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George Hotz, also known by his net handle “Geohot” has just expressed his annoyance with people pestering him for the release date of his iPhone 4 jail break.

Hotz, one of the most trusted hackers when it comes to jail breaking Apple devices, makes use of his famous Blackra1n software in order to unlock countless iPhones, iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touch devices. He is usually a little bit more enthusiastic when hinting at a jail break, but it seems that his popularity attracts more and more public pestering. In a rather jaded blog entry entitled “Meh”, the coder confirms that he was able to jailbreak the latest version of the Apple iPhone but is not likely to release his work anytime soon.

Looks like breaking into the iPhone 4, to be specific the iOS4, was done more for his personal use rather than for the benefit of the masses for now. From what could be gathered from his blog post, it looks like the coder is not getting as much excitement from showing his work to the public as compared to the days of the first iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPhone Touch.

Those who are hoping for a hint of the release date will just have to keep mum for now. iPhone celebrity coder Geohot is not about to bend to continuous requests for a solid release date.

“Again, please don’t ask for release dates. Every person that does makes me want to release a little bit less.”

That means that everyone waiting for the all in one solution to use unauthorized apps or perhaps to use a different carrier, will have to sit tight and wait a little longer. For now, people will have to content themselves with tidbits about his limera1n, the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad’s user friendly jail breaking tool.

The internet and the smart phone is a great merger of two important technologies that combines accessibly with absolute information. The web is the largest storage of data and information in the whole world. Media, data and plenty of content are accessible online. Smart phones are easy to use, always carried around and can be operated by almost anyone. Putting the two together is everything that our society needs in their ever changing world.

According to a recent study, women are more likely to start browsing the web to check their Facebook updates using their smart phones when they start their day. Waking up in the morning is not really encouraging for anyone who has to crawl up to a computer chair, fire up the router and wait for the long boot time. On the other hand, reaching for the smart phone on the nightstand and clicking open the browser or an integrated application is so much easier.

Information at our fingertips –literally; this is the unspoken promise that the smart phone industry is bringing to human society at a mad pace. And even humanity is having trouble keeping up. From being able to establish rules and laws for standardization, to simply being able to obtain a decent enough handset to be ahead of the times, there is plenty of commercial and technological pressure for people to keep up.

The Android OS, Apple’s iOS and the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS are all pushing for interconnectivity and faster, easier web access. Social networking sites are balancing the privacy of internal networks of users as well as being able to data mine information to attract for advertisers.

In the meanwhile, end users are in for the full ride. With the technology continuously growing, it is easy to see that there is plenty more to come.

The Apple iPhone 4 is the most prominent smart phone of today. The latest handset from the folks at Cupertino is fast proving to be the hottest selling device in the industry –selling more than 1.7 million in the first three days of sales. Had the device not gone out of stock in many stores, the number would have gotten much larger too.

In any case, it seems that T-Mobile has yet to get their stocks drained. In fact, they have yet to get their stocks at all. With the actually launch date of the iPhone 4 still unconfirmed, it is hard to tell when T-Mobile will actually have the product. But some guesses are saying that the launch will be coming in a matter of days.

The reason behind this logic is a recent report that T-Mobile is training their staff to be ready for the iPhone 4. Sales personnel and customer support are being trained to handle many of the most common issues of the iPhone 4. These include teaching people how to remove and insert a SIM card properly into the device, how to switch the phone off and on, and lastly, learning to use iTunes.

The last part is particularly hard; as each user has a unique computer set up and while the controls of the iTunes software is uniform, not everyone is as familiar with computer controls. It is not uncommon that an iPhone owner does not know how to use a computer at all.

Despite the preparations, it seems that T-Mobile will not be taking care of the antenna issues. Even if so many people have complained about the dropped calls and other antenna issues with the handset, T-Mobile seems content enough to refer to the open letter that Apple made regarding the matter.

The mobile phone is a very powerful device. In the past few years, the average handset’s purpose has increased from simply being able to receive calls and text but also for handling emails, media and many other functions. People have come to trust the mobile phones to handle reminders for bills and other payments. Phones have also been the main channel for many micro transactions as well.

Among the things that people can do with mobile phones is to donate to charity, and the task is as simple as simply texting a single message to a specified number by a network operator.

It may not seem like much, but since the advent of text based donations, plenty of charities and causes have celebrated the influx of additional funds, and the number of people getting involved is also growing.

This is thanks to the very nature of the mobile phone. Unlike having to donate through other channels, the mobile phone is a medium that is always there by user’s sides. There is no need to fill up special forms, seek out representatives or even travel to distant offices. The entire transaction is managed in a few simple taps of the button, and as long as your handset has a signal, you can send the donation from almost anywhere you could be.

Vodafone UK has announced that it is going to improve the already impressive phone donation system. And to do this, the network operator has decided that the entirety of the donations being sent will be given to the charities: no transaction charges at all.

The big news is a great plus for many generous folks who worry about the additional transaction costs that add up in the monthly bills. Of course, the people that Vodafone is helping out the most here would be recipients who stand to gain a significantly bigger amount from donations.

It was only just a couple of days ago that Google decided to clear up rumors about the upcoming Android 3.0 Gingerbread. Now it appears that the there are new rumors about the upcoming smart phone OS and this time, they are linked to a brand new smart phone, the HTC Sabor.

Despite the odd choice of name, the new smart phone’s rumored specs are quite impressive: a 1080p screen resolution and a 2GHz CPU. While impressive, this information is highly speculative and from our initial assessment, quite possibly a fake.

HTC has been partnering with chip maker ARM recently and it is quite likely that there will be no 2GHz Snapdragon CPUs coming out anytime soon. At the very least, the fastest rumored speeds by the end of the year would be 1.5 GHz –the clock speed for another rumored HTC handset, the Vision (but at least the Vision has already been leaked in images).

So far, there are no supporting evidences that the HTC Sabor is a real handset or that the specs that are being attributed to the device any real.

In the meanwhile, it seems that Google does not need to make any reactions regarding this rumor as it does not attempt to disclose any information about the upcoming Android version. So far, Google has confirmed that they are indeed working on the Android 3.0 Gingerbread but unlike what the rumors initially stated, the new OS will not be imposing any new minimum requirements for handsets.

Speaking of upcoming HTC smart phones, the HTC Vision will certainly be one device worth looking forward to. According to various sources, the new smart phone will come with the latest Android OS, a high speed processor and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The handset is expected to be released sometime near the end of the year.

According to Nokia, it is unlikely that they would be releasing an Android smart phone. While the phone maker is more than able to produce a smart phone that can handle Google’s open source operating system, they are already supporting two major operating systems that the Espoo based company is already heavily involved in.

In some ways, Nokia is pretty much like Apple in that same sense that they are an integral part of the development of the operating systems that they use. The only difference is that Apple only uses their proprietary OS: the iPhone OS.

On the other hand, Nokia has been a major supporter of the Symbian Foundation since the company’s earliest days (and in many ways, Nokia has a control over the development company as well). At the same time, Nokia is working on the MeeGo operating system –which they co-developed with Intel. The new OS is a combination of two proprietary mobile platforms: the Nokia Maemo and the Intel Moblin.

With the new upcoming Symbian^3 confirmed to be an open source operating system and the MeeGo also being open source in certain aspects (the Moblin is a Linux based OS after all), it would be a conflict of interest for Nokia to support the Android as well.

Unlike companies such as Samsung that is supporting several operating systems aside from their own proprietary OS, the Bada. Nokia considers their exclusivity to the Symbian and MeeGo platforms to be integral as part of their operations.

On the other hand, the company is already looking forward to the development of the Symbian^4 operating system. While the Symbian^3 has yet to be established –the Nokia N8 has yet to be made available (it is expected to launch sometime later this August), the current head of mobile solutions, Anssi Vanjoki, has confirmed that he is heavily considering the possibility of an N-series Symbian^4 smart phone.

Out to Impress

The HTC Desire is simply a majestic mobile phone. However, while a lot of positives can be said about the Smartphone’s entire feature set, one thing we can never overlook is the software. The Desire is indeed a marvellous device, but what takes it a cut above the rest is the software that it comes with. Here’s a look.

Undeniably Android

One thing going for HTC Smartphones is that they are built with the acclaimed Google Android mobile operating system. The HTC Desire is no different as it has version 2.1 or Eclair on board which is definitely an awesome OS. In fact, a lot of critics might even argue that the Android has made its way to the top of the heap as the best mobile operating system there is today.

This version is loaded with tons of improvements which makes the software even more impressive than it originally was. This of course means that Desire users will have the freedom of loading all the wonderful Google applications on their handset without having any compatibility issues at all.

Sensual Interface

What makes the Android OS even better on the HTC Desire is the user interface it comes with. On board the device is HTC’s own Sense UI which also happens to be one of the most remarkable interfaces in the business. Not only is it as user-friendly and eye-catching as they come, but it is also loaded with awesome widgets and applications.

One that stands out is the Friend Stream widget which compiles all of your social networking info all in one place for easy and immediate access. Then there’s also the Leap feature which allows you to jump from one home screen to another, making it much easier for users to leaf through the all the features and functions of the HTC Desire in half the time.

Since Apple’s antenna issues are getting out of hand, the mobile phone maker is now making a move to hire someone who can help. On their official website, Apple is looking for an “Antenna Engineer-iPhone” which is, at the very least, an indicator that future iPhone 4 batches will be better than the initial release. Will this mean that users will be able to hold their units any way they want? Maybe Apple should hire someone from Nokia.

For those who have not had access to the web since the iPhone’s release, the “antenna issue” is caused by holding the mobile phone in a certain way. It appears that skin contact with the lower-left corner of its metal band (the one with a black strip) makes signal reception poor, slowly dropping the bar to nothing. This may not be a big deal for right-handed users but left-handed consumers may have to struggle with changing their set habits.

If users have an extra £25 to spare, they can buy a rubber or plastic Bumper to prevent skin contact and improve signal reception. While this does sound like a logical answer to the prevalent problem, Apple has refused to give out freebies to existing users. This is even included in their AppleCare document:

“We ARE NOT appeasing customers with free bumpers – DON’T promise a free bumper to customers.”

But despite Apple’s stubborn exterior, the company does seem to recognize the gravity of the situation. Their job posting has this appended description for any potential, qualified applicants:

“Define and implement antenna system architecture to optimize the radiation performance for wireless portable devices.”

Does this mean that somebody lost their job over this fiasco? Probably. Will this mean a mass recall of preorder units? Not if Apple can help it. Like Steve said, the antenna issue is normal for all wireless devices. Apple just lucked out because popularity makes them an easy target.

The Android smart phone may be taking over the mid range market, but the Nokia C7-00 is still proving to the world that mid range Symbian handsets are still among the best available. Of course, considering that this very same phone also sports a 3.5 inch resistive touch screen, some might disagree about the goodness of the C7-00.

First off, the new handset looks quite the part. From the smooth matte casing to the reflective glossy finish of the touch screen display, the C7 plays the part of a typical touch screen handset, until the user decides to use a finger. The new phone only comes with a resistive touch screen display, which makes the controls quite hard unless the user is relying on a stylus for input commands.

The lack of a capacitive touch screen is a definite disappointment for many fans of smart phone technology and even at this rate it is hard to get excited to having to use a resistive screen. In fact, many would even attest that the failure of the Windows Mobile platform is mostly due to the fact that the OS has been designed with stylus input in mind –making finger controls on the older OS virtually impossible.

The Symbian^3 is known to be working fine with regular capacitive touch screen displays –which makes the choice of handset features is certain surprising.

The 8 mega pixel camera provides this Nokia handset with that much added touch of elegance and coolness –a factor that is strongly missing from resistive touch screen devices. Also, having auto focus and LED flash makes the image shooting process quite easy. For those unfamiliar with the technology, having flash allows images in low lighting conditions to appear clearly in a photograph. Also, it helps when shooting images that are in motion as it allows for a clearer image to be seen.

It looks like Facebook farming fans have plenty to rejoice about this week as Zynga officially launches the Apple iPhone Farmville game application. For those wondering why there is plenty of fanfare for the launch of this simple Facebook application, it is because Farmville was originally a Flash based browser game.

This meant that Farmville could not originally be played on Apple iPhone devices. With all the previous fuss about Apple vehemently refusing to support Adobe’s web format, it meant that a vast majority of browser based games would not be playable on Apple’s touch screen devices. The launch of a special app that brings the Farmville experience to mobile phone users will certainly be a welcome addition for many users of the app who owns an Apple iPhone.

Farmville is a virtual farming simulation where players have to take care of a virtual farm. From planting seeds to harvesting crops, these digital farmers find themselves trading and exchanging farm produce with friends and contacts in order to expand their farms. Social networking is an integral part of the experience which means that players have to be part of the community in order to make the most out of the game. Aside from taking care of crops, there are also virtual pets and farm animals that players have to take care of as well.

The launch of this app is a major milestone for Apple –who has been pushing for the stop of use of flash content on the internet. While this goal will certainly not succeed, the fact that game developers such as Zynga are seeing the need to create iPhone compatible ports of Flash games is still a major win for Apple.

At the same time, Google Android users will also be able to access Farmville. The Flash Player for Android 2.2 is already out and players will be able to access Farmville and any Flash based web applications as well.