Imran Hussain

I'm a software enthusiast, and cover everything differently, from my favorites games to marketing campaigns and not to forget different takes on Microsoft, Apple, Google and the likes.

Website: http://www.ithinkdiff.com

Android 2.1 for Motorola Droid coming soon! By Imran Hussain  |  17 hours ago

Android 2.1 for Motorola Droid coming soon!

Droid users, rejoice! Android 2.1 update is just around the corner, and it will be the full fledged update, with live wallpapers, 3D gallery and other features unlike previously rumored. The update version will be AP: ESE53/BP: C_01.3E.03P. The update is expected to be rolled out this week. The update roll out begins tomorrow. … ...

iPad jailbreak for OS 3.2 coming soon with GreenPois0n By Imran Hussain  |  17 hours ago

iPad jailbreak for OS 3.2 coming soon with GreenPois0n

The iPad isn’t even out yet, and a jailbreak is already in the works for its OS version 3.2 by Joshua Hill, member of the Chronic Dev team. According to BlogsDNA, Joshua has tweeted some images of the GreenPois0n (running on Linux) and asked for donations from those who are interested in the iPad jailbreak. … ...

Windows Phone 7 Series build 7.0.0.6077 ROM dump available By Imran Hussain  |  2 days ago

Windows Phone 7 Series build 7.0.0.6077 ROM dump available

Well, that didn’t take long. Just a day after the Windows Phone 7 Series emulator was made available, the guys over at XDA managed to extract the ROM. HD2 owners, don’t get too excited as there are no signs yet of whether this will be ported to older devices or not. The ROM only has the settings panel and Internet Explorer, but according...

Hints of a Multitasking dialog box in iPhone OS 3.2 By Imran Hussain  |  2 days ago

Hints of a Multitasking dialog box in iPhone OS 3.2

Multitasking is probably the most wanted feature from the future iterations of iPhone OS. 9to5mac has been digging around in the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK and have found comments that show mention of a multitasking dialog box. Seems like Apple will be implementing a task switcher in iPhone OS 3.2, but lets not be too sure of that until we see it. ...

Multi-tasking in Windows Phone 7 Series By Imran Hussain  |  2 days ago

Multi-tasking in Windows Phone 7 Series

The major question in everyone’s mind has been whether Windows Phone 7 Series will support multi-tasking or not. We know that it will have push notifications built into the OS just like the iPhone, but now Mary Jo Foley has confirmation that just like the iPhone, it also wouldn’t allow third party apps to run in the background. Only Microsoft’s...

Windows Phone 7 Series Theme for older Windows Mobile phones By Imran Hussain  |  2 days ago

Windows Phone 7 Series Theme for older Windows Mobile phones

The Windows Phone 7 Series Theme for ThrottleLauncher 1.0 has been released. This is the final version of the theme and does a somewhat good recreation of the experience that Windows Phone 7 Series OS offers. ThrottleLauncher is available for free on Windows Mobile phones and can be downloaded from here. … ...

By Imran Hussain  |  2 days ago

Springboard rotation tweak coming soon for jailbroken iPhones

One thing that has always been missing ( which I realized after using Android ), you can’t use the iPhone Springboard (homescreen) in landscape mode. Currently known as Springboard Rotator, this tweak will soon be available on Cydia for jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch users. No word on the pricing yet, but the developer has provided a video...

First Windows Phone 7 Series partner apps unveiled By Imran Hussain  |  3 days ago

First Windows Phone 7 Series partner apps unveiled

As usual, Engadget has posted information about a Microsoft event, before it has happened, thanks to early access to press releases. There is a huge list of dev partners that Microsoft has gathered for Windows Phone 7 Series to boot with. It includes big names like EA Mobile, Foursquare, Seesmic and the likes. Based on XNA and Siverlight,...

By Imran Hussain  |  3 days ago

Microsoft announces tools for Windows Phone 7 Series developers and designers

Microsoft has announced the tools that will be used by developers to design and develop next generation applications for Windows Phone 7 Series today at MIX10. The development tools are exactly what was expected thanks to the leaked Windows Phone 7 Series development documents. … ...

Follow MIX10 live via video streaming and live blogging By Imran Hussain  |  3 days ago

Follow MIX10 live via video streaming and live blogging

Microsoft’s annual MIX event starts today. Whether you follow Microsoft like me, or hate them, you know you’ll be anxious for MIX10 because Microsoft will be unveiling details on Windows Phone 7 Series possibly along with an SDK, Internet Explorer 9 (some surprises expected), Windows Live Wave 4, Silverlight 4 and other products. … ...