For those not familiar with sn0wbreeze, this is the Windows counterpart of the iPhone Dev Team’s PwnageTool. It creates a custom iPhone 3.1.3 IPSW file based on an original one downloaded from the internet for iPhone and iPod Touch models running on the old bootroom.

Once you’ve gotten your iPhone 3.1.3-based device jailbroken, you can then proceed to unlock your iPhone. This, unfortunately, is limited to the current versions of blacksn0w and ultrasn0w both of which are still unable to hack baseband 05.12. Sn0wbreeze may not be as popular as Geohot’s blackra1n iphone jailbreak or the iPhone Dev Team’s PwnageTool/QuickPwn, but hey, it gets the job done, and as they say, the more the merrier, right?

[sn0wbreeze via redmondpie]

The SlingPlayer iPhone app has been around for quite sometime now, and soon, an Android-compatible version will also be available as well. SlingPlayer for Android is confirmed courtesy of this video, and I must say, it looks pretty darn good. It works on both 3G and WiFi networks allowing Slingbox owners to enjoy mobile TV goodness on their Android device whichever way they want to. They didn’t say though how much it’ll cost, but they did reveal that it’ll be ready to roll out this coming summer.

[android community via engadget]

He’s posted over at twitter that he’s already accepting donations to begin work on an appropriate iPad jailbreak (iPhone 3.2 jailbreak), and has provided this screenshot of the latest version of greenpois0n to whet everyone’s appetite. We don’t know exactly how jailbreak-able iPhone OS 3.2 is so we can’t categorically say if what he’s proposing is really possible or not. Nonetheless, the idea of a jailbroken iPad is indeed promising. Just treat this as a heads up that an iPad jailbreak might be released sometime in the near (or distant depending on the support he gets) future.

[twitter via redmondpie]

Apart from the aesthetic changes that’s now streamlined with the new look of the OS, they’ve finally some change to make it more competitive with the Apple App Store and Google’s Android Market. Windows Phone Marketplace now supports credit card purchases, operator billing, and ad-supported content as well as a try-before-you-buy scheme. Purchased apps can be pinned to the Quick Launch screen making it easier to access. It’s also confirmed that the new Windows Phone Marketplace will be the official exclusive distributor of apps for Windows Phone 7. However, enterprise customers will be allowed to directly deploy apps to employees bypassing the Marketplace interface.

It looks like they’ve done a pretty good job in overhauling the whole system to make it more relevant and up-to-date with today’s standards. The question now is, how many apps will the Windows Phone Marketplace have once the first batch of Windows Phone 7-based devices begins to roll out later this year?

[via engadget]

Fans of Tony Hawk who own either an iPhone or iPod Touch will soon have a new game to play around with on their Apple device as the renowned skateboarder leaked this snapshot via Twitter with the accompanying message:

In the PR world, this is considered “going rogue,” but I’m too excited to contain it. This is real & dropping soon.

That’s either a jailbroken iPhone running a port of his Tony Hawk Pro Skater game he’s playing around with or a non-public version of an upcoming official Tony Hawk iPhone game. We think that it’s more of the latter. No word though on when it might be released at the App Store, but we’ve got a feeling that it’ll be happening much sooner than later.

[twitter via redmonpie]

If your one of those type of guys, you might be interested in the iDongle, a portable device that you plug into the dock connector of the iPhone/iPod Touch which automatically jailbreaks iPhone 3.1.2-based devices complete with tethered boot. Unfortunately, as you can tell in the video, it’s still in development and there are currently only a dozen prototypes in the pipeline. They are accepting pre-orders though to raise enough funds to go into full production.

Scam? We don’t know for sure, but probably not since its iPhone 3.1.2 their jailbreaking. What’s even better is the iDongle’s software can easily be updated via USB opening the doors for an iPhone 3.1.3 jailbreak (or better yet, iPhone 4.0 jailbreak) to be installed on it in the future. iPhone unlocking isn’t supported though, but hey, that’s what ultrasn0w and blacksn0w is for.

[idongle via engadget]

The current iPhone OS doesn’t support three taps, but it does long press which is used to bring up the copy/cut/paste menu. We’re not sure how this differs with the current long press gesture nor do we have an idea what 3 taps does. We’ll probably only find out once the iPad is released by Apple, but how about you guys? Any guesses on what these new gestures are for?

[9to5mac via bgr]

Developers will now have an easier time creating games for Windows Phone 7 with the help of XNA Game Studio 4.0. This new tool allows developers to create a game/app and make slight modifications to it allowing it to run the Xbox 360, Windows-based PCs, and more importantly, the Windows Phone 7 OS. They confirmed that it comes with hardware accelerated 3D APIs specific for Windows Phone 7. As far as Xbox gaming is concerned, we hear that you can unlock achievements from phone-based games and also comes with “push notifications for asynchronous turn based gaming.”

Unfortunately, that’s all we have for now as Microsoft has opted to still keep everyone in suspense, and will make the next round of announcements at next week’s MIX 2010 event. For what it’s worth, at least we now know how Microsoft is making it easier for developers to create apps for Windows Phone 7.

[xna creators club online via engadget]

What’s even better is that it’s in the final stages of development already. We’re a bit skeptical though on the fun factor of this version since the iPhone since doesn’t exactly have one of the biggest touchscreens in the market today, but we’re totally digging Tekken for the iPad (if its compatible on the said device).

Will this be a completely new version of Tekken, a rehash of the original game, or an iPhone version of Tekken 6 for the PSP? No one knows for sure right now, but with Capcom also set to release Street Fight IV at the App Store as well, we’re guaranteed of a great showdown between these two renowned arcade fighter games on the iPhone platform.

[pocket gamer via fonehome]

The good part here, though, is that it was likewise revealed that Microsoft won’t be abandoning Windows Mobile 6.5 just yet. It will actually co-exist with Windows Phone 7. They will continue to support the said platform in the years to come, and in fact, new devices based WM 6.5 will still be released in the market.

This will probably give you more than enough time to hold on to your beloved Windows Mobile 6.5 device until the day comes that you finally feel the need to upgrade to a new handset that already runs on Windows Phone 7.

[msdn blogs via unwiredview]