Apple has seeded the v3.1 beta of iPhone OS to developers along with the new the SDK. Apple has not mentioned any changes or improvements in the new update but there is a possibility that Apple might do something bad, which the iPhone Dev already hinted about.

[Via Macrumors]

iPhone 3GSers you need to wait a little longer but iPhone 3G users running v3.0 can go ahead and free their phones from the shackles of AT&T or any other operator (depending on your region). Just follow the steps below and you’re done.

1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
3. Run Cydia or Icy
4. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or icy
5. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
6. Reboot your iPhone 3G
7. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
8. Enjoy

[Via iPhone-Dev]

Yea, that’s impressive but we shouldn’t forget the fact that this time seven other countries added to the sales figure in addition to the US. Apple also flaunted its iPhone OS 3.0 figures which go in excess of six million downloads in the first five days of the release.

Apart from all this hoopla, another good thing we can see is a quote from Jobs, which clearly says that Stevie is back. Welcome back Steve! How about sharing a pic to the world to show how fit you have become?

Press Release

It’s no secret that the new iPhone OS features internet tethering but cellular operators are rather slow or unwilling to offer it right away. However, if you’re inner geek can’t wait any longer, there are two ways to quickly enable it.

Note: This is against your operator’s ToS and if they know, you flouted the ToS, they can charge you excessively over data charges or disconnect the connection.

First method is suggested by Aaron Krill that only works with AT&T by spoofing them to detect iPhone as another AT&T phone. It works by enabling IPCC update files and spoof AT&T’s site. More details on making it work, over here.

Next solution is rather simple and effectively works with a number of operators. Just point your iPhone browser to visit this site (http://help.benm.at/help.php) and download the appropriate profile according to your operator.

I checked for India and absurdly, the profile I found was for BPL Mobile and not for Airtel or Vodafone who are the exclusive iPhone operators. Anyways, if you use an unlocked iPhone running on BPL Mobile (Loop Mobile), you can try out the configuration by downloading this file.

[Via Lifehacker]

As expected, Apple has released the iPhone OS 3.0 and is available for download via iTunes. For the forgetful, it brings in a lot of features like Cut/Copy/Paste, Internet Tethering, MMS, landscape keyboard, Spotlight search, stereo Bluetooth and much more.

Fire up iTunes quickly and click check for updates to give a new life to your iPhone.

Apple

The iPhone Dev team has yet again proved their unlimited talent to pwn Apple. They have managed to unlock the iPhone 3G running on OS 3.0 and to Apple’s dismay, record it on video. The new tool is known as ultrasn0w, due for a release on Friday and works on the new baseband which yellosn0w was not able to.

Theoretically, iPhone Dev says this unlock will also work with iPhone 3G S since it will also have the same baseband but the chances are slim because Apple may have changed the hardware, which the iPhone Dev was using as an exploit.

Ultrasn0w

Apple has released the fifth beta of iPhone OS 3.0. Developers can now get the latest build (7A312g) along with a new version of iTunes 8.2, which is necessary in order to activate the beta. Apple is no longer following the 2 week release cycle as this one reaches the devs in just 8 days from the fourth beta. It looks like they are scampering through the beta releases before it hits for public consumption next month. Oh and yes, as with other previous updates, the changes in this build are unknown.

[Via Macrumors]

Just as Apple is committed to release fortnightly updates of its iPhone OS, the hackers are also doing their bit of work to provide the goodness of jailbreak on every beta update. Apple released the fourth beta release last week and hackers have already pwned the update. Users wanting to jailbreak the device can go ahead and download an unofficial QuickPWN release.

It will work with iPhone, iPhone 3G and 1st gen iPod Touch.

Download from here.

[Via Quickpwn]

Apple is sticking to its two week cycle for the iPhone OS 3.0 beta releases. They have seeded the fourth build of its upcoming iPhone OS. The changes are not known for now.

Apple also let loose a pre-release copy of iTunes 8.2 that is required for the activation of latest beta build. Similar to the OS, the changes in iTunes 8.2 is under wraps but few users have found out references to Blu-Ray which suggests that iTunes will support Blu-ray content in the future. So will we finally see a bag of hurt being implemented in Apple products? Maybe. Or maybe the reference could point towards Windows-based iTunes.

[Via Macrumors]

We have seen some unmentioned iPhone OS 3.0 features being unearthed in the past and now it looks like we have got another one which Apple felt the need to say to us. Ars Technica’s sources have found traces of voice control features that will arrive in the upcoming 3.0 release of the OS. Codenamed as Jibbler, the exact usage of it is unclear but is expected to synthesize, recognize the user’s voice to carry out voice commands. It will be integrated to the SpringBoard as well as the Spotlight search.

Our sources turned up references to classes and methods named VSSpeechSynthesizer, VSRecognitionSession, SBVoiceControlDisableHandlerActions, SBSensitiveJibblerEnabled, and SBVoiceControlSoundCompletion. SB refers to SpringBoard, and VS likely refers to Voice Services. The separate Voice Services classes leave open the possibility that Apple may eventually allow access to these services via the official SDK. There’s no indication whether these voice features will be tied to newer hardware expected this summer or if the features will be compatible with existing iPhone hardware.

[Via Ars Technica]