iPhone News Updated

Join us tonight at the Rangers game!

DMN Rangers Blog Night is tonight at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Tickets are still available. We’ve got a nice group coming, but it’s not too late to join us.

We are sitting in the upper home run porch in the all-you-can-eat section for the discounted rate of $25 (plus $1 online handling fee).

Just click here and put in the password: dmn.

Assistant GM Thad Levine has agreed to host a Q&A session for about 30 to 40 minutes in the auditorium at the Legends Museum starting at 5 p.m. Anyone attending the blog night is invited.

We’ll meet at 4:45 at the entrance (centerfield, just below the home run porch, near the first base gate) and walk in together. After that, we’ll head to our seats and start stuffing ourselves with ballpark food.

Again, the point of this is to meet each other and enjoy that game. If you have an iPhone or another device that gets internet access, Tim MacMahon will be doing an in-game chat.

But I plan on chatting with all of you in person. Should be a good time!

[Thanks: http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com]

iPhone Hackers Jailbreak OS 3.0 Software

The iPhone Dev Team is at it again, and the group of hackers has released software that enables iPhone 3.0 users to install non-App Store programs on their device.

This software is called Ultrasn0w, and it “jailbreaks” the device by removing Apple’s software controls that prohibit independent applications from being installed. The Dev Team is also responsible for creating software that enables iPhone owners to unlock the handset and take it to any GSM carrier.

It is unclear if this software will gain a wide audience because many of the original advantages to a jailbroken device have faded away. Users could unlock the iPhone to use T-Mobile’s service, but the iPhone 3G wouldn’t be able to access the network’s 3G network because the smartphone is not designed for T-Mobile’s spectrum.

Users will be able to find a wider variety of apps with the jailbreak software though, as developers won’t have to pass Apple’s relatively-strict vetting process. This means users will be able to download live-streaming apps like Qik, as well as download apps that can run in the background.

But the appeal of these non-approved apps may be waning, as the 3.0 firmware gives developers more than 1,000 new hooks into the hardware. While there are a few alternative iPhone app stores, most developers will look at the App Store as the main means of distribution because it has an audience of more than 40 million iPhone and iPod Touch users.

The jailbreaking and unlocking software do not currently work with the iPhone 3GS, the Dev Team said. The group said the software should be available soon because the touch-screen smartphone is vulnerable to an exploit that is present in the second-generation iPod Touch.

[Thanks: http://www.informationweek.com]