Samsung Galaxy Ace Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM Leaked

The Samsung Galaxy Ace was announced back in January for Europe along with the Samsung Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Gio, Galaxy mini and is part of a more budget-oriented line-up of the Korean manufacturer. Initially shipping with Android 2.2 Froyo, an Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM has been leaked giving hopes for Galaxy Ace owners.

The ROM leaked for the Samsung Galaxy Ace (S5830) is firmware S5830XXKP8 for Europe. It's the latest build of Google Android, namely 2.3.3 Gingerbread, as you can see in the image above. If you can't wait for it to hit your KIES software and apply, you can head over to the source link and download your copy to install at your own risk. It's good to know that Samsung is starting to do a good job at updating firmwares in a decent timeframe!

Apple to Drop iOS 4.3.3 / 4.4 to Fix iPhone Spying Bug ?

Apple is working hard now to fix the much talked about tracking down of user’s location data on the iPhone is likely an oversight or a bug, which is mostly likely going to be fixed in the next iOS 4.3.3 / 4.4 update.

The big question of course, is why Apple is storing this information. I don’t have a definitive answer, but my little-birdie-informed understanding is that consolidated.db acts as a cache for location data, and that historical data should be getting culled but isn’t, either due to a bug or, more likely, an oversight. I.e. someone wrote the code to cache location data but never wrote code to cull non-recent entries from the cache, so that a database that’s meant to serve as a cache of your recent location data is instead a persistent log of your location history. I’d wager this gets fixed in the next iOS update.

In case you don’t already know, Security researchers have revealed that iPhone tracks user’s location and stores it in a secret hidden file which is replicated to the computer once it’s synchronized with the device.

The file contains data about your latitude and longitude along with the timestamp. This information can be easily accessed by jailbreaking the phone, unfortunately, on the computer even without that. Moreover, the file is not encrypted and can be read by just anyone using a simple app.

Apple is yet to comment on this issue. If it really is a bug, Apple is likely going to fix it in the next iOS update. Temporarily, so you can use untrackerd App, it is available on Cydia to prevent your iPhone from recording all your locations.

Android plateform on its way to land on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G, Apple TV 2G, iPad 2 !!

Great news, Android plateform on its way to land on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G. Look what we've found while perusing our Twitter timeline... This could means that we'll see Android coming to the iPhone 4 and iPad (may be iPad 2 too) very soon as the hackers who ported Android on iPhone 3G / 2G has already made a great progress on porting Android to newer devices.

First, cpich3g  tweeted  that they have very basic PMU on iPhone 4 OpeniBoot:

Thanks to @Oranav now we can have very basic pmu on i4 openiboot. We need more devs like him on @iDroidProject

Then he  explains to one of his followers:

 

 

@DeceptiveJunk That means another baby step towards a useable openiboot which is essential for getting android on newer idevices

And the well-known BlueRise  says that it works on iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G and Apple TV 2G:

 

 

Awesome! The iPhone 4 NAND code seems to be fully working with the iPod Touch 4G and aTV 2G. iPad untested because @iRekoil isn't online. :p

Adding that it also works on iPad 2 as well:

 

 

iPad is working well, too. :) 

So yes, you read it right! We'll see Android coming on all new devices as iPod touch 4G, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2 and Apple TV 2G very soon.

Oh, they won't miss iPhone 3GS too. Hopefully, follow us for more news to come.

OmniVision: iPhone 5 May Get New 12.6 Megapixel Camera Sensor !!

OmniVision- Apple partner- has recently produced new sensors called OV12825 that are targeted at newly emerging devices, one of which is most likely to be Apple’s iPhone 5 rumored to debut this fall.

 

The newly developed sensor, offering a 12.6 megapixel resolution, will enter production around early June, sources inform.

 The maximum 4224x3000 resolution will not be usable for video, as it yields just 15 frames per second - sub-par for most smartphones today, totally inadequate for a handset that is to supersede the iPhone 4.

However, the sensor can record 1080p video at 60 fps, and also has enough pixel and performance headroom to use pixel-shift image stabilization, according to electronista.

The technology site reports that the CMOS features technology that is both low-light sensitive and relatively fast.

While OmniVision’s new product seems like the most plausible implementation of a camera sensor in the upcoming iPhone 5, it has been rumored that Sony sensors will be making their way inside the handset.

The phone itself, originally though to be on track for the yearly refresh cycle that Apple fans have grown accustomed to, is reportedly slated for fall 2011.

This year’s Worldwide Developers Conference will reportedly include software-only announcements, and perhaps a preview of iOS 5.

The new mobile OS is widely believed to focus heavily on cloud computing, and will reportedly play a big role in the introduction of Apple’s forthcoming iDevices, including the iPhone 5.

While a developer preview of the new iOS is expected to drop at WWDC 2011, a new iPhone announcement is seemingly not in the cards for this summer’s event.

People close to Apple are saying that assembly lines are yet to receive orders from Cupertino.

The same companies also manufacture Apple’s iPads. 

Apple is also known to be struggling to manufacture enough units to fulfill demand.

Skyfire updated to 4.0 for Android

If there’s one thing that Android doesn’t have a lack of choice of is when it comes to web browsers. There are just so many browsers available for the mobile operating system, and one of them that have been extremely popular is Skyfire for Android. What makes Skyfire popular is its video compression feature that allows users to spend less time loading videos and more time watching them and let’s not forget – streaming the videos won’t be so harsh on your data plan.

Skyfire recently received an update to version 4.0 that improve the user experience on the web browser. It includes a customizable SkyBar that allows users to personalize it whatever way they want, On-demand video: video thumbnails will no longer pop up when you load a page – you choose which videos you want to play by hitting the video button and then loading it from there, and the inclusion of new in-browser tips, tricks & tutorials to help users get the most out of Skyfire.
Skyfire is available as a free download from the Android Market, but if you want the benefits of the video compression technology, you’ll have to fork out a few dollars for the Skyfire Video License Key.

US Army to use Android in the battlefield

While iOS devices seem to be making a lot of headway in the medical field, it looks like Android will be the weapon of choice for the US military. According to reports, the Android-based Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P) gadget is currently being tested and moving closer to being deployed to soldiers. Currently in prototype, the JBC-P is a device that runs a modified version of Android which is used to give soldiers their mission commands, provide maps, blue force tracking, tactical ground reporting and critical messaging. Soldiers will also have access to other apps like an address book and Open Office (though I doubt they’ll have any games to play while passing time).
The Army has also announced that over the summer they will be releasing a software development kit so that third party developers can also create apps that can benefit the soldiers. In addition to the JBC-P, the Army is also testing other smartphone technologies for use in the field but so far it looks like results have been going well, and it’s very likely that smartphones will become an important part of a soldier’s arsenal in the future.

Prevent iPhone from Tracking Your Moves

Last few days you may heard about the iPhone apps can spying on you and track all your moves for devices running iOS 4.x . Security researchers have revealed that iPhone tracks user’s location and stores it in a secret hidden file which is replicated to the computer once it’s synchronized with the device.

The file contains data about your latitude and longitude along with the timestamp. This information can be easily accessed by jailbreaking the phone, unfortunately, on the computer even without that. Moreover, the file is not encrypted and can be read by just anyone using a simple app.

Now thanks to a new Cydia app called Untrackerd, you can easily prevent your jailbroken iPhone from tracking down all the bits and saving it to a secretly hidden database file.

Continuously clean up locationd’s history data in the background.

This package installs a daemon (process that can run in the background) to clean the consolidated.db file

Available for free on Cydia under BigBoss repository, simply search for Untrackerd on Cydia and install it to prevent your iPhone from tracking your location.