Will you jailbreak your iPad with iOS 4.2? iH8sn0w Jailbreaker iH8sn0w has released images of an iPad running the MobileTerminal jailbreak application, exposing the command line to users, suggesting that the iOS 4.2 firmware (still in beta) will be jailbroken upon its release this November. This news is good for anyone who supports the jailbreak …

Nobody thinks much about the auto-brightness feature on a smart phone. But you should do, as screen brightness is one of the main ways to run down the battery. Unfortunately for iPhone and Android users, a new report has come to light claiming the auto-brightness feature on these handsets is “close to functionally useless”. This is because smart phone manufacturers …

LG has slinked into the 3D market with a gorgeous new active-shutter TV called the LX9900. Unusually, the Korean giant is also producing a passive system, the LD920, designed specifically for use in bars and other public locations to give people the opportunity to watch Sky Sports in 3D over a pint of lager. The LX9900 has a super-slim 32mm …

It’s been almost a month since T-Mobile first introduced the latest member of the MyTouch family, and now we finally have a launch date, pricing, and a new name. The T-Mobile MyTouch 4G (previously known simply as the T-Mobile MyTouch) will be available starting November 3 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. The Android …

Today, RIM introduced the latest member of the Bold family, the BlackBerry Bold 9780, which will make its way to T-Mobile stores on November 17 for $129.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. As the follow-up to the popular BlackBerry Bold 9700, the 9780 will ship running BlackBerry OS 6 and offers several other enhancements, including …

Mere moments after Verizon announced the LG Octane, it introduced another feature phone called the Pantech Crux. The Crux is a touch-screen-only phone with a 3-inch display. However, it does come with external media control keys. Features include stereo Bluetooth, microSD support for up to 32GB (it has 1GB internal memory already), social-networking widgets, and of course a virtual QWERTY …

If you can’t wait to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet, T-Mobile will officially kick off all U.S. sales on November 10, according to a Samsung-issued press release. T-Mobile will sell the 7-inch Galaxy Tab for $399 after $50 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract and monthly rate plan. The Samsung Galaxy Tab will not carry …

Sprint Nextel added more wireless customers in the third quarter than it has since 2006, which boosted revenue. But it still saw losses widen as customer spending declined and the carrier spent more to subsidize smartphones. During the third quarter, Sprint added 644,000 net customers of which 354,000 were new subscribers with contracts. The company also reported a churn rate–or …

Apple briefly let a few old-school gamers wallow in geek heaven by allowing an MS DOS emulator into the App Store, and then promptly booted it out, shattering the dreams of classic PC fans everywhere. iDOS allowed programs written for the old DOS operating system to run on on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, including Windows 3.0. It seems …

An iPhone user has found a way to bypass the handset’s passcode lock screen and access the phone application. A few button presses are all that’s involved. When faced with the passcode lock screen, tap emergency call, type in a random number, tap the call button, and press the lock button on top of the phone immediately after. Hey presto! You’re into the phone application, …