Alleged iPhone 5 Screen Protector Larger Than iPhone 4 Itself

Since there are contradictory rumors about thenext iPhone (some say it will sport a larger screen, others say it will be very hard to distinguish from the iPhone 4), we'll leave this up to you. Apparently, a screen protector for the upcoming Apple-phone has been leaked.

As you can see in the image below, it is larger than the iPhone 4 itself. This means that the next Apple-phone will not only have a larger screen but it will be, on the whole, larger than the current Apple device. Also, you can notice the rumoredhome button which appears to be redesigned.We've heard of a larger, elongated home button before, and it appears that the screen protector is just giving that one away.

If indeed this will fit the next iPhone, we hope Apple managed to shave off a couple of microns or millimeters from the thickness to make up for the increased tallness and width.

HTC Runnymede To Be Launched As HTC Bass?

Looks like HTC is going to launch the Runnymede as the HTC Bass, at least according to retailer Handtec that has a product page for the phone. We've seen the HTC Sensation XE being launched recently and, given the Beats orientation of the Runnymede, "Bass" would make more sense than Runnymede.

We've seen official press renders of the phone, which is white-colored like the HTC Radar, and we've mentioned the specs rumored. It will reportedly ship with a 1.5GHz single-core processor, 4.7-inch QVGA display, 768MB of RAM, 16GB of storage, eight-megapixel main camera, 1.3-megapixel webcam, and it will run Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.5 on top of it (like the HTC Rhyme).

We're guessing it will also ship with some Beats by Dr. Dre in-ear buds or phones, just like the Sensation XE, and we hope special audio decoding and playback software is included to offer the full Beats experience.

P.S.: Anyone else noted the relatively large lens on the back camera? Can we hope for an improved camera coming with the Bass? 

HTC Rhyme/Bliss Press Renders Surface

The image above is an official press render of the HTC Rhyme/Bliss. We first heard of the Bliss as a female-oriented smartphone from HTC and later on we learned that it is probably one and the same with the HTC Rhyme.

Real life pictures of the phone actually appeared prior to the press renders but once these renders are out there, a launch is usually imminent. The phone will reportedly have a 3.7-inch WVGA screen, a single-core 1GHz processor, 768MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, five-megapixel camera with 720p video recording capability, VGA front-facer, and will be powered by a 1,600mAh battery.

The picture above shows the new HTC Sense on top of Android. It is Sense 3.5 that got leaked together with the real life pictures of the phone. It will bring some goodies like the ability to remove home screen panels, a face-lifted browser, new home screen button design, widgets and animations plus more. 

Untethered iOS 5 Jailbreak In The Works

iOS 5, at least the beta versions, have been jailbroken literally hours after their public release. Of course, these jailbreak methods were tethered meaning that you'd have to reapply every time you reboot or power cycle your phone.

It appears that an untethered jailbreak solution -- the one that is permanent and outlives any device restarts -- is currently being developed. According to a tweet by one of the members of the iOS hacking group Chronic-Dev Team, the jailbreak solution is currently in the works. Because of obvious reasons, betas will not get permanent jailbreaks as it would give Apple the information and time to patch things up before the official public release. There still might be hope after rumors of Cupertino trying to patch everything in order to prevent untethered solutions.

Motorola Droid Bionic Hardware Tour (Video)

The latest and greatest from Motorola and Verizon is the Droid Bionic. With its wedge-shaped chassis encasing some very high-end hardware, this is the smartphone the others are all envious of.

In this video we'll take a look at the insides of this phone, and the exterior hardware.

The first thing you'll notice about the MotorolaDroid Bionic is that the battery cover isn't attached right out of the box. In fact, the panel itself is stored in its own zippered bag, separate from the phone. The battery also is not installed, nor is the LTE SIM card.

Installing the LTE SIM is a little tricky, it's tucked neatly under the pre-installed 16GB Class 4 microsdhc card. Just line up the SIM according to the diagram and wiggle it in. Removing the SIM is somewhat difficult, but you likely won't need to remove your SIM, so that's not a problem.

After you've installed your SIM, installing the battery and back cover are very easy.

The buttons on the front-screen are capacitive and in the traditional Motorola layout: Menu, Home, Back, and Search. They are very responsive and work every bit as well as the "physical" buttons on other smartphones.

The power button is on the top left, which is opposite that of many other Android phones, on the opposite side is the headset jack. The volume rocker is on the top of the right side, designed to be under the index finger of right-handed users. It's also on the opposite side of the microUSB and HDMI ports, so you won't accidentally mess up your audio volume while watching video on the beautiful, enormous screen.

The camera is a 8MP (6MP widescreen) still camera with full 1080p HD recording capabilities and single LED flash.

There is no dedicated camera button, nor is there a scroll-wheel or
scroll-pad like earlier Androids had, but niether of those have proven to be an issue.



In an upcoming video we'll take a closer look at the software, and we'll take a look its 1080p video camera capabilities.