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Much awaited Airtel 3G services are finally launched in Karnataka and is scheduled to get rolled-out in all 13 telecom-circles it has won licenses for by March 2011. We got an exclusive peak inside Airtel 3G services and were even succeeded in accessing Airtel 3G Portal while in testing. The service is now officially launched and tariff announced, with comparison to BSNL 3G offering I am not excited with Airtel's 3G rate-card as posted ahead.

The best thing about open-source software is that custom version of them can be created and shared provided that you have the required technical knowledge, we have earlier blogged about the online custom Linux distro maker SUSE Studio making things easier for non-programmers and today we have something on the similar lines but for Google Android.

As the name suggest "RomKitchen" allows users to customize, compile and download there own version of Google Android OS by doing everything online in less than 5 minutes, the free online customization service supports only Samsung Galaxy S and Captivate as of now and allows users to pick there choice of Base ROM, Kernel, Modem, CSC, Apps, Tweaks, Themes and Boot Animation (coming soon) offering the most easy-to-use, personal custom android rom experience.

Unlike Sony and Apple, Microsoft is actually encouraging (or having a soft spot) for jail-breaking their mobile-phone, impressed by Microsoft's approach with ChevronWP7 jailbreakers (they called them to Redmond and gifted them the T-Shirt shown below) jail-breaking star GeoHot posted "perhaps a more appropriate way to deal with jailbreakers, I’m going out to buy a Windows 7 phone" on his website which resulted in some rather interesting response from Windows Mobile 7 Dev Experience Team Director "Brandon Watson" who tweeted back offering a free phone to him to develop upon :

"#geohot if you want to build cool stuff on #wp7, send me email and the team will give you a phone - let dev creativity flourish #wp7dev"

While there is not much information available about the next-generation Apple iPad 2 the tablet is rumored to be releasing officially in February, 2011, the rumor-mill is once again hot after leak of the following video allegedly showing Apple iPad 2 which is said to be leaked from CES 2011 via an Chinese iPad accessory supplier.

Full-video after the jump.