Hasta La Gadget!

And so it continues. Geohot has returned with some help from hacking buddies chronic, posixninja, and pod2g with news that the same “24kpwn” exploit used to cracked open the iPod touch 2G will work on the iPhone 3GS. That means a jailbreak and unlock can be launched just as soon as the existing tools are updated for the iPhone 3GS (which won’t be long). As George Hotz laments,

On a personal note, I’m sad. Apple, it took me a week to break through your new defenses. And to let us reuse an exploit like that; 24kpwn was so 5 months ago. Although I imagine it must have been painful watching the devices roll by on the assembly line, knowing they all had a hole in them and you couldn’t fix it.

Oh George.

[Via Dev-Team Blog]

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iPhone 3GS exploit confirmed, jailbreak and unlock coming ‘soon’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So, the first time we watched this Macbreak video, we thought to ourselves, “now, this is downright silly” but the second time? Well… we probably won’t be investing $300 in a pro Red Rocks Micro shoulder mount for any iPhone 3GSs anytime soon, but the video does demonstrate what we all already knew: if you stabilize an even decent mobile phone cam, the results are better than if you don’t. Insane? Surely. Hit the second read link for the video.

[Via Wired]

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Video: iPhone 3GS gets professional shoulder mount, we giggle originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The last time we heard from Ivan Seidenberg, he was letting Sprint know precisely what he thought of it. This go ’round, in a new ‘Charlie Rose’ interview, the Verizon chief is being entirely more coy. In speaking to recent political happenings, he mentions that the communication coming from the citizens of Iran is “a great thing,” and he also notes that attempts to block internet use “can’t work long term” as the “power of the people will override that without any question.” Sort of comical given VZW’s prior persistence to cripple phones in spite of consumer backlash, but we digress. He also dodged (with great skill, might we add) questions on whether Verizon Wireless would carry the iPhone, noting that it was “Apple’s decision” on whether it would build one to support the company’s forthcoming LTE network. As for Android? He did confess that recent reports of a Motorola handset coming its way “might be true,” which is CEO speak for “oh, that’s absolutely happening.” Hop on past the break for a video of the whole shakedown.

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Verizon’s CEO sidesteps questions on iPhone, Android handset originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re anything at all like us, you were just a tad disappointed by the color “options” of Apple’s newest foray into the world of mobile phones, the iPhone 3GS. After all, who wants to be limited to just black and white these days? Not us, that’s for sure — and ColorWare’s just announced a fix for all that. Pricing for these customs jobs runs $150 for the back of the handset, $20 a piece for the bezel frame and button, and $15 the SIM holder. They’ll also do up your earbuds for an additional $15. A small price to pay for beauty, no? Another shot of a different color combo after the break.

[Via SlashGear]

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ColorWare outs custom colors for the Apple iPhone 3GS originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As we said following the Pre launch, no new gadget is immune to growing pains — especially when it’s tied to a manufacturing and distribution campaign on the scale of the iPhone 3G S. Statistically, it’s just not possible to walk away from an opening weekend without a few hiccups when you’re pushing this many units of anything; the best manufacturers can realistically hope for is to keep problems minor, respond to issues quickly, and spin the crap out of anything that comes up.

To that end, here’s what we’re tracking on the 3G S from the first three full days of sales:

• Apple is awarding $30 iTunes store credits to individuals affected by lengthy activation times on their new phones. Regular activations shouldn’t take more than an hour or two (ours were basically instantaneous) and ports from other carriers should take a maximum of 48 hours, but some unlucky individuals are still waiting to come online. We probably would’ve destroyed the phone with a hammer or a direct impact with a wall by now, so our respect goes out to those of you who are still waiting and haven’t destroyed anything of value.
• It seems that some users are getting the error message pictured above when attempting to hack tethering support onto their AT&T iPhones using mobile config files available online, though repeatedly deleting and re-adding the configuration seems to help in some cases. Of course, AT&T isn’t supporting tethering on the phone at this point anyway, so we wouldn’t expect a shoulder to cry on if you call in to customer service with this one.
• Boy Genius Report is reporting that sounds played by the phone are immediately followed by some sort of extremely high-frequency tone — the kind little kids and the next door neighbor’s dogs hear, but you may not.

Anything else going on out there in the field? Perhaps more importantly, anyone being driven batty by shrieking blasts of ultrasound they couldn’t identify?

[Thanks to everyone who sent these in]

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Apple iPhone 3G S trouble roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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