Posts Tagged android
Crazy Smart Hacker Gets Android OS on iPhone 3G
Posted by Ben in Apple, Cell Phone, Software on May 17, 2010
The latest from PlanetBeing, an iPhone 3G can be seen here booting up the modified Linux kernel with Android on it!
When “Geohots” was the first one to unlock the iPhone, everyone knew it was a step into the direction forward into a world of iPhone hacking. Three generations later and 4 OS remakes, and Apple still hasn’t been able to beat the hackers. Well in the latest showing of heroic hacking, PlanetBeing has managed to get a (almost) fully functional version of the Android OS running on an iPhone 3G!
Well for those of you that are “in the know”, you surely are aware that this is already possible with the iPhone 2G, but really, who still has one of those? Well with the latest news from PlanetBeing, it looks like its only going to be a matter of days before the first release of this multiboot solution on iPhone comes to the masses. Complete with a guide, PlanetBeing has managed to fix just about all the errors the Android OS has thrown at him, but with the help of a new development team, I am honest excited to see this new OS coming to such a popular device.
OpeniBoot is the bootloader for the iPhone you’re going to load up, and from there you’ll be able to load either Android or the stock iPhone OS. And hopefully later in time, we can get Palm’s webOS running. Its a great leap in a iPhone hacking and I’m waiting the final release! My only question is how much space is this new Linux kernel going to take up on my 8GB iPhone 3G?
App Spotlight: chompSMS for Android
Posted by Ben in Cell Phone, Software on December 12, 2009
The chompSMS app is no real application, but an enhancement to your current SMS app.
App Name: chompSMS
Platform: Android
Price: Free (with carrier texting)
Overall rating: 4/5
An application that iPhone owners could only dream of, chompSMS is available exclusively on the Android OS and supercharges the SMS available on your phone. chompSMS can be used as a replacement to the built-in SMS application, or you can just use it to boost the features of your current application. The application even offers there own message network called the “chompSMS” network. To use their texting service instead of your carriers, you’ll pay a flat rate of $0.12 per text.
They try and tell you this is “much cheaper” then using your carrier, but doing the math, sending 200 texts through there network would run you around $24. Pay an extra $6 and you could probably get unlimited from your own carrier. On the other hand, this is quite a deal for international text messaging, if you do that a lot, but be sure if you do text your pals over seas that your not jacking up their bill.
The application itself enhances the messaging experience nonetheless with a slew of features including: quick compose, chat style bubbles (like on the iPhone), quick reply option, various user interface customizations, notification customizations, ring tones per contact, and blacklisting. For a free application, it really fixes the holes left from the default app.
The Bottom Line: Its an excellent download that really enhances the way you text people on your phone. The app itself is free and is well worth downloading, but the rates for using their personal network are a bit outrageous. Runs fairly smoothly most of the time but can have a little lag every now and again, but not enough to keep you from using such a great app.