One of the more gimmicky features in Android 4.0 is that of face unlock. While it’s cool and makes for a great party trick, it’s really not the most secure (can be unlocked with a photo). When Nexus S owners were treated to Android 4.0, Face Unlock was omitted due to insufficient hardware but that didn’t stop the Android community from getting it anyways. Apparently the “insufficient hardware” was nothing more than the VGA quality of the front facing camera on the Nexus S. It is fully capable of performing Face Unlock but perhaps Google was worried about its accuracy with the low res camera. Either way, it’s now available thanks to a custom ROM that can be flashed by any rooted soul.

We live in a day and age where having a home phone basically means having your smartphone in your home. While many have abandoned the home phone in lieu of having one phone bill to worry about, there are still a large number of people who either don’t have good cell service in their home, or simply don’t want an expensive cellular service bill. Now, thanks to ARCHOS and Android, those people can have a home phone that is a smartphone, without the worry of an expensive cell contract. Introducing the ARCHOS 35 Smart Home PHone.

Samsung’s decision to leave the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S out of the Ice Cream Sandwich update pool alienated a large number of Samsung customers — and they were not happy. Not only were they upset over Samsung’s unwillingness to update their device, but they were also unhappy with Samsung’s excuse. According to Samsung, they were not going to be updating the Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy S due to their limited memory (which TouchWiz needs). With the Galaxy S and the Nexus S having similar specs, and the Nexus S set to receive Android 4.0, it appeared the only thing keeping the Galaxy S from getting ICS was Touchwiz. While the majority of Galxy S users are all for being updated to the latest version of Android at the expense of TouchWiz, Samsung was not. That was until today.

Just when Logitech thought it was free and clear of any further Revue setbacks, a minor headache has them reaching for the aspirin — again. Apparently a small percentage of recently manufactured Logitech Revues where shipped with corrupted firmware as a number of customers are unable to contact Logitech’s EULA server for authentication. Customers were led to believe the issue was due to overloaded servers and consequently led them to voice their frustration on Logitech’s Revue forums. After a little digging by Logitech Senior Product Manager Peter McColgan, he has responded to complaints by informing customers that the issue is due to corrupted firmware on some of the recently manufactured Revues:

Ahhh, the unlocked bootloader aka the keys to the kingdom. An unlocked bootloader may or may not mean anything to you depending on your level of OS involvement, but having one “unlocked,” is always a good thing in my book. HTC also understands the importance of unlocked bootloaders, and how they help the developer community. This is why they started allowing users to “unlock” their device bootloader via the HTCdev website. Every so often HTC adds a new device to the official list and provides instructions on how to unlock it. Today, HTC has added two new devices to that list: the EVO View 4G and the MyTouch 4G Slide. Users of either of these devices now have an official way to unlock their bootloaders and begin tinkering with their device. So what exactly does “tinkering” mean, and is it something I want to do?