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iPhone 3GS exploit confirmed, jailbreak and unlock coming ’soon’

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.”

Apple iPhone grabbed 69% share of U.S. smartphone traffic in May 2009

AdMob serves ads for more than 7,000 mobile Web sites and 2,500 applications around the world. AdMob stores and analyzes the data from every ad request, impression, and click and uses this to optimize ad matching in the network. This monthly report offers a snapshot of the data to provide insight into trends in the mobile ecosystem.

Five days after its launch, the iPhone OS 3.0 represented 44% of iPhone ad requests. In contrast, only 1% of iPod touch requests came from devices running the iPhone OS 3.0.

Worldwide, Apple iPhone’s share of smartphone traffic hit 49% in May 2009, up from 43% in April 2009:

In the U.S., Apple iPhone’s share of smartphone traffic hit 69% in May 2009, up from 59% in April 2009:

These numbers, of course, predate the release of Apple’s iPhone 3G S which was released on June 19, 2009.

Confirmed Again! iPhone 3GS Beats Pants Off iPhone 3G, Android, Palm Pre at Javascript

Once again validating Dieter’s iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre web rendering smackdown, MacRumors reports on Medialets‘ latest Sunspider Javascript tests pitting the iPhone 3GS against the iPhone 3G (both on 3.0 and 2.2.1), Palm Pre, and Google Android G1.

As MacRumors points out, not only is iPhone 3GS’ clear, current speed advantage impressive, but the 3x improvement iPhone 3.0 gives the iPhone 3G is most impressive as well.

Enable Tethering On Your iPhone 3G and 3GS With Only Safari (MMS, VV Fix)

Here you have an extremely easy way to have tethering enable on your iPhone 3G and 3GS without having to pay the expensive AT&T, O2 or any other network since this method is accepted in many countries, just by visiting a site on your iPhone’s Safari. No jailbreaking needed. just type the following address in Safari:

http://help.benm.at/help.php

Then scroll down to the Tethering & Internet Settings, then choosing your country and provider. This works for both AT&T and T-Mobile, and will let you install the appropriate configuration.

Now go to your settings and enable tethering. Check the video walkthrough bellow to help you configure tethering.

If you have an iPhone 3G or first generation iPhone running OS 3.0 and is jalbreaked you can now unlock the iPhone by downloading Ulrasn0w on Cydia or Icy, you dont have to jailbreack the iPhone again, just follow these instructions:

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. That last “o” is actually the number zero “0”! If you use the letter “o” you’ll get an error.
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

Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3G S models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”

With more than 12 million iPhone and iPod Touch users, Apple has been the choice for smart phones and mp3 players.