November 07, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

O2 will allow customers to unlock their iPhones once Orange begins selling the iPhone on November 10th.

Matthew Key, head of O2, told Times Online, “Once the iPhone becomes available on other UK networks, we will allow O2 customers to unlock their iPhones, although of course they will still need to honour any outstanding contract period they have. At the end of their contract period, they are entirely free to move to another operator — though naturally we hope they won’t want to! ”
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November 06, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Boy Genius Report is claiming that two separate sources have told them that AT&T is looking to sell an 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99 US before Christmas. While this news wouldn’t come as a shock, it would certainly take more than AT&T to make it happen. As most of you know, Apple doesn’t make an 8GB iPhone 3GS and it would probably mean the discontinuation of the iPhone 3G in general.

If you think back to the time of the first generation iPhone (it was so long ago now), you’ll probably remember that Apple quickly discontinued the 4GB iPhone after realizing that most people were opting for the larger capacity. Not too long after that, Apple introduced the 16GB version and discounted the price of the 8GB. Now that the iPhones themselves are subsidized by the wireless carrier, the game is a little different.
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November 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

November 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

There’s an exciting announcement at All Tech Related this week that has us saying, “We can’t wait!”

ZodTDD, the developer behind GpSPhone (a Nintendo Gameboy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch), announced the development of an N64 emulator for the iPhone and iPod touch. Zodttd believes that the current generation iPhone and iPod touch have the graphic CPU horsepower necessary to run those games. “…I can’t promise it will run games Read more…

November 04, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

CNet UK has written an article concluding that the iPhone is the worst phone in the world.

That’s right, we said it — and we’re not taking it back. The iPhone may be the greatest handheld surfing device ever to rock the mobile Web, and a fabulous media player to boot. It may be the highest-rated mobile phone on CNET UK, rocking the pockets of half of our crack editorial team. It’s certainly the touchscreen face that launched a thousand apps. But as an actual call-making phone, it’s rubbish, and we aim to prove it.

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November 04, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Engadget reports that AT&T has filed suit against Verizon over recent Verizon ads touting its national 3G network by comparing its coverage to AT&T’s 3G network using the iPhone-inspired tagline “There’s a map for that.” The complaint requests an injunction preventing Verizon from depicting non-3G coverage areas in AT&T’s network as “blank” spaces on maps in its advertising, as well monetary damages suffered by AT&T due to the advertising campaign.

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November 04, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Thanks to Geohot for the unlock. You may have read that you have to rejailbreak your iphone using the latest blackra1n to get snow installed but geohot has finally gotten his repo up and working so you don’t have to rejailbreak anymore, you just have to use cydia.

Add This Source To Cydia:

http://blackra1n.com

• After letting it refresh search cydia for Blacksn0w and install it. Reboot your iphone and enjoy and unlocked iphone.

November 04, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Geohot has released his BlackSn0w unlock for the iPhone 3G and 3GS.

“blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, and will also enable official tethering. blackra1n, a jailbreak for 3.1.2, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app.”

You can find instructions on how to use blacksn0w to unlock your iPhone here: Windows, Mac.

If you have already jailbroken using blackra1n, run the application again. You will see Icy replaced by an option “ra1n”. Install this to upgrade your blackra1n application. Run the blackra1n application again. This time you will see “sn0w”. Install sn0w to unlock your device.

via iclarified.com

November 03, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Geohot has announced that the BlackSn0w iPhone unlock will be released today at noon EST.

What It Does
“blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, and will also enable official tethering. blackra1n, a jailbreak for 3.1.2, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app.”

BlackRa1n Users
“If you are a loyal blackra1n user who kept the blackra1n.app on your iPhone, run it. You will see Icy replaced by an option “ra1n”. Install this to upgrade your app. After upgrading, run blackra1n.app again. You will see “sn0w”. Install this, and enjoy your unlocked iPhone.”
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November 03, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A hacker has taken over numerous Dutch iPhones asking for a €5 donation for his troubles.

The hacker simply scanned for jailbroken iPhones with SSH installed and using the default root password. With this password he then sent what appears to be an SMS alert to the hacked phones that read,

“Your iPhone’s been hacked because it’s really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now! Right now, I can access all your files.”
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