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Unlock your iPhone 4 with Ultrasn0w 1.0-1

The Dev team just released Ultrasn0w 1.0-1 which will unlock the iPhone 4 (01.59 baseband), iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS (basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, and 05.13.04). This is great news for those who would like to use their respective iPhones on a different carrier but are not using the factory unlocked iPhones.

Your first step is to jailbreak the iPhone via JailBreak Me. Install Ultrasn0w by:

1. On your iPhone, open Cydia
2. Add this source: repo666.ultrasn0w.com
3. Install Ultrasn0w
4. Restart your iPhone

Jailbreaking your iPhone will void your warranty

Even if it was declared in the USA that jailbreaking the iPhone is legal, it will still void your warranty. If you think that the warranty of your iPhone is important to you, then avoid jailbreaking it. This also goes for those who bought the Apple Care for iPhone. You would not want to throw your Apple Care into waste because you want to add applications to your iPhone that are not available in the App Store.

Handy Light: an iPhone tethering app that disguises as a flashlight app

The Handy Light iPhone app by Nick Lee is actually a tethering app that camouflages as a flash light. I was able to get my hands on the app through the App Store for $0.99. A video demo is uploaded in YouTube to show you how to use the app’s “secret feature” which is a “secret no more” (pun intended).

I just tried the app and it works. I followed the written instructions from AppShopper. Buy it while it’s there.

Here are some reviews of the customers who bought it from the App Store

I will love this developer forever, thank you for such an amazing “flashlight” application.

Thank you for rebelling against the evil iEmpire that is A**le Inc. I buy apps extremely rarely, but I made an exception for you. Thanks for this feature, I love you long time and hope the Evil Empire is not too hard on you.

Goldra1n: a Fake Jailbreak for iOS4

According to QuickPWN, one website is selling Goldra1n, a software that is supposed to jailbreak and unlock iOS4 on iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, for $24.99. Another fake jailbreak is “Clawpack” which is made by the owners of Goldra1n. More »

iPhone 4 Jailbreak by Geohot

George Hotz, also known by the name of Geohot, has succeeded in jailbreaking iPhone 4. Geohot made a blog post about it here. As you can see from the screenshot, you’ll see that there’s no SIM card inserted and that the home screen of Cydia is being shown. More »

Google’s Android gaining on iPhone and BlackBerry

Android has just made a noteworthy leap in the mobile market share after the number of  mobile phones running the Android platform rocketed an increase of 44% from February to May of this year as reported by ComScore.  Also, Android now holds an average of 13% market share from 9% in March in the total mobile platform industry.

The 13% is still a small number as compared to that of RIM’s BlackBerry or Apple’s iOS which holds 41% and 24% respectively. The increase in Android’s market share may have resulted from the decrease in shares of its competitors including Microsoft’s which significantly dropped from 15% to 13%, the most significant drop among mobile phone manufacturers and platform developers.

Despite the recent successful or unsuccessful of Apple’s release of the iPhone 4, there had been no notable increase in the total number of users that uses iOS. Analysts say that most of the buyers of the iPhone 4 are previous owners of iPhone 3G or 3Gs. Also, the exclusivity of the iOS platform to Apple and their partner telcos make it more difficult for Apple to compete in the SmartPhone market considering that most of SmartPhone manufacturers are now working on releasing new Android powered products every quarter.

Apple iPhone 4 Problems: Antenna Fail and other Defects

Apple iPhone 4 has been receiving a lot of praises lately.

“It has a cool multi task feature!”

“I love the cam in front for video chatting!”

“This is just how I want my mobile device to be!”

While everyone else is busy praising the Apple iPhone 4 some people were not so happy with the iPhone 4 Antenna Fail. According to some sites such as Lanewsmonitor, CEO of Apple: Steve Jobs said that holding in the left hand happened to be the wrong way of using the iphone 4. But is this really the solution we are after? More »

iPhone 4 Issues: Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Apple and AT&T

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple and AT&T in the US District Court for the District of Maryland by Ward & Ward, PLLC and Charles A. Gilman, LLC. The said lawsuit was filed in behalf of Kevin McCaffrey, Linda Wrinn and the other iPhone 4 owners. More »