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Software

Apple’s Shipping Jailbreak Resistant iPhone 3GS Units

2:20PM Rosa Golijan | Maybe that downtime earlier is a result of bad karma for Apple’s decision to start shipping iPhone 3GS units with a supposedly jailbreak-resistant bootrom. How long until the dev-team works around the immunity to their exploit? [iClarified via BGR] More »
Software

iPhone OS 3.1 Jailbroken For iPhone 3GS Now

7:44AM Matt Buchanan | It’s done. iPhone OS 3.1 has been jailbroken for the iPhone 3GS now by the Dev Team. The catch: You need to have already Pwnd it at 3.0 or 3.0.1 — you can’t jailbreak 3.1 directly, for now. [DevTeam]
QOTD

Question Of The Day: Widescreen Or Tallscreen?

5:30AM Jack Loftus | Apple’s successful iPhone 3GS launch might mean a new video format takes over the YouTubes of the world in the near future. They’re calling it “tallscreen,” and I wanted to know if you gave a hoot or not. More »
Software

IPhone 3GS Jailbreak

2:22PM Brian Lam | Warning: We haven’t tested this because we’re playing with fireworks. [Make It Rain via BBG]
Phones

Sanity Wins Out, Apple Drops Space From 3GS

8:00AM Jason Chen | It first started with the press release from yesterday. Then some talk from Apple employees. Now, it’s official: Apple has dropped the space between 3G and S. (Yes, we know it’s inconsequential, but follow us here.) More »
Phones

IPhone 3GS, 3G And Pre All Benchmarked Side-by-Side, 3GS Prevails

12:30PM Adrian Covert | Anandtech went through the trouble of running various speed-based benchmarks on the iPhone 3GS and Pre, clocking the time it took to launch various apps and load web pages. Though they share similar hardware, the iPhone 3GS was deemed “faster.” More »
Phones

Apple Issue $US30 ITunes Credit For IPhone 3GS/AT&T Activation Snafu

5:42AM Jack Loftus | Following iPhone 3GS/AT&T activation delays that were in some cases 48 hours long, Apple has allegedly responded with a $US30 “We’re sorry” gift that will be good at the iTunes Store on Monday. More »
Phones

Some IPhone 3GS Units Are Emitting Random 15KHz Tones

3:00AM Jack Loftus | New tech products are often plagued with software bugs and the like, so it’s surprise that there’s one with the iPhone 3GS. That said, this is the first one I can remember that actively targets dogs: More »
Phones

IPhone 3GS Torn Down, Reveals An ARM CortexA8 CPU That Can Go Bigger, Faster

9:40AM Adrian Covert | The Rapid Repair crew ventured to France to obtain an early iPhone 3GS, dismantle it, and scope out the inner components. Their discovery? The same 600 MHz CPU powering the Palm Pre (that can actually run at 833 MHz). More »