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New Zune Players

Its great that Microsoft products always get leaked. No need for a special announcement like Apple. The new Zune player is to be available November 13 according to amazon.com. The new version will sport an 80 GB version, and also 30 GB. Also new this time 4GB, 8GB flash drive Zune (smaller version of the 80GB).

Centro available Oct 14!

AnySim iPhone Unlocking Guide

AnySim iPhone Unlocking Guide (with images coming shortly)

WARNING: THIS GUIDE SHOULD BE USED AT YOUR OWN RISK. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THIS MAY CAUSE THE IPHONE. UNLOCKING THE IPHONE WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY. THIS PROCEDURE IS INTENDED FOR ADVANCE COMPUTER USERS. IF YOU DON’T LIKE COMPUTERS DO NOT TRY UNLOCKING YOUR PHONE.

Files Needed:

iBrickr – Client to break activation (www.iBrickr.com)

anysim – PXL file to install on iPhone (google anysim)

PACAY – used to enable YouTube support. (google PACAY)

All files should be downloaded and extracted in iBrickr folder. I placed them on my desktop.

Before you begin: it is assumed you have unboxed the iPhone and has been charged

1. Open iBrickr
2. Connect iPhone to PC
3. iBrickr will check if the iPhone has right version of firmware
4. Follow the on screen instructions
5. If that fails do this:
a. Plug your phone in / dock it, and turn it off
b. Power it on
c. While the grey apple appears, press and hold both the power and home buttons until a Yellow triangle sign appears and says "Please connect to iTunes"
d. iTunes will pop up talking about restoring your phone. Select restore, and once it starts downloading unplug the phone, then press and hold power and home buttons again, until the phone restarts
e. Wait for the restore to fail in iTunes, and then start up iBrickr again.
6. Once you get this down, iBrickr will walk you through the next steps
7. Once Completed. Exit iBrickr
8. Go to the PACAY folder within iBrickr folder and run the "(CLICK HERE) activate.bat" file. This will enable YouTube. Follow the on screen instructions.
9. Once you complete PACAY make sure you follow the instructions and have restarted.
10. Open iBrickr click applications and let it install the PXL service. Follow onscreen instructions in the iBrickr program.
11. After you have rebooted the phone one final time, select Check PXL. This will verify the installation of PXL.
12. Close iBrickr and reopen it. Click Application -> Install from PXL or Browse Application (Browsing is the best way use the latest version of anysim – the first release of anysim had a bug – but still successfully unlocked the phone)
13. If you selected install from file, select th anysim.pxl file. If you selected browse, select AnySim
14. The installation will be quick.
15. Navigate on you iPhone and go to Settings -> General -> auto lock. Set the setting to never.
16. Hit the home key. Click on the AnySim icon to start the unlock.
17. Agree to the disclaimer. (Again stating use at your own risk)
18. AnySim will take 15-20 minutes to unlock the phone.
19. I used the first release of anysim which had the bug. It will successfully patch the phone but state it failed to unlock. Insert a sim card and place a call. If you can successful place a class that means the unlock worked.
20. Many people have asked about removing the AnySim program. You can do that from iBrickr

Treo 500v Released for Vodafone

Platform: Windows Mobile 6
Display: 320 x 240 Pixel
Band: GSM
Bluetooth 2.0
256MB Memory
2.0 megapixels with 2.5 digital zoom
10 day standby
4.5 hrs talk time
MicroSD Expansion slot

Software included: ActiveSync®, Alarm Clock, Bluetooth®, Bubble Breaker, Calculator, Camera, eBay, File Explorer, Google Maps, Internet Connect Sharing, Internet Explorer® Mobile, Messaging, Microsoft® Notes, Microsoft Office (including Excel®, Outlook®, PowerPoint®, and Word), Phone, Picture and Video, Solitaire, Task Manager, Vodafone Mobile Windows® Live™, Windows Media® Player Mobile

Palm Centro Announced Tomorrow?

Sources across the internet have said Palm Centro will be announced on Sept 12. The phone looks a lot smaller then most treo's the U.S has seen. I do look forward to getting my hands on it once it is released. I was one of the first ones to get Motorola Q, which was a big disappointment. I am a former user of the Palm Treo 650 which i was extremely satisfied with. Hopefully Centro is as impressive as it looks.

Some speculated features

• Touch Screen
• Qwerty Keyboard
• EVDO Network
• 1.3 Megapixels
• Sprint TV
  

More Treo 500 Images

New Treo 500 Images surface

New images of the new Palm Treo 500 phone has surfaced. The phone looks very similar to the Centro phone. This phone will be only offered for now overseas. This phone isn't too exciting no touch screen but does use the familiar 320x240 format for Windows Mobile. Basically similar to the Moto Q and BlackJack running Windows Mobile. Should be announced tomorrow at Palm scheduled presentation. Centro will also be announced.

(Image credit to WMExpert.com)

Greatings Readers

As you know this blog has been idle for over 3 months now. Thinking that it was the summer I thought I would get more posts up but I didn't. I hope to start blogging once again. If I am able to blog at least a few post a day, I will look at other resources to improve the blog. But as it stands now posts will continue to be limited.

Palm Foleo

Palm announced on May 30th that they will be releasing a laptop. They claim it is a companion for your palm. It will be offered for only 499 and will run its own simplified OS. It will have limited functionality and its true purpose will be to assist your palm. I think do we really need another laptop? This is great idea but it should probably be packaged with the palm if it really wants to be seller. You will be able to do everything you are able to do on your phone basically. Release date has not been announced but you can join their mailing list.