If you are wondering how to use your iPhone 3G as a modem to get super fast 3G internet connection on your laptop, then you have come to the right place. Here is a summary of how you can do that:

Jailbreak your iPhone 3G. Install two packages called 3Proxy and MobileTerminal that are available in the Cydia application that is installed when you Jailbreak your iPhone. Create an ad-hoc WiFi connection on your laptop and lock you iPhone to the ad-hoc connection. Find out your iPhone IP Address and note it down. Start the SOCKS Server by running the MobileTerminal application and typing in "socks".

We recently saw the launch of Apple's new App store which is turning out to a big hit globally. The store consists of around 800 applications out of which 25% are freeware whereas the rest of them are available for a reasonable price.

The guys at Tech Radar have spent some time downloading and trying out various applications available on Apple's App store and they have listed 15 applications that every iPhone user must have installed on his/her iPhone.

Midomi: Midomi is a free voice recognition application that allows iPhone users to listen to the track of their choice by simply speaking the name of the artist or song, singing a song or playing a song to the application. The application responds by taking the user to iTunes or YouTube so he/she can listen to it or purchase it.

Mobile News: Mobile News is a free news reader application that allows iPhone users to easily get and read latest headlines and news by the Associated Press.

VoiceNotes: This is a free application that records voice clips into iPhone's memory. Users can also name the sound clips and play them whenever required.

Thinking about jail breaking your iPhone 3G so you can install third party applications? Well here's some good news, iPhone Dev Team has released a tool called the Pwnage Tool 2.0 application that will enable iPhone 3G users to easily jail break and activate their iPhones. Unfortunately this application doesn't provide an unlocking functionality as yet. Therefore iPhone users will have to wait a little longer to unlock their iPhones so they can use them with any network.

Visit the iPhone Dev Team's blog or this mirror to download and use the tool.

Source: Into Mobile

The second quarter of 2008 was a good one for the No.1 mobile manufacturer Nokia as it reported a net operating profit of Euro 1.474 billion. Whereas Sony Ericsson seems to be going through trouble times days as it reported a break even during the second quarter of 2008.

The profit figure for Nokia during the Quarter 2 of 2008 was greater than profit figure posted during the Quarter 2 of 2007. There was also an increase of 4% in net sales during the Quarter 2 of 2008 when compared to net sales in Quarter 1 of 2008 and Quarter 2 of 2007. Overall market share during the Quarter 2 of 2008 was up 40% as compared to market share of 38% during the Quarter 2 of 2007 and market share of 39% during the Quarter 1 of 2008. Read more here

The profit and market share figures don't look too good for Sony Ericsson as it faces tough times ahead due to extreme competition in the market and lack of high end Sony Ericsson devices rolling into the market. The company reported that it is facing continuous decrease in Profit and market share because most of its devices are now in the entry and mid levels of the market. It is also reported that Sony Ericsson plans to cut 2000 jobs next year to get out of trouble times. Read more here

Source: Mobile Burn

If you are looking for some free widgets for your Blackberry device that will provide you with up to date information, news and entertainment then look no further.

The Zumobi widget platform brings a number of cool widgets/tiles including Entertainment, Finance, News, Sports, Travel, Weather, Shopping and many more for Blackberry devices. The new Tile Creation Wizard also gives Blackberry users the power to create their own widgets by using any Web content of their liking. Currently Zumobi supports Blackberry Pearl, Blackberry Curve and Blackberry 8800 series devices operating systems 4.2 and above.

Read more about it here or get it on www.zumobi.com

Source: Into Mobile

Sprint has recently announced the availability of the new sleek and powerful Palm Treo 800w, which features the Windows Mobile 6.1 Operating System instead of Palm's own Operating System. The device also comes with built-in GPS, high speed EV-DO internet connection with peak download rates of 3.1 Mbps and upload rates of 1.8 Mbps, Outlook email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology, document viewer and document editor. It is available now for $249.99 after discounts and rebates on a two-year contract.

Will Palm be able to make a come back with this device? Well we will have to wait and see.

Here are the details:

Network: CDMA 850 / 1900
OS: Windows Mobile 6.1
Size: 112 x 58 x 19 mm, Weight: 142 g
Display: 65000 colors TFT Touch Screen (320 x 320 pixels)
Camera: 2 Megapixel (1280 x 1024 pixels) with Flash, Zoom and Video Recorder
Memory: 170MB internal memory with microSD support
Connectivity: EV-DO, WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, USB
Navigation: Full QWERTY Keypad, Touch Screen
GPS: Built in GPS with maps, point-to-point directions and point-of-interest (POI) searches for locations
Others: Outlook Mobile with Push Email, Internet Explorer Mobile, Handwriting Recognition, Document Viewer/Editor
Battery: 1150 mAh Li-Ion