iPhone 3.0 Firmware on the way

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Engadget is reporting that the latest iPhone OS can be expected later on this month
We just got the announcement, iPhone OS 3.0 is coming. Set your clocks, mark your calendars. It’s going down March 17th. Apparently, we’ll get a sneak peak at the new OS, as well as a look at a brand [...]

iPhone Unlocking vs. Jailbreaking

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After my previous post about jailbreaking an iPhone, I would like to point out the difference between jailbreaking and unlocking to those who are unsure about the whole procedure.
Jailbreaking
The iPhone and iPod touch hack that allow users to gain access to the entire Unix filesystem. In Unix terms, this refers to changing the [...]

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After I broke my last phone, I decided to man up and got myself an iPhone as a replacement. I’ve installed a couple of apps from the official appstore and have pretty much installed everything that has caught my attention.
I came across a post on Gizmodo with a guide on how to jailbreak [...]

Fennec Pre-Alpha is out

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Fennec is Mozilla’s take on the mobile browser market and the pre-alpha is available now. Not for everyone though, only if you have a VGA Windows Mobile phone and even then it’s not 100% gauranteed – and that’s fine by me. Pre-Alpha means that if you try and use it, don’t bitch if [...]

Free Email to SMS addresses

Ever wanted to automate an application sms’ing you – or use your Outlook/Webmail to send an sms to something without a complicated SMS gateway? Wikihows How To Text Message Online included a great cheat-sheet of email addresses for various networks, which we’ve included below (naturally, replace “number” with the phone number) –
Africa

Emtel (Mauritius) number@emtelworld.net
Vodacom (South [...]

The iPhone Dev Team behind pretty much any mainstream jailbreaking tool for the iPhone has released yellowsn0w – beta software which allegedly allows you to use your phone on any cell carrier.
You require an already jailbroken phone, and then a lot of luck by the sounds of it as a good percentage of people (including [...]

Another info packed post with some exciting news making waves in the technology world.

3G iPhone update
Vista – uptake inevitable
Twitter rising
Javascript curvy corners
Worthy mentions

3G iPhone update
We have reported previously on speculation regarding the launch date of the 3G iPhone, now more information is starting to filter through. One hot topic drawing much attention is the price [...]

Apple have their next event where we can expect to hear about more glorious gadgets coming from their labs in about 2 months time. One of the gadgets we may hear about is the 3G iPhone, this would be the 2nd incarnation of the phone. The question I have – why hasn’t the 1st generation [...]

Find Free Wireless Hotspots

There are a bunch of tools available that help you track down a free internet hotspot, but LifeHacker has two we think are worth a look at.
The first is the newly published Free Wi-Fi/Hotspot Finder Google Maps mashup which will show you the closest hotspots based on the location you type in – allowing you [...]

New iPhone SDK online

This release is aimed to fix the PSOD that some iPhone users experienced and a 501 error that developers were getting annoyed with.
The third beta version of the iPhone SDK includes Interface Builder, Xcode IDE, Instruments, iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, and Shark analysis tool.
There are 3 different types of SDK packages as such, [...]