Opera Mini for iPhone submitted to Apple for approval

Opera Mini for iPhone was officially submitted to the Apple iPhone App store today. A select few first saw it at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February. Now, the “fast like a rocket” browser is taking its first big step towards giving users a new way to browse on the iPhone.Early reviews of Opera Mini for iPhone praised the sheer browsing speed, powering through Web pages up to six times faster

Star Defense Strategic Tower Placement Video

The Star Defense release date has to be drawing near, we can feel it. We have been getting fed a regular dose of screenshots and gameplay videos for some time now, but we still have no official release date for this highly anticipated tower defense game. To tide you over for just a little while longer, ngmoco has released a brand new Star Defense strategic tower placement video.The latest Star

Hit The Streets Of New York In TaxiDrive

We have seen a recent surge of big, time consuming games for the iPhone like The Sims 3 and Return to Mysterious Island. They are great games in their own right, but the iPhone is a mobile device after all and sometimes we just want to play a quick casual game while on-the-go. Conveniently, Steffen from syncRage has informed us about their new casual game TaxiDrive that should help you waste

X-SIM II for iPhone

All new iPhones being sold in the US, UK & Germany are locked to a particular provider (Version 1.1.2, Bootloader 4.6)If you wish to use the iPhone with another provider in that country or in another country, you will need the X-Sim II to ypass the lock to work with your exising sim card. In Canada, it will work with Rogers & Fido Networks.Also works with: at&t, T-Mobile, Vodaphone, ORANGE,

For Apple iPhone, Japan Could Be the Next Big Test

Apple Inc. may be close to the most important test yet of its iPhone's global appeal.Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs recently met with officials from Japan's dominant mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., including NTT's president, Masao Nakamura, to discuss a deal to offer the iPhone in the country, say people familiar with the situation. These people say Apple has also been talking to Japan's No.

Free Version of Navizon GPS for iPhone Now Available

Navizon, who released a third-party software GPS solution for the iPhone a few months ago, announced today that it is offering a new, free version of it's software. The previous version of the Navizon software offered a 15-day free trial after which the software expired. The new version will switch to a 'Lite' mode after the trial expires and allow users to continue enjoying Navizon's GPS

Tip: iPhoneDrive Brings Disc Mode to iPhones

iPhoneDrive ($9.95), from Ecamm Network, allows you to use your iPhone for file storage, something you can't do with Apple's iPod/smartphone combo out-of-the-box, as there's no disk mode for iPhones like there is for iPods.Launching iPhoneDrive brings up the utility’s browser window and toolbar. It is from there you can transfer files and folders back and forth between your Mac OS X computer and

Hackers Regain Access to iPhone Under Firmware 1.1.1

Erica Sadun of TUAW, well known in the iPhone community for "Erica's utilities", has been liveblogging her attempt to replicate the success of two iPhone hackers, named "dinopio" and "Edgan", who have recently regained access to the full file tree of the iPhone through a bit of upgrade trickery. The latest update show that Erica has acheived similar success, proven by screen shots she has posted.

iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 Update Video Walkthrough

Apple has a video tour of the new features in iPhone 1.1.1. We covered them in our Firmware Update Changelog earlier, but the video gives you a quick tour of the new features to enable you to see whether it's worthwhile or not for you to upgrade in this limbo-time when third-party hacks and apps aren't quite working yet. [Apple][Via http://gizmodo.com]

iPhone Firmware Version 1.1.1 Released, Update Wisely

Apple's newest update for the iPhone, firmware version 1.1.1 has been released and includes a long list of feature additions, bug fixes, and security enhancements. As always, the new firmware can be installed on your iPhone via the iPhone "check for updates" button in iTunes. As previously reported, Apple has made it quite clear that applying the update to a modified or "hacked" iPhone can cause

Free iPhone Software Unlock is Here - iUnlock

"You wanted it, we have it. Enjoy your free iPhone." Such was the announcement on the iPhone Dev Wiki team's website when their ultimate goal - a full software unlock of the Apple iPhone - was acheived. Simple as that.Hot on the heels of the troubled release of the iPhoneSIMFree Unlock solution, the iPhone Dev Wiki team - who has been responsible for virtually every publically available

iPhone Unlocking Software Release Blocked by Legal Warnings

It was announced yesterday that a second company was preparing to provide software that would unlock the Apple iPhone and allow it to be used on any GSM network worldwide. The announcement, which came from mobile phone unlocking company UniquePhones, promised the software would be available to consumers today (August 25th), for a price between $25 and $50. The initial team, which proved their

iPhone Full Software Unlock is Here, Working, Confirmed

We all knew it was only a matter of time. For some it has taken longer than expected while others are shocked at how rapidly hackers were able to tear apart the reportedly impenetrable Apple defenses on the iPhone. Regardless of your level of surprise, the fact of the matter is that the iPhone is now fully unlocked, and the iPhone can be used on any GSM carrier anywhere in the world. The unlock

TurboSIM Unlocked iPhones For Sale in Hong Kong

With last week's development of the TurboSIM unlocking method, it was likely only a short matter of time before seeing "unlocked" iPhones for sale for use with other providers both inside and outside the United States. As reported by PhoneDaily, this is now the case in Hong Kong. The following video shows a TurboSIM unlocked iPhone being used to make calls on Hong Kong'sCSL network. Though not

The iPhone Hacking Kit, step by step

For better or worse, Apple designed the iPhone to be a completely closed system. That is, you can’t add new applications to it, and even some seemingly “normal” cell phone features - like the ability to add custom ring tones - are locked up. Or are they? Thanks to an extremely well-organized group of very talented hackers, you can crack into your iPhone and make all sorts of changes and

Denver man hacks thumbs for more efficient iPhone use - literally [Updated]

Keyboards on handheld devices and smartphones have often been debated in terms of how much work they actually let you get done. Tiny displays, limited functionality, itty-bitty keyboard buttons and now the iPhone's entirely virtual keyboard whose keys can be hard to hit for some people have given folks something to talk about. Taking matters to a level that I believe is unheard of in the

Apple iPhone Unlocked for Use in Europe

Not long after we updated you about a major milestone on the road to an unlocked iPhone, one which brought an unlocked iPhone ever closer, hackers have unlocked the iPhone for use in Europe. Though this does not appear to be a "true" or "full" unlock, as the method requires the creation of a new SIM card using a SIM card reader/writer, it is also more significant than previous SIM card hacks.

Hackers Hit Major Milestone in Unlocking the iPhone

The team behind the iPhone Dev Wiki, which has become the foremost camp of hackers attempting to unlock the Apple iPhone, has hit another major milestone in their efforts. The team released news recently that they have successfully extracted the full content of the NOR memory (from the S-Gold2). Although the Wiki team hasn't released the source code or the dump of the NOR memory at this point,

Hacked iPhone Tethers EDGE via WiFi

Mostly because it's relatively not that exciting, we've been a bit lazy in getting this story posted. The other day, via a new third party application called srelay (a SOCKS proxy server), you can now tether your iPhone EDGE connection to your laptop or desktop via WiFi. Yes, it could come in handy in a pinch, but sharing an EDGE connection with a full fledged PC isn't nearly as exciting as it

iPhone hacked for use in Australia?

Aussie hackers have somehow managed to get an iPhone working on Australia’s Telstra mobile network, by “modifying the iPhone’s default SIM card to be recognized as an AT&T SIM, while actually containing data that allows it to be accepted by Telstra.” We’ve yet to see actual proof of this (apparently there was a video that has since been taken down), but the preliminary results sound enticing.