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I personally own quite some number of iPhone case since my first iPhone 4 came into my hand until now with iPhone 5. Like many power users, I focus on the quality of material that it is made of, functionality and durability of the case in which the design really comes last for my consideration. And I may be carrying more than one when I go out for a day, as well as depending on the weather condition, where I am going to and what I am going to do. Say for instance, I used Incipio Frequency for my iPhone 5 when I go out for photography all day long just in case may be careless is hitting or dropping my phone on bricks and rocks. I am also accompanied by a Mophie case to refill the juice of my phone in order to stay up at evening time. However, summer is coming and a full cover of a phone could make it super warm when it stays in your pocket, or during gaming in your hands. It is somehow frustrating while other ultra thin cases could not offer same level of protection as my Incipio does. Until the day when I received this AL13 bumper I could replace all my non-lithium powered iPhone cases. The story behind It is a product that comes out from and funded by a Kickstarter project. The primary reason is pretty straightforward according to the designer: We stumbled upon the idea at a trade show. We’d been searching for the perfect iPhone bumper for a while but never found one that could do what we wanted ? protect the phone, but be virtually invisible…was slim, attractive and made with extreme attention to detail. It was also ridiculously expensive…The next day we looked at each other and said, “Let’s just make our own…even more impressive and make it affordable” I really appreciate such a clear objective to make things happen. It is indeed crucial for every Kickstart project to let potential customers and backers to understand what they will get in return of financial support, and how much value could be delivered. It is also impressive to me that, based on the output of product quality, they should have put much effort in getting the best in a supply chain context – from design, material sourcing, production, quality control and packaging. The unboxing The AL13 Bumper comes with a well-designed black metal and a covering sheet with its logo clearly printed on it. Upon sliding over the metal cover of the box, you will find the screen and back-cover protector package with the bumper underneath. Design, features and usability The designer has already highlighted what the bumper is about in one sentence that I could not agree more after trying it: AL13 is a slim, lightweight bumper made from aerospace aluminum that offers protection without changing the look of your iPhone. And there are some of the features and specifications of the AL13 in a nutshell: - Made from Aerospace Aluminum: thin, strong and light in weight of less than 16 grams - Anti-scuff Rubber lining attached as inside part of the bumper for shock resistance and avoid dis-positioning. - Sleek Chamfered Edges that blend with iPhone 5 - A few millimeter thickness that raises the phone from surface contact - Anti-scratch, anti-fingerprint and anti-glare PET screen protector The installation of the AL13 bumper is very simple: first, lift up a bit the back piece at the bottom part of it and slice it out from the tray; then orientate your phone according to the opening of the iPhone buttons, face it down and carefully slide it into the case (you will feel the resistance by the interior rubber); slide back the back piece and click to lock the bumper. How I feel about it The very first impression to me comes from the packaging. It is so well designed and packed. The color theme compromises with the case I received. It gives me a feeling of unity – the box, the screen protector pack and even the plastic form where the bumper laid on. The second thing is about the product design and the quality of it. The bumper is well

It's easy (for Windows): 1. Fired up your cmd.exe, and make sure you have administrator privileges. 2. Type this is: C WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERSETC 3. Type this: edit hosts 4. Add this to the last line: 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com 5.Save the file (People asked me to add this, it's a common knowledge tho when you change a file you must save it) 6. Restart your iTunes. 7. Put your iPhone 3G in recovery mode, by turn off the device first and pull the plug from your PC. Then press Home Button and connect your iPhone into your PC, then wait until the Recovery Icon shows up (iTunes icon with cable above it). 8. Now, restore your iPhone with your firmware iOS 4.0 (in windows using Shift + Restore, in mac using Options + Restore) 9. Voila, it will be restored succesfully, it's fully working on my iPhone 3G.Source: idownloadblog.com

The fine folks at GTVHacker dropped us a line to say that their new Asus Cube root solution is now available as a free download in the Google Play Store. The cleverly-titled CubeRoot takes advantage of a Unix NFS mounting exploit to install the SuperSU application and grant Cube owners root privileges, sure to be much appreciated by Google TV power users excited for Asus' new hardware. You can pick up the root application from the Play Store widget below, or download it directly from GTVHacker's website. In addition to basic rooting duties, CubeRoot will modify the Cube's Flash Player app, allowing users to get around some arbitrary platform-content restrictions in video websites. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:ASUS Cube Hits Online Availability For $139.99 [New App] Root Transmission Lets You Root Other Android Devices Using Your Own Via OTG Cable One-Click Root Now Available For ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Sony Google TV Root Exploit Allows For Unsigned Kernels, Modified Flash Plugin, And More [New App] GTVHacker Releases Asus Cube Google TV Root App On The Play Store: Roots, Patches, Modifies Flash Player was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Sony has been a big contributor to the Android Open Source Project, and has been making a push recently to add more of its devices to AOSP, which means that they get stock Android ROMs straight from Sony. The latest to be added to the mix is the Sony Xperia Tablet Z...

Fighting games, or “button-bashers” as they are fondly known as, are far and few between on Android as the act of bashing buttons is significantly less satisfying on touchscreens (disclaimer: is probably not the actual reason for lack of fighting games). Also quite rare are games that fully utilize touchscreen gestures to suit a game’s genre. Enter Combo Crew, a new game from The Game Bakers, that actually thoughtfully matches a bespoke fighting game style with the frantic play-style akin to button-bashing. If you don’t know what I’m on about, have a watch of the video below: As you can see, the gameplay of Combo Crew is wonderfully frantic and looks to use touch in a way that suits the fighting genre on a mobile platform. Also featured in Combo Crew is cross-platform co-op play, between iOS and Android, so you can hop into games with friends, compete with them for high scores and save them when the inevitably need rescuing. Combo Crew is due for a May 23rd release date on the Play Store. What are your thoughts about Combo Crew? Let us know below. Source: The Game Bakers Blog

A picture found online could have been snapped using the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note III if the EXIF data from the photograph is legit; unfortunately, this data can be falsified. The EXIF data shows that the picture was taken by the GT-N7200. Considering that the GT-N7100 is the Samsung Galaxy Note II, we could be on the right track...Photos:

Nowadays IMEI unlock is very popular solution and I know why. There is no need to hack your device. Just pay money (the price always depends on the carrier to which device is locked) and wait for the respond from other guys who try to unlock it. After it you will be able to use any Sim card and upgrade / downgrade iPhone to any new / old iOS version and still be unlocked. And the most thing I love, it is permanent / lifetime solution. Just make an order, complete unlock in iTunes and forever forget about it.Source: letsunlockiphone.com

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Concept A couple of new reports offer new details about Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 3 smartphone but also mention a device never seen before in similar rumors, the Galaxy S4 Mega. Galaxy Note 3 Sam Mobile published a picture (see below) that has been allegedly taken with the Galaxy Note 3. The image has apparently been posted on the forum of a Polish website called SmartFan. Naturally, the information can’t be confirmed at this time, as we’re only looking at details available from EXIF data, and such info can be tampered with. Assuming it’s real, the image appears to have been taken with a GT-N7200 device running firmware version N7200XXUAMEB. The Galaxy Note 2 has model number GT-N7200, while the Galaxy Note has model number GT-N7000, so it makes sense to assume this GT-N7200 is the third handset in the series. According to the EXIF data, the device has a 13-megapixel sensor and an aperture of f/2.2, matching the characteristics of the Galaxy S4 main shooter. The Galaxy Note 3 could share the same camera with the Galaxy S4, but it’s too early to have it everything confirmed. The handset is expected to be unveiled at IFA 2013 in Germany in early September. Galaxy S4 Mega The Galaxy S4 is rumored to have plenty of brothers including the Galayx S4 Mini, the Galaxy S4 Zoom and the Galaxy S4 Active, but it looks like another member of this expanding family may have been spotted. Called the Galaxy S4 Mega, this particular model has been seen in Samsung’s recently updated WatchOn application. As you can see in the screenshots below WatchON has been updated with “added support for the upcoming S4 Mega, S4 mini and S4 Active.” In fact, these product names are mention right on the app’s page in the Google Play Store: From the looks of it, the Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy S4 Active we mentioned before also get confirmed, but the Galaxy S4 Mega is a totally new product name. Considering that the Mega is a new subfamily of Galaxy smartphones (currently there are two models in it, the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and the Galaxy Mega 5.8), where would a Galaxy S4 Mega fit? Is the device a bigger Galaxy S4 Mega? What purpose would it serve? We’ll be back with more details about upcoming Samsung devices once we have them.

The HTC One specs have been hailed by a large number of our readers over the last couple of weeks, and smartphone users seem to love the aluminum external case, 1.7GHz quad-core CPU and a number of other notable features. While the HTC One design and speed impresses, some people want more and are willing to overclock the HTC One with a custom ROM to achieve it. The smartphone might be one of the fastest on the market right now, but a number of videos have appeared on YouTube explaining “how easy” it is to find and flash a custom kernel. We have featured one such video below this article, which shows the process of overclocking the HTC One and delivering a much faster processor speed. The hands-on review then compares the results in a before and after, so you can see the exact difference a HTC One overclock creates in terms of performance. HTC One overheating and problems – we must point out that any custom installs like this come with risk, and you do so at your own risk. The video below even points out one issue they had when installing a custom kernel, which led to the smartphone shutting down and not turning on for around 2 hours. It must have taken this long for the device to cool down enough. The successful custom install used the ElementalX Kernel, although they point out there’s a lot of Kernels to choose from. Watch the 4-minute video and let us know if overclocking your HTC One interests you, and if you have installed a custom Kernel did it happen problem free? If you’re waiting to update your HTC One to Jelly Bean 4.2, then you can read an update in this article that explains it should be rolling out soon. On a side note, we have seen a few people ask for a Galaxy S4 Exynos 5 overclock although this doesn’t seem possible. The majority of Galaxy S4 users point out “Samsung? doesn’t release the source code”. What are your thoughts on overclocking?

Maybe Samsung loves Apple after all, many smartphone consumers including iPhone owners have said that Apple has lossed its innovation when its comes to the iPhone and that if they do not make drastic changes with its next release being it the iPhone 5S or 6, they would keep the iPhone 5 or even turn to another maker. Now this brings us on to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 design and build materials, apparently according to our previous article the Note 3 will look like the Samsung Galaxy S4 but just bigger, some might just say that if Samsung do decide to choose this path they are not that much different to Apple in innovation. We know that Samsung will continue to sell millions of devices even if they do look the same but bigger, we would personally like the Note 3 in metal like the HTC One but it seems Samsung will continue to use the plastic because it has been proven to work. We talked about the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 design last week looking a lot like the Galaxy S4, but we wanted to speak a little more about this because it is important. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 design mimics S4 burdens response from our readers, we would love to know what you think of the Note 3 design looking a lot like the Samsung Galaxy S4? The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be a bigger version of the Galaxy S4, but will hopefully comes featuring a 5.99-inch edge-to-edge display, new S Pen suite of applications and it will come with a thin bezel. It will be powered with a combination of Octa-core processor comprising a quad-core 1.6GHz Cortex A7 and quad-core 1.9GHx Cortex A15, it will also have a 2-megapixel camera on the front and a 13-megapixel camera on the rear, as well as 2GB RAM and much more. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is expected to launch in September 2013, please do use the commenting area below as we would love to know if the SG Note 3 design looking like the S4 is a good or bad idea.