We all know the flagship Sony Xperia Z smartphone was first shown at CES 2013 in January. But the availability of Xperia Z smartphone hadn’t been officially announced in the U.S. until now. The unlocked version of the device is now up for sale at Sony’s U.S. web store for $629.99.
French company Archos who has unveiled many tablets has decided to enter into the smartphone production line. Recently, the company has announced three affordable unlocked Android smartphones – Archos 35 Carbon, Archos 50 Platinum and Archos 53 Platinum – with prices ranging from $99 to $249 and without any contract.
The Library of Congress, in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, had ruled unlocking smartphones illegal. We recently covered the progress of a White House petition on it and the response from the government. However, AT&T has now assured its customers that the ban wouldn’t affect them.
The issue of cellphone unlocking has been at the heart of a heated debate that involves the users, the wireless carriers and the White House. A petition filed with the White House, garnering more than a hundred thousands signatures, demanded that cellphone unlocking be made legal. Now, a Senate bill has been launched which will accomplish this, if approved.
iDevice jailbreaking tool Evasi0n was released Monday morning, February 4. Since the tool was released, evasi0n was downloaded more than 1.7 million times within the period of less than two days. The most astonishing news is around 7 million iOS users have installed evasi0n on their devices within four days since its releasing!
Unlocking the latest mobile phones is considered the gateway to mobile freedom by many. It essentially frees you from the compulsion of using only the wireless carrier who offered the device in a contract. However, the perk of unlocking mobile phones will soon end as U.S. government is all set to ban it soon.
A lot of users have been anxiously waiting for Apple to offer an unlocked version of its latest flagship smartphone, iPhone 5. Much to the delight of such users, Apple has finally started offering the unlocked iPhone 5 just in time so that you can lay your hands on it during the holiday season.
Christian Sommer, a German marine-biology student, discovered in 1988, while conducting research on hydrozoans, that the dialogue “the secret to immortality lay in a coral found on the ocean floor” could be true. After few researches, researchers now believe that Jellyfish may unlock the secret to immortality.