mingle and voice opinions on various topics via their computer or smartphone.
There has been a lot of talk lately about the iPhone 5. We have posted most of the iPhone 5 rumours here. However, this morning some sites are claiming that the iPhone 5 wont be launched until 2012. We already know that WWDC is going to be an all software affair this year, thus no iPhone 5. The WWDC is scheduled for June, but then according to other reports the iPhone 5 will be released in September.
According to Chinese sources, it had been rumored to be announced for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011. iPhone 5, it does not begin to manufacture the parts, the launch seems to be lost in fiscal 2012.
Chinese manufacturing sources tend not to be wrong, thus Im pretty sure we can now expect the iPhone 5 at the beginning of 2012.
There have been so many different rumours about the iPhone 5. Here is a quick infographic to let everyone know what the rumours have been so far.
What rumours do you think are going to come true?
Snowbreeze 2.3 beta 3 was just released today and already thousands of people worldwide are using this method. Here is a quick tutorial on how to tethered jailbreak your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad using iOS 4.3.
- Download Sn0wbreeze 2.3b3 for Windows
- Make sure you have iTunes and iOS 4.3 on your device.
- Start Sn0wbreeze 2.3 beta 3
- Click the Browse button to select iOS 4.3.ipsw file for your iOS device
- Once the .ipsw has been identified, click next arrow to proceed
- To start creating your custom iOS 4.3 firmware, select the “Expert Mode”, followed by “Build IPSW” option
- Once it has been cooked you will see the Done message
- Sn0wbreeze 2.3b3 willow instruct you on how to enter DFU mode.
Have you ever wanted to turn your iPhone into a miniature pinball machine? Well now you can! The Pinball Magic case holds an iPod touch or an iPhone and comes with a free pinball app that you play with actual physical controls on the case.
The Pinball Magic features side flippers and even a plunger. All power for the Pinball Magic comes directly from the iPod or iPhone. The only down side is that is costs around $65.
via Mobilefun
Over the past year Im sure there has been an arguement on whether to choose an Android phone or an iPhone pretty much every minute. Here is some new research from Blaze that concluded that webpages loaded faster on Android devices compared to iPhone.
Poor old Steve Jobs has always mentioned the speed of iOS, but in fact they need to step it up a gear.
Blaze ran over 43,000 tests and the research was very conclusive. Real phones were used, connecting to real websites and measured using custom-built agents designed to measure page load speed.
Will you now be more interested in getting an Android phone?
There have been a lot of reports out of China that the Apple iPhone 5 will have an aluminium casing. The reports make a lot of sense, because Apple are having a lot of issues with scratching, difficulties of painting white and weight of glass.
Additionally, the move to the aluminium case would mean that Apple would be totally ditching the current external antenna design. The iPhone 5 is also said to have the new Apple A5 processor and will likely be announced in June/July.
