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Apple Wins Right To Say Its Apps Are ‘Only On The iPhone’

Apple has won the right to say that its apps are available “only on the iPhone” in the UK despite complaints that other handsets such as Google’s G1 phone also offer similar ranges of software. Ten viewers complained to the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority that Apple’s ad campaign?which tells viewers via on-screen small print “Apps sold on apps store?Only on O2″?was misleading as apps are available elsewhere.

In response Apple argued that its app store is unique, has far more apps than any competitor (50,000 compared to Google’s 2,100) and is available in 88 countries. The apps shown in the ad weren’t exclusive to the iPhone, but the company argued its central claim?”an app for everything, only on the iPhone”?isn’t misleading.

The ASA agreed and threw out the complaints, ruling: “We therefore considered viewers would understand the claim? to refer to the range of apps available and the user experience of the App Store and iPhone, and not that they were the only company to provide applications for mobile phones.”

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

New iPhone 3GS hacked in two minutes

Last week we wrote about how the new iPhone 3GS offers better security because of better encryption both on-device and in the hardware. But now, information has come to light that the device can be hacked within two minutes using readily available freeware.

iPhone developer and hacker expert Jonathan Zdziarski showed Wired just how easy it is to dismantle the 3GS and expose its data.

“Apple may be technically correct that [the iPhone 3GS] has an encryption piece in it, but it’s entirely useless toward security,” Zdziarski said. He said that despite the new security features in the iPhone 3GS, it isn’t any more secure than the first generation of the iPhone, which had no encryption features whatsoever.

Zdziarski revealed that he could bypass the encryption process within two minutes. As he began taking data from the device, it began to decrypt everything Zdziarski pulled from it. He did it using jailbreaking tools such as red Sn0w and Purple Ra1n. Once the encryption process is broken down, hackers can install the Secure Shell client to grab data and put it into a computer’s hard drive.

Zdziarski posted how-to videos on YouTube. Check them out here and here.

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