Sony Xperia Z launcher has been ported to select Samsung Android devices

The new Sony Xperia Z is an impressive device and the developers at XDA believe that the brand new launcher is worth sharing. The launcher has been ported to several high end smartphones including the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II, Samsung Galaxy S II and the Samsung Galaxy Note.

The port isn't perfect and has its share of bugs. However you will be able to experience the Xperia widgets in various sizes. Your device will have to be rooted and have CWM installed in order to use this launcher

Install Google Now on supported ARMv7 devices

One of the hottest features of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is Google Now – Google’s (Siri like) voice assistant which helps you manage your device. While the app is currently exclusive to Jelly Bean developers have managed to hack it to work on Android ICS and now on any Android device with an ARMv7 processor.

How to install Beats Audio on any rooted Android Gingerbread handset

The HTC Beats branding has nothing to do with the phone's hardware; it's rather a software experience which has been built into the phones. Now thanks to some modders at XDA developers Beats Audio has been ported to work on any rooted Android 2.3 Gingerbread device or Android Gingerbread-based ROM.

[Guide] How to enable multi-touch gestures on iOS 4.3.1

When iOS 4.3 beta was being testing by developers, one of the features that caught everyone's attention was the multi-touch features, which allows switching between apps or quickly accessing your homescreen on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

While this feature wasn't officially released with iOS 4.3, it can be enabled using a tweak which is available through Cydia on a jailbroken iOS device.

[Guide] How to enable multi-touch on iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3

The multi-touch features are probably one of the greatest perks which will be available for the Apple iPad users with the upcoming iOS 4.3. These gestures include three finger app switching, pinch out to return to homescreen etc.

The guide which follows tells you how to get some of these features on your Apple iPhone 4 which doesn't look like it will be getting it by default.

[Guide] How to enable Facetime on your iPhone 3GS

The Apple iPhone 4 and the latest iPod Touch have a unique feature called Facetime, which allows you to use the front camera on the device to make and receive video calls between supported devices.

Since the Apple iPhone 3GS doesn't have a front facing camera, it did not receive Facetime with the software update. However you can use the following guide to modify your iPhone 3GS to support Facetime video calls.

[Guide] How to enable HD video on your iPhone 3GS

The Apple iPhone 3GS is apparently capable of capturing HD video. This guide is for iPhone 3GS devices running iOS 4.x firmware. Mike the person responsible for this has made it possible to capture video at 1080x800 @30fps instead of the default which is 640x480.

You can follow the instructions posted below and try for yourself.

[Guide] How to install webOS games on Nokia N900

The Nokia N900 is the first and only device from the company to run Maemo 5. Since there aren't many devices running this OS you can understand why game developers wouldn't build games for the Maemo community. Nokia has since shifted it's focus towards Meego leaving Maemo users with very little.

At least until now. Since Maemo is a linux flavor much like WebOS which powers Palm devices, users have found a way to run unmodified Palm Games like Need for Speed Undercover and The Sims 3 on the N900.

Check the video below and follow the guide to find out how you can do it yourself: