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Members of Chronic Dev Team have just confirmed that the upcoming GreenPois0n RC5 untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 will support animated custom boot logo on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Video after the break.

Also as already confirmed before, GreenPois0n RC5 will support all devices, including, iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 2G/3G/4G and iPad for untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak without needing any SHSH blobs saved on Cydia.

Stay tuned to us as we will let you know as soon as it is available for download. (via Twitter)

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Today, there are literally tons of iPhone battery packs and cases out in the market for Apple’s power hungry smartphone. And if you are an iPhone owner, you know you definitely need one of those to get you through a whole day without having to recharge. Its true even for the iPhone 4 which supposedly has a much superior battery than its predecessors. But after a modest usage of hardly 8-10 hours, it’s battery just gives out. Luckily we got our hands on a superior battery case, the ExoGear Exolife™ for iPhone 4, which promises to virtually double its battery life with a touch of style and added hard case protection at the same time. Thanks to ExoGear for sending this in for the review!

SPECIFICATIONS

Features:

World’s thinnest and lightest iPhone battery case

Sleek polycarbonate hardshell case provides protection against drops and scratches

ExoClear™ technology eliminates interference with your phone’s reception

Lithium-ion polymer battery virtually doubles the life of the iPhone

ExoSyncâ„¢ provides quick and easy synching with iTunes

ExoSaveâ„¢ technology automatically turns of Exolifeâ„¢ when its not being used

Size And Power:

Dimensions: 2.44″ x 5.1″ X 0.59″

Weight: 59 grams

Battery Life: 1500 mAh

On Standby: Additional 300 hours

Talk: Additional 7 hours

Surf: Additional 6 hours

Watch: Additional 10 hours

Listen: Additional 40 hours

In The Box:

Exolifeâ„¢ battery case

USB 2.0 Cable

User Manual

3-Year Limited Warranty

Price:

$89.95 at ExoGear.com

REVIEW:

Build Quality:

When I opened up my parcel, what impressed me right away was the amazing packaging Exolife came in. And as soon I cracked open its elegant plastic case, I was certain to be holding a high quality product. The build quality of Exolife is impressive and the design looks elegant. The case consists of a two piece body, the battery case itself and a transparent bumper to fit around the case with iPhone 4 placed inside. The battery case is made up of good quality polycarbonate material while the bumper is made up of clear silicon. ExoGear also provides replacement bumpers with a number of color options and are sold separately.

Design:

The best thing about Exolife’s slim design is that it hardly adds any bulk or weight to your iPhone 4 which makes you feel like you’re using a regular protective case. Till date, this actually is the thinnest and lightest battery case for iPhone 4 in the market. The case has a single button at the bottom which turns the Exolife battery On or Off when you hold it for 5 seconds. When the battery is on and you press the same On/Off button, it will light up a bar of 4 blue LEDs located at the back of the case to indicate the amount of juice left in the battery.

The case allows easy access to the headphone jack, sleep / power button as well as to the side controls for volume up / down and silent switch. Right at the bottom, there is a USB connector for charging and syncing your iPhone 4 (while inside the case) with the provided USB cable. The connector is covered with a rubberized plug which though attached to the case at one end, keeps popping out every now and then which is somewhat annoying. See the following image to get some idea. Other than that, I’d say the Exolife has a flawless design.

Installation & Performance:

Installation is simple. All you need to do is, slide your iPhone onto the dock connector which is attached to the polycarbonate battery case and then snap on the bumper in place to cover the iPhone’s edges. Removing the iPhone from the case is easy too. The official website advertises Exolife’s battery to virtually double the iPhone 4′s power which is just about correct. After the initial charge of around 5 hours, the Exolife battery became full and I was able to charge my iPhone 4 from 2% to 82% with it, after which it had no more juice left and needed a second charge. Keep in mind that I was using the iPhone during the charge, checking emails and some surfing over wifi etc.

In my usage of over one week, Exogear’s claims of their 1500 mAh battery case mostly live up to be true. They promise an additional 7 hours of talk time, 6 hours of browsing web, 40 hours of music, 10 hours of video and about 300 hours of standby time. For a battery case with slim and sexy profile such as the Exolife, this is simply excellent performance!

Bottom Line:

Exolife is a slim, lightweight yet powerful iPhone 4 battery case from ExoGear. It’s a must have for all power users who want serious battery life for their iPhone to get them through a day or two without having to plug in for a recharge. Highly Recommended!

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Newly graduated graphic designers could have excellent career opportunities right here in Pakistan. This was the theme of a Gaming and Animation Conference held at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture on the 27th of January, 2011.

The conference, a first of its kind was jointly organized by the Pakistan Software Houses Association, P@SHA, and Pakistan Software Export Board, PSEB. The conference aimed to bring the existing gaming and animation industry in the local market on a platform where they could meet and talk of the opportunities available for students who are studying graphic designing, in the gaming industry of Pakistan.

A number of known names from Pakistan’s IT industry attended the event and spoke during the session. They talked of how the gaming industry in Pakistan was now flourishing and with its expansion, there were chances of better jobs and careers for all those who wanted to be part of the IT sector of Pakistan. Speaking at the event, Babar Ahmed, CEO Mindstorm Studios Events said that like this will encourage people to come into both gaming and animation industries. The “gaming industry has a tremendous scope,” he said, and these “events will encourage people to come into both gaming and animation industries.”

The Chairman of the Pakistan Software Export Board, Zia Imran, who also helped organize the conference, promised that more such events would follow. He felt moreover, that this “was an event to create awareness amongst art students as to what opportunities might exist in gaming and animation companies, and they have a huge role to play if this industry is to flourish in Pakistan.” As a token of encouragement to the youngsters about the talent and opportunities existing in Pakistan, he also added that even the official ICC Cricket World Cup computer game was being made by a Lahore-based company.

Shahryar Hyderi COO of Trango Interactive was another guest speaker at the event. He felt that as a result of this and other such events, the industry would most likely see an increase in the number of graphic-design students who intern at gaming houses across Pakistan. He also added that, for him, the two-fold goal of the conference had been fulfilled. “The event was productive because we got to see a lot of work from students’ side that we were not aware of so far, and the students themselves did not know about the gaming and animation studios of Pakistan, and it sort of opened their eyes to the options that are available there,” he said.

Jahan Ara, Chairman of Pakistan Software Houses Association, P@SHA, organizer to the event, hoped to replicate the ideas and success of the Gaming and Animation Conference held at the Indus Valley School. “This is just a first step,” she said continuing that she hoped they would “have a lot more of these conferences” because “these students are the creative human resource that” the Pakistani IT industry needs. She also hoped to work with other institutes and universities across Pakistan naming “University of Karachi, National College of Art in Lahore, IQRA University and various other places,” where she hoped they would be able to hold similar conferences that would benefit the students as well as the IT industry in Pakistan.

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This is a Guest Post by Fawad Hassan, who is a professional web developer, intermediate designer, and amature photographer. He currently works as Software Engineer for Ufone. He runs a web development blog iFadey and also teach web technologies.

Few months ago I wrote an article as a guest writer about Maxthon 3. I am writing another review because there are UI changes and many new features added in the latest release.

I am not giving any introduction of Maxthon 3 here because it was already given in the previous article.

There are minor changes in the UI as shown below.

The first thing you may have noticed is that the Page Menu is gone (Button No. 7 in this image). All the options under Page Menu are now moved to under Menu (blue button on top-right). Let’s take a look at the new buttons added in the UI.

1) Feed Reader This button opens Maxthon’s builtin feed reader.

2) Online Notepad It’s actually cloud based notepad which save your notes on Maxthon servers which can be retrieved from any PC having Maxthon 3 installed in it. This is similar to Online Favorites.

3) Translator You can translate complete webpage or selected text directly from Maxthon.

4) Mute Sound You can mute sounds on the opened webpage using this button.

Remember that all the buttons (Feed Reader, Online Notepad, Translator) on favorite bar can also be accessed from Menu > Tools. I always hide the favorites bar because I prefer to keep the UI simple and clean.

Tip: You can show/hide favorites bar by pressing Ctrl + B.

This mode allows you to browse the web privately without leaving the traces (cookies, history, and cache files) behind. It automatically clears all the traces when you close the browser running in Private Mode. To run the browser in Private Mode, click Menu > New Private Window. When browser is running in Private Mode, it shows a shield icon on User Profile button as shown below.

Tip: You can clear the traces manually by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Del.

Imagine you have two or more Gmail accounts and want to login all of them at a time using single browser. Maxthon made that possible for you by introducing a concept called Workspace.

Open Maxthon 3 and login using your Gmail/Yahoo/Live account. Then click Menu > New Workspace Window and open gmail.com again. You will see a gmail login page instead of logging in automatically with currently signed in email id. Here you can signin using a different email id.

One of my favorite feature in new release is Split Screen. This mode divides the screen in two halfs and display two webpages at a time. This feature is very nice if you want to compare two web pages. Press F10 to activate/deactivate Split view or goto Menu > View > Split Screen.

You can move tabs from one half to the other and also open new tabs. When you close the Split view, all tabs from the right half will automatically appear in left one.

Online Notepad is a cloud based text editor in which you can save notes and access them from any PC having Maxthon 3. Remember that you need Maxthon Passport account to save notes online.

Tip: Ctr + G is the shortcut key of Online Notepad.

Maxthon now includes a built-in Feed Reader. You can access it from Menu > Tools > Feed Reader. Things may change or new features will be added in it because Feed Reader is currently in beta.

More cool features will come in future releases of Maxthon 3. So your Maxthon 3 updated to enjoy these exciting new features :)

Installing Maxthon 3

You can download latest release of Maxthon 3 from this link. The installer size is around 17 MB. Installation process is very quick and completed within few seconds.

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Continuing the jailbreak theme today comes news that jailbreak supremo MuscleNerd has claimed that Geohot might release a new untethered jailbreak in the coming weeks.

The news comes after another iPhone developer and hacker Pod2G informed the world that a new vulnerability has been discovered for iOS and that GreenPois0n is being actively worked on as it is clear that Apple has blocked GreenPois0n in its upcoming version of iOS â€" version 4.3.

Reading MuscleNerd’s comments it appears we could be getting at least one new untethered jailbreak for at least some devices sooner rather than later.

As our illustrious leader @TaimurAsad points out, the date of February 10th is no coincidence â€" that’s when the Verizon iPhone finally lands in stores. New owners looking for a jailbreak on day 1 could be in luck!

Of course this is still unconfirmed by Geohot himself, so fingers crossed. Hopefully he can pull himself away from all that Sony drama going on in the PlayStation jailbreak scene to help us out in iLand!

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