IPhone 3GS Heats Up, DOJ Takes Aim at Google (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this ...
iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available Online (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS.
AT&T Says iPhone 3GS is Hot in a Good Way (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The iPhone 3GS is hot according to AT&T.
Ngmoco releases Rolando 2 for iPhone, iPod touch (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)
Ngmoco has announced the release of Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid, a new game for the iPhone and iPod touch priced at $10.
Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0 (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now old news, but does its enhancements overcome any advantages that the BlackBerry has over the iPhone?
iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web (CNET)
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
BlackBerry vs. iPhone 3.0: Smackdown Revisited (PC World)
After pitting RIM's BlackBerry Bold against Apple's iPhone in May, it's time for a rematch — iPhone 3G takes on BlackBerry 9000 Bold. Place your bets now.
La Sierra University to offer course on creating iPhone applications (The Press-Enterprise)
It may be the only marketplace selling lightsabers, newspapers, personal trainers and stock market information all in the same place, and La Sierra University students in Riverside could be the next merchants. Starting in the fall, the university's math and computer science departments will offer a course teaching students how to build their own Apple iPhone applications.
Apple's latest iPhone has powerful flaw (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The new, high-octane iPhone 3GS is loaded with features that could light up your life — but its battery isn't one of them. Buyers are finding that the phone, introduced two weeks ago, has trouble making it through a work day without a rest stop at the electrical outlet.
Teen Releases First Jailbreak App for iPhone 3GS (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
The first jailbreak application for Apple's new iPhone 3GS has been made available just two weeks after the iPhone debuted. George Hotz, a 19-year-old Google employee originally from New Jersey, created the application.