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    Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves

    LED Wand + RFID Waves = Beautiful

    HP Goes Multitouch Crazy With TouchSmart All-In-Ones and Tx2 Updates

    Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2

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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    What could be more twee French than a company called Sensitive Object that works on "acoustic touch"? Is it run by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel?
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    This will be fun when I get on the train, drunk, at 3 AM and the phone mistakes the noise of the homeless crackhead as me dialing my mother.
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    Sound waves? I'd be interested in hearing how one deals with white noise. And what sort of sounds a finger touching a screen makes, or how you pinpoint it.
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    We'll see what they can end up doing with this, but it looks promising. As one person said, maybe by making screens and touchscreen devices even smaller because we wouldn't need the technology in the screen as we do now.
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    Image of Digo Digo
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    Does that mean I can set a ringtone that automatically hangs up on people I don't want to talk to?
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/03/09

    @Digo: I like the way you think.

    ....Though, Android can automatically set a contact to go straight to voicemail. I'd imagine most other smartphones would have a way to do it, too. So, I guess it's kind of moot.

    I still like the way you think, though.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/03/09

    @Digo: The iPhone already does that. It also hangs up on people you do want to talk to.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    Sounds like an awful lot of technology for something that really doesn't need said awful lot of technology.
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    Image of brobot - Beboptimus Prime brobot - Beboptimus Prime
    10/17/09

    In reply to LED Wand + RFID Waves = Beautiful
    Rosa, are you trying to tell me that this is what is emitted from my butt pocket when I carry my RFID bus pass in my wallet?

    SWEET #rfidwavesvisualized
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/17/09

    In reply to LED Wand + RFID Waves = Beautiful
    I hate how the guy in the begining talks like he has a ball of bread in his mouth.

    Anywhos, this is pretty cool stuff. #rfidwavesvisualized
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    10/17/09

    @psychonaut2021: Secrets of the Pineal Gland: #rfidwavesvisualized
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/17/09

    @Xeno lives under the light of his shiny star: Aw man! I was thinking about that at work last night. How I used to love that cartoon. #rfidwavesvisualized
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    10/13/09

    In reply to HP Goes Multitouch Crazy With TouchSmart All-In-Ones and Tx2 Updates
    Yes!
    This is what I was expecting...
    tx2 with Win7. Few more months and I'll probably be able to buy here... can't wait
     Reply
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    Image of chappell101 chappell101
    10/11/09

    In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
    It worked great in about 20 seconds on 3GS on O.S 3.1.2. just remember to turn off your Antivirus/Firewall and close iTunes before making it rain.

    I'm happy to have so much functionality back, honestly though a lot of it should be there from the beginning. Tell me if I'm missing out on anything actually useful since I last jailbreaked with...

    imobilecinema
    yxflash
    tv-out
    MxTube
    Voipover3g
    cyntact
    categories
    searcher
    veency
    AdBlock
    iBluetooth
    StatusNotifier
    NetaTalk
    SBsettings
    Backgrounder
    BossPrefs
    Intelliscreen
    5icondock
    5-Row Keyboard
    cydelete
    iRealSMS
    installous (I don't agree with this App, but it could solve the problem of some Apps not being in the UK store)
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    Image of jacobwaldo2 jacobwaldo2
    10/11/09

    In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
    Ok so I upgraded my iPhone 3g to 3.1.2 and uses blackra1n on it but it keeps saying "working" even though it isn't. I have tried 3 times and all it does is put my phone in recovery mode.

    Any ideas?
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    10/11/09

    @jacobwaldo2: try pulling the usb and plugging back in. that was a similar issue with purplera1n. if it fails, just try again. Hold Home and Sleep button for like 6 seconds or so if you are locked up, it'll reboot.
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    Image of jacobwaldo2 jacobwaldo2
    10/11/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: That worked, thank you very much.
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    Image of aside aside
    10/11/09

    In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
    SECOND WARNING:

    On my system (both Win XP and Win 7, virtualized in VMWare) blackra1n.exe crashes miserably as soon as I press the button. It doesn’t do anything.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment aside was starred aside was unstarred
    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    10/11/09

    @aside: because you are in VMware. Use it in a full-fledged PC environment. won't work on a Mac running Parallels either. Has something to do with sharing the usb posrt, Blackra1n needs exclusiviety
     Reply
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    Image of Christofer Haglund Christofer Haglund
    10/11/09

    In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
    So a locked iPhone is when it can only be used with one particular sim-card, correct? But what if my iPhone was purchased legitimately unlocked by my carrier right from the start (viva Europe)? Seeing as I haven't forcibly unlocked it via a jailbreak, I'm hoping it'll stay unlocked. Is this true or will I lose this ability?
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    10/11/09

    @Christofer Haglund: while it's unlocked from factory, that's not a prevention that the "unlockable to date" baseband won't be upgraded. be VERY careful. I know you paid big bucks for a factory unlocked version....
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment STFU_FPU! was starred STFU_FPU! was unstarred
    Image of quim barreiros quim barreiros
    10/11/09

    @Christofer Haglund: its true , belgium or italy are legally unlock ,you dont lose anything.
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    Image of Christofer Haglund Christofer Haglund
    10/11/09

    @couto27: So which is it now? And Faslane, what's "'unlockable to date' baseband won't be upgraded" mean?
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Christofer Haglund was starred Christofer Haglund was unstarred
    Image of otko otko
    10/11/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: It will ALWAYS be unlocked. I don't know what you're trying to say here faslane. This is noted in the dev teams blog.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Edited by otko at 10/11/09 4:05 PM otko was starred otko was unstarred
    Image of otko otko
    10/11/09

    @Christofer Haglund: From blog.iphone-dev.org

    "SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G(S)

    This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G(S) for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G(S) doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, if your device was Pwned at 3.0 or 3.0.1 then you can use PwnageTool to create an ipsw and then use this to update and jailbreak your phone."

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: He doesn't have to be "VERY careful". He'll only need a jailbreak if he wants and he can use the tools to do that for him.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Edited by otko at 10/11/09 4:05 PM otko was starred otko was unstarred
    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    10/11/09

    In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
    The fact that you can't unlock your iphone like you can with all other phones should be against the law
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    Image of Kerfudle has free , and ... Kerfudle has free , and ...
    10/11/09

    @Digitallysick:
    all CDMA phones can't be unlocked, and the iPhone can be unlocked legitly forever it's just that AT&T doesn't give out the unlock codes.
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    10/11/09

    @Kerfudle: : CDMA can be unlocked! just not for every device. You can get a Palm Pre, Treo Pro etc. for Cricket (CDMA) all over CL in San Diego area. (not all functions work like push for instance, but they can be unlocked)
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    Image of Kerfudle has free , and ... Kerfudle has free , and ...
    10/11/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished:
    No you cant, its a common misconception about cdma. Yes you can alter your ecid with a bit of hackery. However, the carrier has to have the ECID, UUID, and about 40 other bits of info in their system to get the phone activated and running. This info is put into the computers way before the phone goes to the store and the store reps cant add to it. Also 99% of cdma cellproviders will not allow non-network branded phones onto their network. Another thing worth mentioning is that without more info about the networks various proxy's, you will not get internet, messaging, data, or voicemail. This easily explains it...
    [cellphoneforums.net]
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Kerfudle has free , and ... was starred Kerfudle has free , and ... was unstarred
    Image of stevegiblin stevegiblin
    10/11/09

    In reply to Blackra1n Jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
    IF YOU CARE ABOUT AN UNLOCK - DON'T USE BLACKRA1N!!

    You know I'm serious cause I used caps.

    [www.iclarified.com]

    Read the warning.
     Reply
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