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PwnageTool 2.0.3 brings jailbreaking to 2.0.2

Joshua Karp — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:38:31 +0000

Have you been holding off on the 2.0.2 update for your iPhone for fear of losing access to your jailbroken apps and features? The wait is now over. The iPhone Dev team has just released PwnageTool 2.0.3, which brings full jailbreaking to the newest iPhone firmware. Sure, it won’t grant you unlocking access, but if you’ve been itching to free your handset from Apple’s iron fist this is a pretty good bet. Full features include:

Support for iPhone/iPod touch firmware 2.0.2 5C1
Updated version of Installer.app beta 6
New .de localization for German speaking users

As always with these sorts of things, we council you to proceed at your own risk, but if you feel like taking the plunge, the read link below should help you along in short order.

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Qik for iPhone launches…sort of

Joshua Karp — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:54:20 +0000

If you’ve been waiting for the public release of Qik’s streaming video service for your iPhone, you’re in luck….though there is a serious caveat. The company has launched its mobile video application for all to use, but it’s only available through installer.app running on OS 1.1.4. What this means, effectively, is that the only people that will have access to the awesomeness that is Qik streaming on the iPhone are those folks that have been hiding an iPhone 2G under their mattress for the past month. Anyone that upgraded to 2.0 (read: everyone) and current iPhone 3G owners are SOL. So sad. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t seem to be moving too quickly towards sanctioning video support for the on-board camera, so hope of an App Store appearance is relatively slim. Walled garden=frustration.

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