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RIM, the company that makes the Blackberry phone and Playbook devices will today formally launch Blackberry Z10 and X10 to the entire world.
The company had lost a lot of money in the past and still looking for a way to get back into the game; a game that Apple and Google stole from them a while back.
RIM has been struggling with this fierce competition that iPhone and Samsung is pulling, the range of smartphones offered by RIM isn't good enough to compete thereby forcing the company to completely redesign, remake and rebuild their devices from the scratch in other to retake the market they long lost.
The outcome of this new strategy is the birth of Blackberry 10

The blackberry 10 program started months back, taking all the energy, commitment and focus of the design team is expected to fulfill the dreams of its makers i.e, to put RIM back on her feet.
Whether this new device can do that will be seen from today onward when it will be officially available for sale and use and in later days to come.

As for design, flow, usability and stability during the testing stages of this device, reports are that it was superb and more than capable to rival both the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 smartphones.

Today, RIM will be in the spotlight and they should be really prepared if the BB10 doesn't meet the expectation of consumers.

On a quick note on specs, the BB 10 has a new operating system different from other previous Blackberry devices, a 1800mAh battery, 1.5GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 8mp camera, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and a 355ppi display.

Personally, I believe that this device would perform well, meet expectations and fulfill the desires and dreams of its creators.
If you think otherwise, share your thoughts and of course, in the coming days we shall know where RIM stands and the weight Blackberry 10 will pull

Its being like a million years just waiting for the announcement that an untethered jailbreak would be available for all devices.
If not for the delay tactics and games that Apple have been playing in the release of the iOS6.1 officially, there would have been a public release of the tool to jailbreak iOS6.1 untethered on all devices.

Apple on Sunday last week released a copy of iOS6.1 but not publicly even though it carries the look and build of the final version the OS. Perhaps, this was done in the hope that the exploit needed for the untethered jailbreak will leak out and then Apple can patch those exploits.
Well, the Evad3rs team (Pimskeks, Pod2g and Musclenerd) are not foolish as to fall for that kind of trick Apple is trying to pull.


According to the team, iOS6.1 appears to be vulnerable to the exploits they are planning on using to jailbreak untethered all iDevices on iOS6.1.
Also, there is also a hint from Musclenerd that this tool could be released on the Sunday, which is the day for Super Bowl.

Provided, all go as planned, then we should be seeing a tool released by the Evad3rs team capable of jailbreaking iPhone 5 and all other devices running the iOS6.1 software.

Till, then stay alert and don't just update your device carelessly so that you don't end up with bricked device.

Four days to go for RIM to unveil the new line of Blackberry devices known as Blackberry 10.
RIM had been on the design and making of this new line of Blackberry products since last year. A lot of time energy and design have been put into this phone to make sure that the device performs well with no lag and a better managing of the resources of the device thereby preventing unneccessary heating up and for that, there's a big believe that RIM will wow the smartphone industry this year and also please a lot of their faithfuls. Definitely, it will be worth buying.
Take a look at the features and specification of the Blackberry 10 device after the break.

1. Types of BB 10
According to RIM, there will be two types of the blackberry 10 smartphones. One will have a touch screen only design while another will have a physical keyboard.
Blackberry Z10 will have no physical keyboard while the Alpha 10 according to speculation will have a physical keyboard.

2. Display
Blackberry 10 is set to have a high display of 1280 x 768 pixel (355ppi) resolution with a 4.2 inch display.
For those that may not understand this, it means that it will be sharper and display slightly more colors accurately than the iPhone 5.
Furthermore, it will be a multi touch touch screen display with more than 16M colors.

3. Operating System
According to RIM in interviews, BB 10 will have a new OS known as OS 10 and will not be compatible with earlier Blackberry devices.
This is because, the operating system was totally remade for the BB 10 devices.

4. Processor and RAM
BB 10 will be bagged with a 1.5GHZ TI OMAP 4470 dual core Snapdragon MSM8960 processor. This will eliminate the lagging and hanging issue Blackberry devices have been plagued with.
According to leaked videos on testing of the BB10, the device performed excellently well without lag.
Also, the device would have a 2GB RAM with it to make the device able to run smoothly.

5. Storage and Battery
BB10 would have is expected to have a storage capacity of 16GB or 32GB with an expansion slot for micro SD card. Also, it is rumored to have a battery capacity of 1800mAh to make sure that the device can last longer. Even the iPhone 5 is just 1400mAh.
That battery power is a killer!

6. Connection and Camera
It will have both the NFC and Bluetooth 4.0 technology in it.
NFC means Near Field Communication for sharing also for purchasing stuffs just like the Apple Passbook.
Finally, it would have a 8mp rear camera and a 3mp front facing camera.
Blackberry devices never had front facing camera but BB10 will be the first RIM smartphone to have a front facing camera.

In terms of features, many testing have been done in areas of browser speed, flow of navigating through the device and app world. As of these writing, the outcome have been very outstanding.

1. Browser
After testing, BB10 stock browser is faster and sleeker than that of the iPhone, Nokia lumia and android devices.
Unlike the browsers of other blackberry devices that crashes often, BB10 browser is stable, feels good an
faster.

2. Time shift.
Time shift is a feature of the stock camera to go back in time to creat a perfect image of that which was taken

3. BBM
The blackberry messenger is even better. Also, now you dont have to turn off your radio completely because you want to restrict BBM messages. You can just turn off BBM and your radio will still be active.

4. App World
The App world of BB10 is really picking up momentum. As at now, not less than 18,000 app were submitted within 2 days. More apps are even been submitted per day and RIM further extends the app submission date. It is rumored that even Temple Run is being developed for BB10 amongst other games and apps such as Face flow, PixelMags etc.

In all, RIM is set to unleash the BB10 to the public on January 30.
For now, no price tag announced yet but as we draw near the released date, we expect the price tag to be announced. However, Pre orders are already being collected by some stores.
Should you buy this device? Hell yeah you should because it would be value for money.
Also, I suspect less attention will be focused on earlier devices once BB10 go live.
Stay tuned for more info of Blackberry 10

Apple has released four betas for the iOS 6.1 and we are awaiting the release of the final and Gold Master version of iOS 6.1

According to the popular hackers (Planetbeing, pod2g, Musclenerd, Pimskeks) working to get untethered jailbreak for iOS 6, substantial progress have been made to get all required exploits needed to jailbreak iOS 6 untethered for both A4 devices and newer devices.
This conclusion is made in the light of recent tweets (images below) of these brilliant hackers.

However, the only reason it's still not released to the public is because Apple haven't released iOS 6.1 yet.
iOS 6.1 should be released anytime from 28th January. Once released, an untethered jailbreak for all devices running iOS 6.x would be released.

In conclusion, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) for the release of untethered jailbreak of iOS 6.x for all devices would be after The Official public release of iOS 6.1 by Apple.
Till then, stay focused and follow me @akinloluife for updates as events unfolds.

Straight to the point.
Warning! If you are on new baseband week 36 2010 then don't install iPad baseband
1. Download iOS 6.0.1 and 6.0 for your iPhone 3GS
2. Connect your phone to your PC and fire up iTunes (latest version)
3. Hold down the Shift Key of your keyboard and then click Restore. Select iOS 6.0.1 you downloaded for your device
4. Once iTunes finish installing your new OS, close it
5. Download Redsn0w 0.9.15b3
6. Extract to your desktop and run as administrator
7. Click Extras and click on Select IPSW
8. Select the iOS 6.0 you downloaded NOT the 6.0.1
9. Click OK and if you have a new bootrom 3GS click Yes if not Click NO
10. Go back and then select Jailbreak. Make sure Install Cydia is checked
Redsn0w will work is magic.
After jailbreak is complete, click Done
11. Go back click Extras and manually select IPSW again (6.0)
12. Now click on Just boot
If you get the missing error, just go back, disconnect your device from PC, exit redsn0w, plug in back and run Redsn0w in administrator mode. Select IPSW again and then go boot tethered.
13. Place your device in DFU mode by following the instructions
14. Redsn0w will again do its work and and your iPhone will boot up.
15. Once booted, head over to Cydia, click User and Done.
16. After Cydia first installing it's dependencies, go to Manage and then sources. Click on Edit and then Add (top-left screen)
17. Add source http://repo.iparelhols.com

That's it!

If you are on a Baseband like 06.15.00 and upgraded to 6.0.1. There's a possibility of "No Service" issue.

Just go to Extras, Select IPSW and select the 6.0 IPSW.
go back and then click on Jailbreak. Check install Cydia and then downgrade baseband to 05.13.04 for a network unlock with Redsn0w.
Once the downgrade is finished, boot up your device and then go to Cydia to install ultrasn0w fixer and then ultrasn0w.
Once you have installed this two packages your network bars should show up.

If all go successfully, you will be thanking me for this post.
However, if you are confused and not getting it wrong, leave a comment and I will attend to you.

Four months after iOS 6 is released, there's still no public release of untethered jailbreak for idevices except for old bootrom iPhone 3GS.
All other devices with the A4 processor have only tethered jailbreak while newer devices have no jailbreak at all.
However, with recent news from Pod2g and Planetbeing, it thus suggest that an untethered jailbreak will soon be released for even newer devices .
This assumption is as a result of the tweets that were made by these two individuals earlier today.

iOS 6.1 should be dropping anytime soon, therefore, it will be wiser for the untethered jailbreak exploits to be held unto until iOS 6.1 is finally released to know how much changes Apple have made and how it will affect the already achieved progress of these wonderful hackers.

Whichever, its very comforting to know that good progress on untethered jailbreak is being achieved and that very soon a public release of this jailbreak will become available.