Update: The iPhone Dev Team have updated Redsn0w to 0.7.2 - Download the newest version from our iPhone Downloads section:
redsn0w 0.7.2 for Mac OS X download
redsn0w 0.7.2 for Windows download

iPhone Dev Team has released an application that works similar to quickpwn and provides similar functionality. Redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking (iPhone 2G only) tool for the iPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G (but not the 3GS) and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). Luckily for Windows users, who couldn’t use PwnageTool, Redsn0w is available for both Windows and Mac OS X users. However, iPhone Dev Team notes that there are some issues using redsn0w with OS X PPC and they suggest you use an Intel Mac till these issues are resolved.

1. GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 3G iPhone with yellowsn0w and rely on yellowsn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should NOT use redsn0w right now. Ultrasn0w (the 3G carrier unlock) is not included with this release and therefore your baseband will be locked and unable to use an operator other than the official one it was bought for. UltraSn0w will be released via APT (cydia and icy) soon. If you have an original iPhone (1st generation) then 3.0 carrier unlock works with this redsn0w release.
2. Yellowsn0w in its current form will NOT work with the baseband version that is present in the 3.0 update, you will need Ultrasn0w, which will be released sometime soon, Ultrasn0w will work with all iPhone 3G models (but not 3GS), even ones that were previously unlockable, Ultrasn0w (when available) will be released via APT (this means you will be able to get it via Cydia or Icy).
3. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
4. Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
5. This app is suitable for the recent 3.0 release
6. redsn0w will NOT work for the iPhone 3GS.
7. redsn0w WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), Original iPod touch, iPod touch 2G and the iPhone 3G (not the iPhone 3GS).

Redsn0w is easy to use, simply upgrade the device in iTunes to firmware version 3.0 and run redsn0w to activate and jailbreak the device (and if you are using an original iPhone 2G, it will unlock it too!)

Redsn0w download:
redsn0w for windows download
redsn0w for Mac OS X download

*Note*: there are some issues using redsn0w with OS X PPC, please use an Intel Mac while the iPhone Dev Team fixes these issues

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

Apple released the long awaited iPhone OS 3.0 firmware (Build 7A341) for both iPhone and iPod touch via iTunes. This software update is a major update and adds over 100 new features. If you would like to quickly upgrade to 3.0, connect your device to iTunes via USB and click on Check for Updates and the iPhone OS 3.0 will start downloading and it will update your iPhone.

Features:

• Copy and Paste: Quickly and easily cut, copy, and paste text from application to application. Select entire blocks of web text with a tap. Copy and paste images from the web, too.
• Landscape Keyboard: Want more room to type? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
• Spotlight Search: Find what you’re looking for across your iPhone, all from one place. Spotlight searches all of your contacts, email, calendars, and notes, as well as everything in your iPod.
• Safari: Enjoy faster performance, autofill user names and passwords, and more.
• Auto Wi-Fi login: Log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot and iPhone automatically logs you in when you connect again
• Find My iPhone: Find your iPhone if you lose it and protect your privacy with Remote Wipe.
• Shake to Shuffle: Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.

That’s just a few of the features iPhone OS 3.0 will offer, for the full list of features click here.

iPhone OS 3.0 IPSW Downloads:
iPhone 2G EDGE 3.0 ipsw Download
iPhone 3G 3.0 ipsw Download
iPhone 3G S 3.0 ipsw Download

iPod touch users can go to iTunes and buy the firmware update for $9.95USD - here {iTunes link)

Update: If you currently have an iPhone on a contract then you will not be eligible for a standard iPhone upgrade - bummer. You will, however, be eligible for a full retail price upgrade (Prices below).

• $499.00USD — 8GB iPhone 3G (black)
• $599.00USD — 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
• $699.00USD — 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)

WWDC was awesome this year ’round. Apple has announced a new iPhone. Say hello to the iPhone 3GS! The fastest and most powerful iPhone yet.

As you can see, the iPhone 3GS looks exactly the same as the current shipping iPhone 3G, the rumored iPhone 3GS leaked pictures were completely fake. The iPhone 3GS will come in 2 models - 16GB and 32GB.

What about features?

• 3 megapixel Camera - Autofocus - Tap to focus -Video recording
• Improved performance
• Built-in video camera with editing
• Voice Control - Voice Dial and Control the iPod
• Compass - you can tap to go right into Maps, and if you tap a second time it will orient the map to where you’re facing
• Cut, Copy, and Paste - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0
• MMS - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0
• Spotlight Search - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0
• Voice Memos - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0

Battery life:

• Talk time: Up to 5 hours on 3G - Up to 12 hours on 2G
• Standby time: Up to 300 hours
• Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
• Audio playback: Up to 30 hours on audio
• Video playback: Up to 10 hours of video

Apple is being very aggressive with pricing, the iPhone 3G will stay and will sell for $99USD for 8GB model and the new iPhone 3GS will sell for an amazing $199USD for the 16GB model and $299USD for the 32GB model. And it will be available to buy June 19th! So get ready to go stay in line.

- source: store.apple.com

NoWhereElse.fr originally posted these questionable pre-WWDC photo of what could be the iPhone announced on Monday. The photos appear it will have a front-facing camera, which will fulfill many iPhone user’s wishlist.

With all the reports about the iPhone pushing video as a killer feature, it’s very likely Apple could introduce video-chat to the iPhone. But, before you start screaming out with joy, keep in mind that apparently no semi-credible source has suggested the new iPhone will pack a front-facing camera. It’s mostly been a common theme among these widely-circulated mockups. Some have even mocked up what a making a video phone call might look like. Imagine how high Apple will set the bar if such a feature would be introduced on Monday, June 8th?

WWDC will be launching June 8th in San Fransisco and we’ll know exactly what will be in the new iPhone then. Meanwhile, cross your fingers and pray to the Tech Gods that Apple will have something extremely exciting planned for us. Stay tuned!

- source: nowhereelse.fr

Financial Times reports that Apple is planning on launching a “cut-price” version of the iPhone on Monday.

Apple plans to introduce a cheaper version of its popular iPhone as soon as Monday, in a move that could dramatically increase the company’s share of the market for web-surfing devices, people familiar with the initiative said on Thursday.

Analysts predict the cut would be either $50 or $100. If correct, the drop would drastically stimulate sales of the iPhone. Past rumors speculate that Apple will bring four iPhone models (4GB, 8GB, 16Gb and 32GB) if true, the 4GB model will most likely be the sub-$100 iPhone.

Financial Times has been reasonably accurate in the past, though most of their past information has been about Apple’s negotiations with record labels.

- source: ft.com

The latest of these images come from italian site SpazioCellulare, and they look very convincing. The images appear to reflect many circulating rumors but as such it maybe a very good mockup.

There appears to be an extra button on the lower-side of the case, perhaps a camera button and shutter button? The headphone jack for the iPhone appears to have moved down to the bottom of the unit. It also doesn’t seem to have the roundness that the iPhone 3G has. With any rumor, we aren’t confident that these images are 100% legit but they serve as interesting speculation.

There’s only about 3 days till WWDC on June 8th, stay tuned!

BusinessWeek reports that Apple has included features in its upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 that would allow users to share apps with other iPhone users. However, it’s unclear whether Apple will activate that feature.

Apple’s new iPhone 3.0 software includes features that, if activated by Apple, may let users share software with one another, according to a person familiar with the technology. Eventually, iPhone users may even get a commission when they’ve induced someone else to make a purchase, says Richard Doherty, director at consultant Envisioneering Group. Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock wouldn’t discuss features that might be available in the future, saying only, “We’ve made no announcements at this time.”

Apple could take advantage of the “peer-to-peer connectivity” described at Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 preview event in March to allow users to “invite” nearby users to download applications. This report also discusses the role users might play to further promote apps.

One example of P2P connectivity will be available in the new iPhone 3.0 software, due this summer. Users will be able to play multiplayer games with one another using Bluetooth connectivity, rather than needing to be on a carrier’s network. A player’s phone will automatically detect nearby iPhones and iPod touches that run the same app and send them an invitation to join the game. Initially, the feature will work only when both parties already have a particular app. “Now you can sell copies of your app to two players instead of one,” says Dave Howell, a former Apple engineer who now runs peer-to-peer file-sharing apps maker Avatron Software. In the future, a player may be able to invite another to a game when the second person does not yet own a particular app. Such invitations could trigger additional purchases.

WWDC will be June 8th in San Fransisco and will be a major topic next week.

Engadget reports that Apple has just received approval from a certification board for four new iPhones with capacities ranging from 4 GB to 32 GB.

4GB to 32GB — that’s one hell of a range, but we’re hearing from a trusted source that new iPhones in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities just garnered approval by the PCS Type Review Certification Board, the standards body responsible for certificating handsets for use with some carriers (AT&T, for instance).

Engadget believes that Apple is unlikely to deploy high-end hardware and software features on iPhone models with capacities as low as 4 GB, suggesting that Apple may begin offering models differentiated by more than just storage capacity. Perhaps this confirms there will, in fact, be a sub-$100 iPhone. Several rumors in the past regarding “iPhone nano” with scaled down hardware and/or software, as well as speculation regarding software-driven differentiation, have long pointed to the possibility of such variation in Apple’s iPhone offerings.

- source: engadget.com

The iPhone Blog reports that in the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, users are being warned that they may not redownload previously purchased applications over-the-air without being charged. However, the dialog box (shown below) does indicate that users may still redownload applications for free through their computer.

This is a big move from how things currently work. In the current versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch, users are allowed to re-download previously purchased applications without being charged again on both over-the-air and on their computers.

From months of using the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, I can not say I’ve seen the dialog box shown above. One of my favorite things about the iPhone (or iPod Touch for that matter) is If I ever need FTP On The Go, or any other app, and I don’t have it on my iPhone for whatever reason, I have the ability re-download it without being charged. If Apple does decide to start charging to re-download applications over-the-air it’ll be a big disappointment. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments!

- source: theiphoneblog.com

John Gruber of Daring Fireball speaks out about what the next generation iPhone revision will include. His list of details closely match with circulating rumors.

Gruber believes the next iPhone processor will indeed be a next generation processor that will be disproportionately faster than clock speed alone would have you believe. Indeed, we’ve heard that the next iPhone will use the Cortex processor.

Let’s say the rumors are right — and I believe they are — that the next-generation iPhone’s CPU will be running at 600 MHz. In the same way that, say, a 90 MHz Pentium was more than 1.5 times as fast as a 60 MHz 486, the 600 MHz CPU in the next iPhone will be more than 1.5 times as fast as the current 400 MHz iPhone CPU.

Along with 128MB of additional RAM (256MB total), this should improve app launching times, faster web browsing, and overall better performances which is always a good thing. Storage will also increase to a max of 32GB.

He also suggests that the new case changes will be subtle and retain the current iPhone’s form factor. Circulating rumors of a magnetometer and video editing are also believed to be true:

What the new iPhone’s video capabilities might lack in terms of image and sound quality will be made up for by two things: convenience and software. Convenience in that the best camera is the one you have with you, and if you’ve always got your iPhone, you’ve always got a camera; software in that iPhone OS 3.0 is set to include basic video editing (think: selecting just the good parts) and uploading features that regular cameras, which aren’t computers and which aren’t networked, just can’t match.

Much of what Gruber reported has been circulating around the internet, but he’s known to have accurate sources in past so we’ll see how things turn out. Apple is expected to announce the new iPhone at WWDC, which takes place June 8-12th in San Francisco.

Stay tuned!

- source: daringfireball.net