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  • Google phone official. Honest-to-goodness.

    Apparently all the speculation is confirmed.

    Google will come out in mid-2008 with a mobile phone platform that incorporates a variety of Google online services and lets outside developers create applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

    I like the fact that Google is coming right out and saying they are letting outside devs in from the get-go. Obviously a shot at Apple, but let’s face it: Apple set themselves up for that one.

    When asked about the complex and competative world of mobile technology, Marissa Meyer made this brilliant statement.

    “The mobile space is very complicated,” she said.

    We bet.

    Report: Google phone platform due out in mid 2008

  • 369 Monthly Dividend Stocks

    In a recent post I mentioned that I’m trying to diversify my portfolio holdings in the area of dividend stocks, in the pursuit of that I’ve pieced together a list of 369 dividend stocks that pay a monthly dividend.

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  • One step jailbreaking for iPhone and touch

    AppSnapp

    Gone are the days of manual jailbreaks and sitting there waiting a whole ten minutes for iJailbreak to do its stuff. Enter AppSnapp, now you can jailbreak your iPhone or touch without a computer!

    1. Jailbreaks iPhone/iPod Touch on 1.1.1
    2. Patches Springboard to load third party apps
    3. Activates non-AT&T iPhones automatically, while leaving already activated phones alone
    4. Fixes YouTube on non-AT&T iPhones automatically, while leaving already activated phones alone
    5. Installs Installer.app v3.0b5 on the iPhone/iPod Touch
    6. Fixes Apple’s TIFF bug, making your device MORE secure than it was without AppSnapp!

    Directions after the jump…

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  • MacBook revision coming tomorrow?

    Updated: Nope, nothing… try again next week.

    Word on the street is that Apple might be releasing a revision to their MacBook line up tomorrow. Previous rumors have pointed to early November as a release date for the revision, so this wouldn’t be that far off.

    Details of the update are pretty much nonexistence, however, Apple’s Leopard update has revealed drivers for the newer Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics chip. This is the successor to the Intel GMA 950 which is currently used in the existing MacBooks. This would suggest that the next MacBook would see an upgrade to the Santa Rosa chipset. The driver, does appear functional and works when used on a PC laptop with the X3100 chipset.

  • Sweet Jailbreaking Action

    I recently acquired an iPod touch, and the first thing I did was jailbreak it and install 3rd party apps, seriously, I didn’t even sync any music to it first.

    While cool, the iPod touch is limited greatly out of the box, but add in a quick jailbreak, installer.app, and some iPhone applications like mail and you’ve got yourself a winner. I can do just as much with my iPod touch as I could with my Dell Axim 51v, granted the range of available applications are fairly limited right now, but with the SDK coming in February the best is yet to come. In all seriousness though, an iPod touch of the 8GB variety is $299, verses the $399-499 price tag of a Pocket PC with far less storage space.

    Yes, the iPod touch does have a ways to go before it can really be billed as a Pocket PC replacement, and I’m sure Apple would rather roll out an updated Newton to fill that role, but it’s still a very solid mobile platform and incredibly versatile considering its intended use as a music player platform.

    So if you can afford an iPod touch and are cool with potentially voiding your warranty, get one, jailbreak it and enjoy!