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The Apple iPhone 3G will give users the pleasure of listening to radio. Though Apple is famous for omitting an FM tuner in its iPod line, it proved open to the idea of an online radio. The AOL Radio app will be released next month after being showcased at the WWDC. It will include 200 AOL stations and 150+ CBS stations. It’s no doubt a very good app, having taking home the “Best Entertainment Application” award at the WWDC. It’s totally freeware but brace yourself for advertisements just like in old-fashined FM radios. WiFi and 3G is all you need after you download the app and the new iPhone has got them both. The built-in GPS in the iPhone also figure in as the AOL Radio app uses GPS to tell users the closest radio station.

[nyt via cellphones]

The popular VX989 from Onda has been hacked to support FC games. This is great news. The VX989 is just about the most popular Onda player out there. It has even been adopted by Pasen into LAZYBUM - that’s how popular it is. It looks like a simple DIY upgrade (w/ overclocking) but because the instructions are written in Chinese, non-Chinese speakers might want to hold on to their non-gaming VX989 just a little while longer until someone in the English-speaking world can post an instruction in original English.

The video after the break.

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The iPhone SDK will finally bring YouTube to the safari browser on your iPhone. For the unitiated, this is not the same as the YouTube Player in your iPhone, which is a wholly separate app. This isn’t even real Flash support as YouTube is played via a plugin that allows you to play embedded YouTube videos. Pointing your browser to YouTube.com, however, is just more disappointment.

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After the announcement of the 16GB Samsung P2, th Bluewave 3 firmware update is the most anticipated by P2 fans. Bluewave 3 is not only for P2 but for the T10 as well.

Here’s what you can expect from Blue Wave 3 for P2 owners:

• Four new themes for the GUI
• Full-screen mode supported
• Calculator and dictionary added
• Brightness and speed controls for video playback

For the T10:

• Ten new GUI themes
• Three additional games
• Video bookmarking
• Horizontal viewing and AAC support
• File deletion capability from the device itself

[via gmp3]

For PSP-2000, Sony has released Firmware 3.93 that enables your PSP to support Skype VoIP. Skype on PSP should’ve been available earlier if not for a faulty mic, but now it’s here. For Skype on PSP, you will need a memory stick, a headset and of course wireless Internet.

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The Jailbreak of the unreleased iPhone 2.0 software is here, and iPhone Dev Team takes full credit. Now, why jailbreak an iPhone that will already open its doors to third-party software via App Store and soon even Java is a mystery except for the fact that many iPhone users might want their apps for free. Yes, it’s difficult to please these iPhone (and iPod Touch) users.

Even better news for iPhone cheapskates, the 1.2.0 (technical-word for iPhone 2.0) jailbreak is a true jailbreak in the old-fashioned sense, unlocking the 1.20 iPhone for any network. Says the iPhone Dev Team: “the hacked 1.2 firmware works with anything. AT&T and others, it’s pwned. And Apple will not really be able to patch it this time… somehow :-)” Well, wow! This is the most stable iPhone jailbreak ever!

Video after the break.

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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.

ZiPhone 2.5

iTunes Jailbreak video after the break.

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It’s finally here, but this one is a mystery. Does the 1.1.4 firmware update pave the way for SDK? No one knows what it fixes exactly just yet. You can get it through iTunes if it’s iTunes 7.6.1.9. Engadget brings good news in the form of a healthy jailbroken 1.1.3 getting the aforementioned update. It’s a sizable software update at 162.1MB. ZiPhone works on this update, according to several who have tried it.

[via engadget]

After GeoHot, Zibri of iPhone Elite and iJailbreak from a 13-year-old kid has come out of the wood work to free the iPhone. iJailBreak boasts a 5-minute unlock. The ZiPhone v2.0 does t even faster at only 3 minutes. Meanwhile UnlockiPhone.no has made a GUI version to make it really easy for ordinary folks. Links from TUAW.

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GeoHot (George Hotz) is the name you will remember whenever someone mentions unlocking the iPhone. The iPhone Development Team and Elite made a good effort but came up with is a risky process that many have tried, many yet feared to try and quite a few ending with messy cold tears. The process is more straightforward, that’s why OTB or “Out of the Box” is emphasized here. The quick links: 1.1.2 OTB iPhone unlock is here and the RapidShare Mirror file where his 1.1.3 iPhone unlock is found is here. Or save this file from the I.H.o mirror. Full instructions after the break.

Note that in his blog he admits it only took him 24 hours to unlock the iPhone. Read the rest »