Update #2: Looks like the yellowsn0w application will be in Cydia and it will only work for the 2.28.00 baseband - We were semi-correct about ignoring the post where they told us not to update the iPhone 3G to 2.2

Yellowsn0w will be available once the Dev Team member in charge of their Cydia repo wakes up and fixes the permissions.

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If you decode the binary message, you get vtaber 61060174 if you decode that ROT13 message, you get IGNORE 61060174 — Now, what does IGNORE 61060174 mean? We believe it means to ignore their blog post #61060174 - This blog post - Yeah, remember that blog post from the iPhone Dev Team stating NOT to update your 3G to 2.2, because doing so will update your baseband and you’ll loose possibility of a 3G Unlock. Maybe they are secretly telling us that yellowsn0w will in fact work on all iPhone 3G basebands. Only time will tell.

Try it for yourself!
ROT13 Decoder used: rot13-encoder-decoder.waraxe.us Thanks Ecko!
Binary Decoder used: roubaixinteractive.com

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

The Boy Genius Report reports, Wal-Mart is to sell 4GB iPhones for $99 with a 2-year contract December 28th. Boy Genius Report is not entirely confident that this is true.

When Apple originally introduced the iPhone, it shipped in 4GB and 8GB models. A couple months later, Apple discontinued the 4GB model completely and dropped the price of the 8GB model. Apple, now, sells iPhones for $199 (8GB) and $299 (yup, you guess it, 16GB) with 2-year contracts. A 4GB iPhone model for $99 does make sense, but will it happen? $99 will be aggressive and will sell alot more iPhones. Only time will tell. Stay Tuned!

Rumors have been flying around the internet lately about Apple’s “Let’s Rock” event scheduled for 10AM PST in San Francisco tomorrow. The iPhone 2.1 release rumor can be nailed down to this ArsTechnica article which claims to have a good source and that Apple will be releasing iPhone 2.1 tomorrow with unexpected new features that were left out of beta releases.

Some people are speculating that it will be a solution the much complained about lack of Copy and Paste, others are saying it will be GPS speed and direction functionality. Let’s hope it’s both!

No matter what the new features may be if you have an unlocked or jailbroken iPhone or iPhone 3G DO NOT UPGRADE tomorrow. Wait until we hear what the iPhone Dev Team and others have to say about the compatibility of their software with the new firmware version. It is almost guaranteed they will need to update their software tools to adapt for the new iPhone 2.1.

What do you think the new features will be in iPhone 2.1? Leave a comment with your predictions.

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