Nokia N97 GPS antenna hack
Some N97 owners find the integrated GPS doesn’t perform as well as they’d like, so they’ve taken it upon themselves to render a proper fix.
Cellphones
Add eye candy transitions to the Nokia N97
If you own a N97 and think the UI could use a little eye candy, you should check out this detailed tutorial by Vaibhav Sharma. In as little as five minutes you could be up and running with these slick transition effects.
Personalized MakerBot-printed iPhone/iPod dock
Here’s something for someone that has everything: a personalized MakerBot-printed iPhone/iPod dock.
Root an HTC Hero running Android
In this video David from theunlockr.com shows us how to root the Hero, HTC’s latest Android phone. With a rooted Hero you can do all kinds of fun stuff like run apps and swap space from an SD card in addition to running apps as a privileged user.
Inflatable buttons
Folks at Carnegie Mellon are developing displays with inflatable buttons to make for a tactile touch screen. The video has got to be seen to be believed. Via Core77.
DIY Hoffman box
Mobile developer Steve Bull needed to do some signal testing to pass the certification process for an app he was writing, so he improvised this Hoffman Box using pots and pans found in his kitchen.
Palm Pre WiFi tethering
Interested in using your Palm Pre as a WiFi router? Recent Pre convert Max Lee has written a tutorial that may get you closer to 3G tethering bliss.
