Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is designed to run on phones and tablets that don’t have physical buttons. Instead, the Home, Menu, and Back buttons are on-screen icons that automatically rotate when you change your grip on the screen. For some reason Google decided to do away with the dedicated Search button though. Originally the search button was a key component of any Android… Read more »

Siri is one of the most talked-about features of the new iPhone 4S. Sure, Apple’s latest phone also has a dual core processor which offers better performance than the chips found in the iPhone 4 or the latest iPod touch. But Apple’s new voice-assist service which lets you ask your phone questions — and get real answers is the show-stopping feature that makes the iPhone 4S… Read more »

You know how some iPhone apps which aren’t optimized for the iPad’s larger display can be run in a small window in the center of your iPad? Independent developer Aaron Ash decided to go one step further and see if he could run two iPhone apps side by side on an iPad. Surprisingly, the answer is yes. He’s working on an app that will let… Read more »

Every time Apple releases a new version of iOS hackers start looking for ways to jailbreak it — but usually not without issuing warnings. If you rely on a carrier unlocking utility, for instance, you typically need to wait a while before you can upgrade to a new version of the iPhone operating system or you may lose the ability to make calls on your… Read more »

While Android smartphone makers seem to be involved in an arms race to see which company can produce the phone with the largest screen, a group of independent developers may have the winning strategy. They plan to release an app soon which will effectively turn a 3G capable iPad into an enormous phone. The PhoneItiPad will be available from the Cydia store soon, allowing you to… Read more »

Netflix finally released an Android app yesterday allowing subscribers to stream thousands of movies and TV shows to their mobile devices. The bad news is that for now only 5 phones are officially supported. The good news? If you have a rooted Android device it’s not that hard to trick the Netflix app into working on your phone. Bear in mind, there’s a reason Netflix… Read more »

Well that didn’t take long. Yesterday a pre-release version of the firmware for the upcoming HTC Sensation smartphone was leaked. Today xda-developers forum member capychimp released a custom ROM for the HTC Desire HD based on the new software. That means the ROM comes with HTC Sense 3.0, a new version of HTC’s custom Android software including new apps, widgets and 3D animations. You might… Read more »

The iPhone Dev Team has released an updated version of ultrasn0w which allows AT&T users who have already unlocked their iPhones for use with different wireless carriers to upgrade to iOS 4.3.1 without losing the carrier unlock. The latest tool isn’t designed to work with newer phones with the latest basebands. Instead it’s designed to let users who have already unlocked their phones upgrade to… Read more »

Need to clean up some storage space on your Android phone? You might want to think about moving some apps from main memory to your storage card. If you’re running Android 2.2 and up, many apps include an option that lets you move them manually to the storage card — but other apps do not. For instance, Adobe Flash Player 10.2 insists on hanging out… Read more »

Usually when a developer releases a new version of an iPhone app, it comes with new features, bug fixes, or other enhancements. But sometimes updates remove features, add annoying advertisements, or make other unpleasant changes. If you’re avoiding updating some of your apps, but tired of seeing them show up in the App Store on your device (and tired of avoiding the “Update All” button,… Read more »