A new app, available on the Google Play Store, aims to help take some of the fear away from offering first aid when needed. What's better than helping people using the power of your smartphone? Helping them with an app that's absolutely free! Continue reading this article at RedmondPie.com

A couple of days back, we brought you a universal rooting method for Gingerbread-based Samsung smartphones, courtesy of the hardworking folk of XDA developers. Today, we present you a similar discovery, this time for Motorola devices running the Big G's older smartphone software. Continue reading this article at RedmondPie.com

As the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S III draws ever-closer, Amazon Germany has already begun accepting pre-orders of the handset, and whilst there aren't any accompanying images, the price and features revealed are - given Amazon's rep as an online retailer - as good as confirmation. Continue reading this article at RedmondPie.com

Apple has released its second update in two days to the OS X implementation of Java.

Digitimes claims that Apple will be ramping up production of the new 15" MacBook Pro in April, but with the new 13.3" model not ramping up until June: As Apple will start mass producing its 15-inch MacBook Pro in April, sources from the upstream supply chain have pointed out that the company's orders for the 13.3-inch model are far higher than those of the 15-inch, indicating that Apple is more focused on the 13.3-inch notebook segment. However, the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro will not start mass production until June. Digitimes also notes that the orders for the 13.3" MacBook Pro is "far higher" than those of the 15" model, though without a frame of reference for the typical mix of Apple notebook sales, it's hard to gauge the significance of this observation.

Among the many topics related to charging, battery, and heat issues with the new iPad, observers have noted that the device continues to charge for up to an hour after the point at which the iPad reports a charge level of 100%. AllThingsD has now spoken with Apple's Michael Tchao about the phenomenon, with Tchao noting that it is simply an effect of the same trickle charging feature that has always been included in iOS devices

TechCrunch reports that Apple has begun rejecting iOS apps for the use of a unique device identifier known as the UDID. The site notes that several developers have reported rejections for the use of the UDID in the past week, and Apple is said to be ramping up the enforcement of this policy over the next few weeks.

Apple has updated their iTunes Movie Trailers App with support for the new iPad's Retina Display. The trailers app mirrors the content on Apple's own Movie Trailers site and offers a good showcase of the iPad's new screen

Current micro-SIM (bottom right) punched out of a full-size SIM card (top right) The Financial Times reports that Apple is up against rival smartphone makers over the next industry standard for miniaturized SIM cards. (via Engadget ).

With the 3rd Generation iPad now out in the wild, we are starting to see more benchmarks comparing the new iPad to the iPad 2 and other devices. Insanely Great Mac provides this nice overview video comparing both graphics and processor benchmarks between the new iPad, iPad 2 and original iPad.