UPDATED: Pwnage Tool Jailbreak for 3.1.2 and 3.1 3GS 3G and 2G

No baseband upgrade for this release which means that you will NOT loose your unlock abilities if you upgrade your iphone via the Pwnage tool. Here are the details and screen shot of the step by step tutorial by BigBoss:

http://thebigboss.org/guides/pwnage-20-guide/

The official website of the devteam and important instructions can be found here:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/211802082/pwnage-pie

Instructions from iClarified including video:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4254

Thanx Sheikh :)

Case-Mate I.D. for iPhone 3G 3GS Unboxing

Gorilla Tube Case Review

I love this case... I just saw it on youtube:

Foof Shop Well Spotted iPhone and iPhone 3G Pouch Quick Review

Speck PixelSkin Quick Review

A quick review of the iPhone 3G Case from Speck called Pixel Skin. Three colors are shown: yellow, white and green.

Product Page:

http://www.speckproducts.com/products/pixelskin/iphone-3g/143

UPDATED: How to jailbreak new iPhone 3GS (step by step)

- first, download and install iTunes on your pc or mac:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

- Download iPhone 3GS firmware 3.0.1 from here:
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6976.20090731.Vgbt5/iPhone2,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw

- connect your iphone to iTunes.

- update to iphone 3.0.1 in iTunes: Start iTunes then connect your phone via USB. Then WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE "SHIFT" KEY, press the "update" button in iTunes. Select the file you downloaded above: "iPhone2,1_3.0.1_7A400_Restore.ipsw"

- Download:

- Redsnow:
http://thebigboss.org/hostedfiles/redsn0w-win_0.8.zip

- iPhone firmware 3.0:
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6582.20090617.LlI87/iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

- Run redsn0w
- Click browse
- Select the 3.0 firmware file you downloaded "iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw"
- Click next.
- Select Cydia (not icy)
- Follow on screen instructions.
- iPhone will reboot Jailbroken. You will see a brown Cydia icon on your second screen.

How to jailbreak new iPhone 3GS (step by step)

UPDATED: Go here for updated version:
http://www.modiphone.com/2009/09/updated-how-to-jailbreak-new-iphone-3gs.html

- first, download and install itunes on your pc or mac:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

- connect your iphone to iTunes.

- update to iphone 3.0.1 in iTunes.

- Download:

- Redsnow:
http://thebigboss.org/hostedfiles/redsn0w-win_0.8.zip

- iPhone firmware 3.0:
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/061-6582.20090617.LlI87/iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

- Run redsn0w
- Click browse
- Select the 3.0 firmware file you downloaded "iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw"
- Click next.
- Select Cydia (not icy)
- Follow on screen instructions.
- iPhone will reboot Jailbroken. You will see a brown Cydia icon on your second screen.

The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of The Year - Washington Post

This list was composed by Alex Ahlund, founder of AppVee. Here are some of my favorites:

- Hey Where Are You (free): tell people where you are. Supports Push technology.
- TweetDeck (free): Twitter client.
- Mover (free): file swapping over wireless.
- Simplify Music 2: Stream music from your PC seamlessly.
- Photogene: edit photos right from your iPhone.
- QuickOffice: Mobile Office Suite for the iPhone.

Games:
- Pocket God
- Doodle jump
- Oregon Trail
- Peggle

For the full list, go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081600099.html

How To Guide To Update and Jailbreak iPhone 3G 3GS and 2G iPhone and All iPod Touch Versions

Here is the video:



And here are the links and information:

Redsn0w v0.8:
http://thebigboss.org/hostedfiles/redsn0w-win_0.8.zip

Select and download 3.0, NOT 3.0.1 firmware for your device. This is needed by Redsn0w to jailbreak your device:
http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/



ONLY if you have iPhone 2G: Download bootloaders for unlocking iPhone 2G: http://www.mediafire.com/?9mdezqi2jem

Add this source to Cydia to unlock your iPhone 3G or 3GS and install Ultrasn0w: repo666.ultrasn0w.com

Written instructions:

http://www.iphoneinquirer.com/2009/07/how-to-unlock-and-jailbreak-firmware.html

Credit for this video and links goes to: iPhone Inquirer. Thanks :)

You can visit his website to get all these download links and more:

http://www.iphoneinquirer.com/2009/07/downloads.html

How to sync your iPhone with Google Calendar and Contacts (includes iCal instructions)

It does not require MobileMe. Google Sync does the job :) To set it up go here:

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252

It does not conflict with MobileMe as far as I know... I tried it :) There are however some known issues but they are minor:

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99360

Want to synctonize iCal as well? Click the link below for more:
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358#ical

Enjoy your (automatically) perfectly synchronized life :P