Finally the much awaited iPhone unlocking and jailbreaking software "Pwnage Tool 2.0" is released for public downloading, a more official announcement with detailed information is expected to be released in next few days from the developers the iPhone-Dev Team.

The new version of the free software "Pwnage Tool 2.0" allows iPhone owners to jailbreak and unlock older iPhones with firmware up to and including the new version 2.0, and jailbreak iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touches (so you can run 3rd party applications not supported by Apple and the new iPhone App Store), 3G iPhone unlocking is expected to be included in upcoming releases.

iPhone Dev Team the leaders in iPhone hacking have done it once again, this time they managed to jailbreak the new 3G iPhone with firmware version 2.0, and a iPhone jailbreaking tool “PwnageTool 2.0" has been developed to enable users unlock iPhone running the new firmware software version 2.0.

The Pwnage Tool 2.0 is yet to be released for public downloading, as the software is still under private beta testing and is undergoing further tests to ensure error free performance, the team posted videos demonstrating the jailbreaking process.

Once your iPhone is jail broken and is fully unlocked the iPhone 2.0 will be able to run unofficial third-party applications, themes and games. The all new version of the PwnageTool features support for both 1.1 and 2.0 firmware versions, custom installer configurations, indexing of .ipsws files, canned web-searches, custom root partitions and much more.

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch offer lots of storage space which can be utilized for storing files, backups or as an external disk drive, but unfortunately Apple removed the ability to use the device as an external storage, However as always software's have been developed to bypass this restriction.

DiskAid is one such free software for Windows and Mac enabling owners to use their iPhone or iPod touch as an external disk drive, With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders between your iPhone or iPod Touch and your Computer with ease, DiskAid auto-detects any plugged in supported device and offers an easy to use Files & Folders Browser with drag and drop support for fast and easy operations.

You don't need to jailbreak iPhone or iPod and the softwares works well with all the firmware versions including the latest iPhone Software Update 2.0.

This Monday Apple announced their all new 3G iPhone at the Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), with much needed feature upgrades like 3G, GPS and a 2 MegaPixel camera the iPhone will also be much lighter and will be available in 70 countries by end of this year, and best part of the news is that the all new feature packed iPhone will cost only $199 for to 8GB model almost half the current $399 pricetag.

The 3G iPhone will be launched initially in 22 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and US) on

British firm Vodafone - the world's largest mobile phone company by revenue, inked a deal with Apple Inc to sell iPhone in 10 countries with Vodafone network.

In a statement Vodafone said:

As expected Unlocking your iPhones may void your warranty, According to some reports any iPhone running "some third-party apps" and operating on other mobile network then At&T are flat out rejected at Apple stores for service siting the reason being "the warranty was voided," and added that the mobile was "blacklisted" against future service or return.

Here comes good news for iPhone lover's outside USA, the so called iPhone Dev Team has released a open source fully-automatic utility named "anySim" to unlock the iPhone ready to be used on any network with all features.

This software needs to be copied over to the phone and executed, it's fully automatic, the whole process takes around 3-5 minutes :D.

Unconfirmed reports are coming about fully working unlocked versions of Apple's much hyped iPhone being sold at various stores in HongKong and China for around six times the price of the original unlocked version, these unlocked versions were very much anticipated and many iphone lovers in non-us countries were waiting for hackers/crackers/moders to unlock the phone.

These iPhone's are 100% unlocked and can be used with any GSM compatible SIM card, users are also able to make use of fantastic internet surfing capabilities offered by the iPhone using the EDGE network protocol in these unlocked versions.