Aug 21

8 21 10 appleapp Apple attempts to patent kill switch that roots out unauthorized users, detects jailbreaks

Just about every mobile operating system manufacturer can remotely delete apps from the smartphones they help provide, but if a recent patent application is any indication, Apple’s looking to lock down the whole enchilada on future devices. The basic concept is as simple as the diagram above — certain activities trigger the phone to think it’s in the wrong hands — but the particular activities and particular remedies Apple suggests extend to audiovisual spying (to detect if a user has a different face or voice than the owner), and complete remote shutdown. While the patent mostly sounds targeted at opt-in security software and would simply send you an alert or perform a remote wipe if your phone were stolen or hacked, jailbreaking and unlocking are also explicitly mentioned as the marks of an unauthorized user, and one line mentions that cellular carriers could shut down or cripple a device when such a user is detected. Sounds great for securing phones at retail, sure, but personally we’d rather devices don’t determine our authority by monitoring our heartbeat (seriously, that’s an option) and we’re plenty happy with the existing Find My iPhone app.

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Aug 21

samsung i917 itw 03 sm 280x210 Samsung Cetus pictured at lastSome of you may remember when first reported on the SGH-i917, and how we didn’t have a picture of it.

Thanks to our friends at Engadget, they have been granted this exclusive picture of the Samsung Cetus with Windows Phone 7.

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this before the holiday season, when this phone arrives.

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Aug 21

10x0819iuob235ewda 280x186 Colorware hits the BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Flip UltraHDWe’ve seen Colorware on the BlackBerry before, not to mention the iPhone 4 and Mac Mini.

It is now come to the BlackBerry Pearl 3G and Flip UltraHD, and they will be done up with whatever paint you want.

Granted, it does cost a bit for $165, or $640 for the brand new phone.

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Aug 21

 Monster Dash iPhone AppThose that like the Fruit Ninja App might be interested in knowing that the creators of the game have created a new one called Monster Dash.

It is essentially like the game Canabalt. It has a player running on the rooftop. The difference is that you can shoot the things you meet with special guns.

The game is only $0.99, so it is probably worth it.

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Aug 21

Yes, that White iPhone 4 has been quite elusive, hasn’t it?

However, a YouTube user known as FONGERTV somehow got his hands on an official AT&T white iPhone and did a video of unwrapping the package itself.

Like it? Now, if we could just get the white iPhone 4 on the shelves or ready to order.

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