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Tuesday 07 June 2011

New Moto DROID BIONIC Pics Surface [ 07-06-2011 18:49 ]

Author: Serge Novikov Source: Droid-Life Translation by: Paul Smith

You remember the Moto DROID BIONIC back at CES 2011? No? No matter because some new pictures of it have appeared for your viewing pleasure. The pictures show a redesigned handset with a new version of Moto's MOTOBLUR user interface.

The specs are thought to be the same as were previously known, but from the pictures we can see an 8 MP casmera (capable of 1080p HD video recording); a 4.3 inch qHD screen and 4G support on U.S. network Verizon's LTE service.

Sadly no information on a possible release date is yet forthcoming although Moto have previously said the handset would be delayed until the summer so perhaps it is not all that far off?

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FT Bypassing App Store [ 07-06-2011 18:31 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Financial Times via IntoMobile Translation by: Paul Smith

Apple's Spp Store works on the business model of taking a 30% cut from app revenue. It's a system that has worked very well indeed for Apple as the App Store has grown to be the biggest in the world and contributes a hefty sum to Apple's bottom line. Apple have decided to extenbd that business model to subscription content ... subscription content like magazines. The idea is simple enough; magazines can charge customers a subscription price and Apple will take a 30% cut for allowing them to sell their magazines and publications through the App Store.

Some publishers have jumped straight onboard with this idea, publishers like Conde Nast, which operates titles such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ and Wired. Those who don't get onboard with Apple's new model will find that they are no longer welcome in the App Store. That includes The Financial Times, which has decided to not cave in to Apple and go it alone.

To that end they have setup a new website optimised for iOS users: app.ft.com. The idea behind the new site is to bypass the need to use the App Store to get their content to subscribers. The FT will still offer up its app to users until Apple decides to give it the boot. The FT is not being entirely unreasonable in not wanting to share 30% of its revenue with Apple. After all the FT is publishing content on a more rapid basis than app developers, which will involve more work to keep up a more rapid pace of content creation.

Will the FT eventually have to cave in? That will probably depend upon just how successful Apple's new Newsstand service proves to be. If it's success is anything like iTunes then the FT may yet reconsider their position ...

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iOS 5 Jailbroken [ 07-06-2011 18:08 ]

Author: Irina Turina Source: Engadget Translation by: Paul Smith

Well that didn't take long! The picture below shows a beta version of iOS 5 running on a 4th generation iPod Touch. Notivce the Cydia and iSSH icons. Yes it is indeed jailbroken. The obvious inference to be taken from this is that iOS 5 isn't throwing up any major issues for jailbreakers using the limera1n exploit. That's a bootrom exploit by the way, which Apple apparently can't patch on the iPod Touch.