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The very popular iPhone must be used with the not so popular cellular network AT&T. People using other networks must break their contracts to switch to AT&T. That can cost up to $250. But a teenager has modified the computer code in an iPhone, freeing it from its corporate master and letting it work with other carriers. Apple advertisements read: “There’s never been an iPod that can do this. No there certainly has not. The iPhone, the most hyped mobile phone ever, has been hacked by this guy: 17-year-old-George Hotz, making the phone potentially usable on networks all over the world. “It’s very technical, and it requires opening up your phone, soldering a wire, the two points, and then running some software that I wrote, putting your iPhone back together. Inserting any sim card that you want, and then just using it.” It can cost over $200 to get out of a contract with a cell phone company and switch to another. So people pining for an iPhone but stuck with, say, a T-Mobile contract, are out of luck unless they pay the penalty fee. In this case, Hotz placed a T-Mobile SIM card, a small chip that identifies a phone to a network, in an iPhone. Voila…This was a high tech feat using some low-tech tools. The trick to opening the iPhone case — there’s an official Apple case opener tool — guitar picks. “Some guy told me,” explained Hotz, “that when we first started, when I first got the iPhone, ‘Hey dude, to open it up, just slide a guitar pick right in there.’ Sure enough …

Google’s new phone destroys the competition by systematically terrorizing iPhone’s users. Featuring: Erik Tanouye, Eddie Brawley, Anna Rubanova, Michael Dubin, Nicole Shabtai, Doug Mand, Saj Pothiawala, Lauren Adams and Emily Strachan. Voiceover by Ellen Sowney. Idea by Jon Pack and Jason Kalter. Shot by Noah-Yuan Vogel.

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A live demo of the Samsung Moment Android phone for Sprint. For more info visit mobiletechreview.com web site. Read the full review at: www.mobiletechreview.com

Accessory Geeks Present: www.accessorygeeks.com Join us inexploring the 2010 CES convention and witness first hand all of the expected gizmos and accessories for the upcoming year! We promise you wont be disappointed. There is just too much excitement in the air! www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Super thanks to Ari and Wirefly for starting off the convention right with a fantastic interview! We will separate each discussion so you can pick and choose what you decide on and we will surely keep you updated! (Don’t call me Shirley) … Thanks to Macboy Productions for intro/outro www.youtube.com

Ring Of Fire? Man’s Cell Phone Turns On His Oven It’s amazing, it’s peculiar, and it’s dangerous. So says a Brooklyn man who’s experiencing some weird occurrences with his cell phone and his stove. Andre’s cell phone starts his Maytag oven whenever someone calls and the phone is sitting nearby. CBS 2 watched the bizarre phenomenon happen. These days it seems like cell phones or smart phones can do just about anything. Just ask Andrei Melnikov, whose smart phone apparently has an unintended “app” unlike any other. That’s because when Melnikov’s Sony Ericsson PDA is near the stove in his kitchen and happens to light up with a call, his Maytag Magic Chef oven lights up to a broil. “The over turns on by itself,” he told CBS 2. “If I want to bake some pie, I just put the pie inside and ask a friend to give me a call. That’s all I have to do.” He said he noticed it last week when the cell phone was just a couple feet from the stove. It rang, and the stove began to beep, indicating the broiler was on high. Gas flames came on from the burners, torching his meat thermometer that was inside the oven. “I see the flames and the smoke coming from here. I was shocked the first time,” he said. Melnikov said this whole thing is beyond dangerous and that he and his wife can’t sleep, fearing that another incident might happen again.” “It could be a fire. If I leave the house and didn’t smell the smoke it could be dangerous,” he said. The company sent a repairman to his home on Monday, but …

another way to charge your phone.. make sure the wires from the charger dont touch metal

Ford’s top security man shows why the urban myth of unlocking a car using a cell phone or a tennis ball is totally rubbish, and heeds a warning for you to physically check your car is locked when you leave it.

Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video. Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from ryry and more videos in the Cell Phones category. You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at www.howcast.com or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at www.howcast.com Don’t make people around you wish that cell phones had never been invented. Mind your manners by following a few simple rules. To complete this How-To you will need: Consideration Common sense Consideration Common sense Step 1: Don’t answer your phone Don’t answer your phone and start chatting away if you are in the middle of an in-person conversation. If you’re expecting an important call, set your phone to vibrate, and then excuse yourself and go elsewhere to chat if the call comes in. Step 2: Answer your phone If you are not near enough to your phone to answer it within three rings, silence the ringer or turn it off — especially at the office. Step 3: Don’t assume it’s off If a phone rings somewhere inappropriate, like in a theater or during a church service, double check that it’s not yours, even if you’re “positive” you turned it off or silenced it. Step 4: Rethink your ring tone Rethink your ring tone. Consider whether the volume or song snippet you chose might disturb some people. If it might, set your phone to vibrate. Step 5: Show some consideration Keep your voice down and the conversation brief when speaking on your cell phone …