An official at SK Telecom, said that it is negotiating with the Finish giant on supplying handsets, and Nokia phones could be on sale in SK Telecom stores by the end of the year.
At the moment, South Korean mobile phone market is dominated by four handset makers — Samsung, LG, Pantech, and Motorola — and Nokia’s return is likely to cause a great upheaval.
Nokia first entered the Korean market in 2001, but withdrew in January 2003 after a difficult struggle. read more…
A Russian hacker named ZoRn has developed what he is calling ROMpatcher. In a nutshell, ROMpatcher does exactly what the name dictates; it allows you to quickly and relatively easily apply patches to the ROM on S60 devices. For the time being there are only a few patches available which essentially just a few tasks that already existed (access to protected directories, circumvent certificate check) but now that the flood gates are open, expect the water to start roaring soon enough.
In short, ROMPatcher makes the S60 platform truly and finally open to anything, this is the amazing piece of code, application allowing patching the ROM on the very easy and very secure way and our imagination is the only limit when it comes to the number of uses for it. read more…
The first video recorder with sound has finally arrived for Apple’s iPhone. DreamCatcher are the creators behind iPhone Video Recorder version 1.1.6. For now the recorded audio and video is compressed to mpeg4 format which means a one-hour recording will take up only 60MB of your available space. That’s before you download it to your Mac or upload it to YouTube. The frame rate is up to 15fps which will increase recording quality.
 
If you like to record pretty much everything around, you’ll be happy to know you can joggle with this app’s features. You can customize both the image quality and the audio bitrate. Furthermore you can control the volume amplifier and the video mode settings. read more…
AT&T is now officially gearing up to deploy its AT&T HotSpot service across the nation. starting on May 1, AT&T high-speed internet and WiFi HotSpot customers get free WiFi access at all AT&T HotSpot locations, including at more than 7,000 Starbucks locations.
AT&T Wi-Fi service will reach company-operated Starbucks locations on a market-by-market basis throughout the year. The experience will include a mix of free and paid connection options for both frequent and occasional Wi-Fi users and qualifying Starbucks customers. Once AT&T Wi-Fi service is available, customers will be able to shop and surf both Starbucks’ and AT&T’s respective home pages for products and services. read more…
Skype has just released an official mobile client that supports supporting over 50 handsets. Specific phone models aren’t listed, but the press release promised support for phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson.
The new software reportedly allows for free Skype-to-Skype calls, cheap SMS, forward a call, or set up an online number for friends, family and colleagues, and allows you to utilize Skype-out for all of your landline needs. read more…
