Net10, Tracfone, or Straight Talk Customers try the third SIM chip

Net10, have an iPhone but can’t use your data because you’re using Net10, Tracfone, or Straight Talk? Try swapping the Net 10 SIM.

When I bought my Net 10 SIM activation kit it came with 3 SIM chips: 1 micro SIM (for iPhone 4 or newer), 1 regular SIM for GSM networks, and 1 regular size pink SIM card designated for T-Mobile phones specifically.  I know that putting the T-mobile-specific SIM  gave me the “Cellular Data” settings when I put it in the iPhone while trying to perform the SIM swaps.

In the weeks I spent battling with my iPhone’s APN settings I never thought to try to actually activate my phone through the Net10/T-Mobile SIM. By activate I mean putting the Net10/T-mo SIM into my phone, calling Net10 customer service, and having them switch my service over to the EIN number for the Net10/T-mo chip. Since my iPhone can use native T-Mobile airwaves using a T-Mobile SIM, it would seem reasonable to be able to use T-Mobile airwaves via a Net 10 SIM designed for the T-Mobile network.

If you happen to have an iPhone 4 or later you still have options. You can shave down the regular sized SIM card to fit into a micro SIM slot. I did it with an xacto knife in about 20 minutes and does not need to be a perfect replica of a real micro SIM.

Disclaimer: I gave up trying to use my iPhone 4 on Net 10. Since there are no contracts I simply switched to T-Mobile monthly no-contract plans. T-Mobile is network pretty horrendous in my area but I don’t talk on the phone much. With T-Mobile I can use iMessage, MMS, and 2g/3G web — the stuff that matters to me.



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Siri Will Available On The Latest iPhone And iPad

Siri is only available in the iPhone 4S, and the possibility of the iPhone and the iPad will come. However, rumors say, the iPhone and the iPad could also run older applications sound.

As reported to Tech Radar, the rumors are based on-screen keyboard 5.1.3 IOS operating system settings. In the area of ​​the arrangement, there is a section "About Dictation Link Text".

In fact, dictate feature in IOS can only refer to Siri. While TechRadar IOS 5.1.3 is running on the iPod Touch and the iPad, not iPhone 4S.

Previously, Apple has said Siri features not present in older devices. However, if you follow the rumors, indications Siri features will be used in the previous Apple devices, though it may not feature complete.

Previously, a group of application developers, through a series of experiments, succeeded in dismantling the secret behind the workings of Siri. In theory, Siri can now be accessed from any device, even the iPad.

Surely this is just a rumor. The existence of the text "About Dictation Link Text" in the settings screen IOS 5.1.3 could mean that Apple just include them in all devices so that no legal problems.

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Apple iPhone Santa Siri Ad By Ace Metrix

Apple’s Siri ad that includes Santa Claus was 2011′s simplest vacation advertisement consistent with viewer reaction as measured by Ace Metrix, a TV ad analysis firm. The Apple spot additionally exemplified an even bigger trend this year: consistent with Ace Metrix, “Santa sells.”

Ace Metrix scores ads based mostly on perceived effectiveness by a range of randomly selected viewers, that it says are “representative of the U.S. TV viewing audience.” Apple’s Siri ad, that you'll be able to see below, scored a 652 overall out of a complete potential 950 points, that tallied from respondent scores on criteria like relevance, persuasion, watchability, info, etc. Apple’s 652 was eight p.c on top of the common score for ads within the same tech-oriented class.

Other ads that did well embrace spots from Pillsbury, Coca-Cola, Nintendo and Duracell. Santa was featured in thirty five new ads throughout the vacation 2011 season, as well as Apple’s, and every of these campaigns performed on top of their class average.

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Two Street Robbers Have Been Jail For Life Cause iPhone

Two street robbers who murdered a father of one for his iPhone have been jailed for life.
Richard Smith, 27, and Michael Sexton, 28, were told they would serve at least 28 and 25 years respectively for killing Keith Soons.

Soons, 36, was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver after going to "remonstrate" with the two men who had taken his phone.

On Wednesday jurors at Bristol crown court took just six hours to unanimously find Sexton and Smith guilty of murder.

They also convicted Smith of the robbery of Soons, a charge Sexton had already admitted.
Soons, father of a baby daughter, died from the single stab wound to his head, which had penetrated more than 10cm.

He had chased Sexton and Smith, who targeted him as he stood outside a friend's house in Cheltenham at 3am on 5 February, the court was told.

Sexton and Smith, who both have previous convictions, both admitted being at the scene of the attack in Wellington Lane but blamed each other for delivering the fatal blow.
Sexton told police that after the attack, Smith said to him: "I've always wanted to know what it was like to kill someone."

A passerby found Soons lying unconscious in the street five hours afterwards. He died in hospital later the same day having never regained consciousness.

His wallet and ring, engraved "dad", which were stolen by Sexton and Smith, were later recovered but his iPhone has never been found.

During the two-week trial, prosecutors did not say which of the two defendants stabbed Soons with the screwdriver.

William Mousley QC said: "He lost his life over a mobile phone.
"Each accepts that he was there, each blames the other and denies having any part in the killing of Mr Soons. In fact, the prosecution say that both are culpable.
"They had both robbed him, they had both been acting together before and during and they continued to act together after the attack."
The defendants knew each other from the "cruising" scene around Cheltenham.

Smith, known to his friends as Ricky, was a self-confessed "professional" car thief and Sexton – nicknamed Puppet – had previously been jailed for attacking a love rival with a knife.
A pathologist found that the stab wound was so deep it was likely to have penetrated Soons's head right up to the screwdriver handle.

In the days after the murder Sexton confessed to his girlfriend that he and another man had robbed someone of their mobile phone.

Smith's girlfriend, Carolanne Williams, made a statement to the police giving him an alibi for the night Soons was attacked, saying he was with her the whole time.

Williams has pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. She awaits sentence.
Sexton, of Moors Avenue, Cheltenham, denied murder but admitted one charge of robbery. Smith, of Fairview Road, of Cheltenham, denied murder and robbery.

Giving evidence, Sexton blamed his accomplice and said Smith had later boasted of "wanting to kill someone and try and get away with murder".

Meanwhile, Smith maintained he had only punched Soons in the face and said Sexton had delivered the fatal blow.

However, he stormed from the witness box while under cross-examination after telling Sexton's barrister to "piss off".

Sexton and Smith stood expressionless in the dock as Mr Justice Silber passed mandatory life sentences.
"I have concluded that only one of you had a screwdriver and that was you Richard Smith," the judge said.
"While walking through Cheltenham you saw Keith Soons as he was lying on the doorstep waiting for his friend.

"You Michael Sexton went up to Mr Soons to see if he was OK. You then went back to Richard Smith and said: 'Should we rob him?'

"This set off a chain of events that led to Mr Soons's death just over a minute later.
"This was spontaneous and not a planned murder and I accept there was no intention for Mr Soons to be killed and it was to prevent him following you."

The judge told Smith: "You were disappointed with what you had taken and it was decided you would go back and get more items.

"You went back and stole Mr Soons's mobile phone. You tried to stab him."
The judge said that after Soons gave chase, both defendants hoped they could shake him off by running away.
"He was saying that all he wanted was his phone because it had pictures of his wife and children on it," the judge said.

"At this point, you, Richard Smith, told you, Michael Sexton, that you should hit him and you complied with that order.

"You were hoping that you had achieved your aim of stopping him chasing you. You, Michael Sexton, ran away.

"You, Richard Smith, had the screwdriver and you inflicted the fatal blow on Mr Soons.
"It is clear that only one blow was inflicted in the alley and it was not aimed at a vulnerable area of the body, namely the heart."

The judge told Sexton: "You didn't strike the fatal blow but it is not mitigated by the fact that you started the chain of events that led to Mr Soons's death.

"You suggested to Richard Smith outside that house that you should rob Mr Soons.
"In other words you started this course of action and it seems to me that if you had not done this Mr Soons would not have been killed."

Source : guardian.co.uk

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Apple Logo On iPhone Could Turns On

Owner MacBook Pro and MacBook Air may be happy with the way the Apple logo on the back of the laptop screen they will shine when the device is activated. It features very little attention to detail and aesthetics.

Unfortunately, Apple does not provide that feature on the iPhone. But, in fact, the Apple logo on the iPhone 4 or 4S can also be lit. This can be done by modifying the device.

A company called KO Gadgets from China, shared way of modifying it. According to them, the user can do at home without special equipment, and only takes 5 minutes.

This modification does not use a panel or rear casing of the original iPhone. It takes a mod kit or rear panel of the iPhone made ​​by KO Gadget. The difference is, the Apple logo on the mod kit is made transparent so that it can be slit emits light.

Then, from where it came from the light? You simply add a small lamp placed on the back of the iPhone, and the Apple logo will be lit. Apple logo that lights up when the iPhone screen is activated, when you receive messages and incoming calls, and when the alarm sounds.

KO gadget claims that the light does not affect performance or make the iPhone battery gets hot. Moreover, the addition of a small lamp in the back of the iPhone did not make the thickness increases.

KO Gadget provides mod kit is priced at 42.90 U.S. dollars, or approximately USD 386 thousand. Prices may not include postage.

One more thing you need to know. This modification will make you lose your iPhone warranty. So, please think twice before doing so.

Such modification is not the first time. Earlier, in September 2011, a British company called iPatch, also offer similar things by developing a hardware mod. The difference is, they developed mod require complex technical knowledge about the iPhone and should be done by a professional.

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Apple Will Sale 200 Million iPhone Next Year

A new survey by AlphaWise, shows the demand for the iPad and iPhone will be higher than expected. The company is likely to sell nearly 200 million units of smartphones in 2012.

Menururt analysis of the survey of Fortune Tech, iPhone sales of all products including iPhone 3G and iPhone 4S will likely be 20 to 30 percent higher than previous estimates for the quarter. The figure shows that the demand increases beyond previous expectations on the device.

IT Pro Portal Launched on Saturday (12/17/2011), the claim that this increase will be in Q1 2012. While sales of iPad with a high price is considered not to be affected by the release tablets Kindle Fire, as assumed previously.

If the survey results were proven true, then Apple could sell 54 million iPhones in the next quarter and nearly 200 million during the year.

These figures will be 'reading' is good for Apple investors. But the presence of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer which will be launched in the first quarter of next year, seems also to be anticipated as new rival Apple.

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