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Apple, it can be officially declared, has given up the fight against iPhone unlockers. We told you that was the impression we get after Apple released the 1.1.4 firmware update. The new firmware just didn’t offer resistance to unlock softwares and it didn’t brick jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches. Now here we are with three easy methods to jailbreak newly updated iPhones:

iNdependence v1.4 beta…

is a Cocoa-based application for Mac OS X which provides an easy-to-use interface for jailbreak, activation, SSH installation, and ringtone/wallpaper/application installation on your iPhone. It’s open source under the GNU v2 license.

The source code for interacting with the iPhone has been broken out into a library (libPhoneInteraction) so that it can be easily reused by other applications.

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iTunes Jailbreak video after the break.

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CES superstar iRiver has released the E100 in Europe. The first of the series of devices, iRiver previewed at CES 2008, the E100 is a 2.4-inch QVGA player supports FLAC, MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG, MPEG-4, WMV9 and XVID (video playback at 30fps). It has stereo speakers and a built-in FM tuner. The internal memory is supplemented by microSD cards. Price is very reasonable starting at $119 for the 2GB and topping at $194 for the 8GB.

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Teac announces a set of the most generic-looking PMPs. None of these PMPs are touch screen but they do have decent audio support and token video playback. All three are around 50g and though prices have yet to be announced, expect very Oriental MSRPS for these babies.

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Lucky Ireland must have had a four-leaf clover or two up its sleeve, as it gets to be only the third country in Europe (fourth in the world) to get the iPhone. Dropping on March 14, it will be exclusively available through O2 and Carphone Warehouse. Prices are €399 ($600) for the 8GB and €499 (US$750) for the 16GB model.

To supplement this, the carrier will be offering three new tariffs, which range from €45 for 175 minutes to €100 for 700 minutes. All include anytime minutes, texts and a 1GB data bundle.

[via cellular-news]

Relatively unknown artist Brendon Benson is now set for superstardom. That’s what you get when one of your songs is featured on the new iPod Touch Commercial. Benson’s single “What I’m Looking For” takes the mellow approach, a far cry from the up-tempo mood of Nick Haley’s commercial. The new ad incorporates the new features of the $20 upgrade for the iPod Touch. It’s not sexy and it omits some crucial details, like you’d have to pay $19.99 for Maps.

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We’ve mentioned before how KaonMedia’s UPOP is more like a UMPC than a PMP and now you can judge for yourself (if you’re in Korea, that is). The 4.8-inch 800 x 480-pixel PMP looks sexier than ever now that its UI has been revealed. The tilt and slide screen looks cool revealing a 61-key pad and, yes it’s Windows CE 5.0 but the DaVinci chipset supports a good number of video files including DivX. It’s an e-Dictionary as pre-loaded with 46 dictionaries and TTS (text to speech) with a very convincing native voice on the speech end. Everything you need is in this device: MP3 player, calculator, calendar as well as Office viewer. Too bad the MSRP hasn’t been announced, but because it’s sold in Korea expect it to be pricey.

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Okay, we are not really sure this is a clone of the Haier Black Pearl Micro. It’s the exact same hardware design but it could simply be a rebranding. When the Black Pearl was first reported it had the claim of being the tiniest MP3 phone. It’s a triband GSM phone with Bluetooth v1.2. Don’t expect a camera or 3G connectivity. The 128 built-in memory is pretty small as well even for a decent collection of songs to last your daily commute, though there’s a microSD slot available. In the UK, where this is being sold, it is priced at around US$260. A little pricey for a basic phone but it only weighs 65 grams, which isn’t heavy on the pocket.

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Four new games are coming to the Archos 705 WiFi and the Archos TV+ Wifi Digital Video Recorder through the Playin’ TV Game Pack. There’s Captain Ozone, an adventure game with an environmentalist slant; Aces and Faces, a poker game; Reveri, which is basically your classic chess game, and Brix Fusion, a casual game challenge that involves blowing up bricks. The Archos TV+ allows you to play the games from the comfort of your living room couch, and with the 705 PMP you can take these games on the road with you. Available on the Archos Content Portal or at the Archos Web Store for $9.99.

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Pandora Digital, which seems to specialize in offbeat, nonmainstream products, has released the SK-426, which is a member of the Princess Series (and sure seems happy about it). This device supports AMV videos, MP1, MP2, MP3 and WMA audio files, and BMP and JPEG images.

A 1.8-inch CSTN or TFT screen that displays 65,000 colors is built-in. FM radio (up to 40 station presets), voice recording (WAV or ACT) and e-book reader functionality are included, as are six EQ settings. The SK-426 can also save files (yeah, that kind of files) in a “secret place”, where they can’t be seen unless you know the password. Finally, red and silver versions are available, in case you’re not feeling the whole lime look.

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We haven’t heard from Neonumeric in a while. They announced the NM4 and the NM5 in quick succession but it has taken a while before they come out with a mini-PMP with a tolerable 2.8-inch screen. The screen has a QVGA resolution with 65k-color support. The NM6 plays QVGA-quality AVI and MP3, WMA, WAV audio refined by a 7EQ. There are two options for the NM6, the 2GB and the 4GB. There is no Bluetooth on this player. USB 2.0 and miniSD slot and an okay form factor (5 x 57 x 12 mm at 73g) round up the specs. The player is priced at 80 euros and 100 euros or about $120 and $150 based on today’s exchange rate.

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