Unlocked LG Optimus 2x ready for preorder, sets you back 499 quid

For those of you eager to get hands on the new LG Optimus 2x featuring the Tegra 2 SoC, now is your chance to get one step closer to the superphone for just 499 pounds.

The UK retailer Expansys has put the Tegra 2-packing beast on their site ready to be preordered. It’s going to cost you £499.99 (about 602 euro) and is expected to come knocking on your door on February 21st.

The LG Optimus 2x superphone features the hyped 1Ghz dual-core Tegra 250 system-on-a-chip and runs Android 2.2, upgradable to 2.3 Gingerbread.

MeeGo Ported To Nexus S [Video]

Developer Steven Troughton-Smith recently managed to run MeeGo OS on Google’s Nexus S phone. He has managed to run it via rootfs image on the internal memory, which means that you don’t have to risk flashing your phone to get it running alongside Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

If you are feeling adventurous, you can give MeeGo a go on your Nexus S. Beware though as not everything is functional at the moment. It is still a work in progress, which hopefully with time will improve.

So if you’re insane enough, you can try it yourself right now…
You will need to build a MeeGo rootfs first, in ext2 format. Use my kickstart as a base, it has a few niceties like adb support (i.e. the only way you can interact with it right now). With your image successfully compiled, copy it to linux/rootfs.ext2 on your Nexus S’ internal memory (completely safe, no flashing required).
My boot.img is here – you will need to use fastboot to boot it (fastboot boot nexuss-meego-boot.img), or you can flash it to recovery if you want to dual boot.
As seen in the photo, you won’t really be able to see anything onscreen, but you can use adb to get a root shell like on any Android device. Poke around, play with it, improve upon it, etc. Actually going much further than this is beyond me unless I can find some talented kernel hackers with Nexus S hardware to test on.
Go nuts!

Verizon to give Unlimited Data Plan Offer to iPhone Customers

Few days ago Wall Street Journal posted the news that Verizon would announce iPhone on their network on 1.11.11.And now Wall Street Journal has another information about the Verizon iPhone ,  as they have mentioned that Verizon will have unlimited data plans for their iPhone buyers.

Verizon Wireless network is the largest wireless network in US and offering an unlimited plan with amazing iPhone devices would again increase the users.This is be interesting how they would offer unlimited data plan as most of the networks like AT&T give option of 200MB or 2GB data plan which is obvious no way near to the unlimited plan.

If this news is true then obviously this is an attempt to attract those iPhone and other smartphone users too who wants to use unlimited data plan on their phones.

Microsoft Working on FaceTime Competitor for Windows Phone 7

Obvious the objective of Microsoft towards Windows Phone 7 would be to match the standards of iPhone in coming years and I think their start is not that bad.Looking at the features if iPhone 4 , one of the newest functionality in it is FaceTime calling which was not available with previous iPhone devices.And now neowin.net mentions that Microsoft is also working on FaceTime competitor for their Windows Phone 7 devices.
Although Steve Ballmer did not mentioned many things about coming update of Windows Phone 7 but Neowin got this information from a key Windows Phone 7 employee who revealed their future plans about the device and soon they will have FaceTime like app for their phone too.
Some would ask why don’t just use the video calling feature of skype rather than working on a different application.But the information source mentioned that FaceTime competitor would “reach beyond the hand of Skype”.Itis also expected front facing camera may become requirement for the Windows Phone 8 devices.We don’t know when the video calling app would come for Windows 7 devices ,maybe it would come with Windows 8.

Untethered GreenPois0n iOS 4.2.1 On Release, 4.2b3 SHSH Blobs Will Not Be Required

Members of Chronic Dev have decided to work on their own untethered solution for iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak, confirms Joshua Hill, one of the members of the team. So Instead of releasing a tethered version (like Redsn0w 0.9.6) of GreenPois0n for iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak, they will work on an untethered solution.

p0sixninja: A lot of people are saying another tethered jailbreak is pointless, I agree. Focusing on getting untethered before release

Joshua was asked if it is the same exploit as the one Comex has been working on, and whether or not it will require SHSH blobs for 4.2b3 like Redsn0w 0.9.7. He said that they are working on their own untethered exploit, and that it will not require SHHS blobs for 4.2b3.

tahu363: @p0sixninja I assume you are talking about Greenpois0n? Are you implementing Musclenerd’s untether or do you have your own?
p0sixninja: @tahu363 we’re implementing our own
Capsfanchad: @p0sixninja I’m assuming “your own” will require 4.2b3 shsh? And thanks for your guys work!
p0sixninja: @Capsfanchad lol no

We don’t know when its arriving, so stay tuned and we will inform you as soon as we find out.

Jailbreak PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.55, And Install Custom Packages [Howe to]

Geohot previously released the PS3 root keys publicly and then a video showing homebrew running on firmware 3.55. Now he has finally released the jailbreak for PlayStation 3 firmware 3.55.

it’s jailbreak time
open the zip, you know how to install
3.55 only
would be pirates, don’t waste your time
do not mirror file, link to geohot.com
here is the package from the video
no donations accepted right now, don’t get scammed
old homebrew will not work
new homebrew signing tools coming soon…
How to Jailbreak PS3 on v3.55 Firmware:

1. Plug a USB stick into your computer
2. Create a folder in the root of the USB stick called PS3
3. Create a folder inside the PS3 folder called UPDATE
4. Download http://geohot.com/jailbreak.zip
5. Unzip Jailbreak.zip to PS3UPDAT.PUP
6. Move PS3UPDAT.PUP to the directory UPDATE that you just created on the USB stick
7. Plug the USB stick into your PS3
8. Navigate to Settings Tab
9. Choose System Update
10. Choose Update via Storage Media
11. It will say it found Version 3.55-jb
12. Choose OK
13. Accept Conditions and Install Update
14. After less than a minute, your PS3 will update, beep 4 times then shut down.
15. Power up your PS3 (You will have to do it on the console and not by the controller)
16. Your PS3 is now jailbroken!

How to Install Custom Packages on PS3 v3.55 Firmware:

1. Plug your USB stick into your computer
2. Drop http://geohot.com/test.pkg into the root of the USB stick
3. Plug your USB stick into your PS3
4. Navigate to the Game Tab
5. Choose Install Package Files
6. Select the test.pkg
7. After it installs you will find the test package from geohot installed below the Install Package Files folder
8. Wait for more packages to be created by the PS3 community

Jailbreak PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.55, And Install Custom Packages [Howe to]

Geohot previously released the PS3 root keys publicly and then a video showing homebrew running on firmware 3.55. Now he has finally released the jailbreak for PlayStation 3 firmware 3.55.

it’s jailbreak time
open the zip, you know how to install
3.55 only
would be pirates, don’t waste your time
do not mirror file, link to geohot.com
here is the package from the video
no donations accepted right now, don’t get scammed
old homebrew will not work
new homebrew signing tools coming soon…
How to Jailbreak PS3 on v3.55 Firmware:

1. Plug a USB stick into your computer
2. Create a folder in the root of the USB stick called PS3
3. Create a folder inside the PS3 folder called UPDATE
4. Download http://geohot.com/jailbreak.zip
5. Unzip Jailbreak.zip to PS3UPDAT.PUP
6. Move PS3UPDAT.PUP to the directory UPDATE that you just created on the USB stick
7. Plug the USB stick into your PS3
8. Navigate to Settings Tab
9. Choose System Update
10. Choose Update via Storage Media
11. It will say it found Version 3.55-jb
12. Choose OK
13. Accept Conditions and Install Update
14. After less than a minute, your PS3 will update, beep 4 times then shut down.
15. Power up your PS3 (You will have to do it on the console and not by the controller)
16. Your PS3 is now jailbroken!

How to Install Custom Packages on PS3 v3.55 Firmware:

1. Plug your USB stick into your computer
2. Drop http://geohot.com/test.pkg into the root of the USB stick
3. Plug your USB stick into your PS3
4. Navigate to the Game Tab
5. Choose Install Package Files
6. Select the test.pkg
7. After it installs you will find the test package from geohot installed below the Install Package Files folder
8. Wait for more packages to be created by the PS3 community