The Ultrasn0w OS 3.0 unlock for the iPhone and iPhone 3G demoed last Friday is now available in Cydia and Icy.

Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3G is ready!

1. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to cydia or icy
2. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
3. Reboot your iPhone 3G
4. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
5. Enjoy

TomTom for iPhone got a lot of publicity at WWDC as one of the first apps to offer GPS turn-by-turn navigation on the iPhone, but it's not alone. Last week Gokivo + Yahoo! Local Search was released [$0.99 download | App Store], who has recieved a great deal of criticism for not advertising the fact that a $9.99/month subscription was required to use the service.

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It's hard to believe that we're approaching the two-year anniversary of the original iPhone. I don't think it is hyperbole to say that the iPhone has completely transformed the mobile computing space. This is especially clear when evaluating mobile Wi-Fi usage data.

Today, Boingo Wireless released a data snapshot of mobile device access on its airport network of Wi-Fi hotspots. According to Boingo, airports are the number one venue for Wi-Fi access worldwide, so they make for a good data point when evaluating Wi-Fi usage.

For the past 24-months, Boingo has tracked its airport Wi-Fi data and the increase in mobile device uptake is astonishing. It's also driven almost entirely by the iPhone and the iPod touch.

Since May 2007, mobile device usage has gone from accounting for 0.1% of Boingo's airport Wi-Fi connections to 26.1%. In two years, the smartphone has gone from a non-entity to accounting for 1/4 of all of Boingo's connections.

Boingo has also tracked what type of devices associate with Boingo operated airport Wi-Fi hotspots. In 2007, the first year the iPhone was available, the iPhone only accounted for 1% of all mobile devices. Windows CE (Windows Mobile), was the leader in 2007, with 66% of mobile device connections. In 2008, the iPhone accounted for 51.7% of all mobile devices, with the iPod touch coming in second with 42.4%. For the first five months of 2009, the iPhone has taken an astounding 89.2% of all mobile devices accessing Boingo's airport hotspots. The iPod touch has dipped to 4.7%. I talked to Jeremy Pepper from Boingo PR and he said that they think the drop in the price of the iPhone is the reason iPod touch access figures have dipped, with the iPhone taking its place.

Although these figures are only from one Wi-Fi access source, the number of users that access Wi-Fi at the airport provides what I consider a good sample for data collection. In two years, not only has the mobile access space increased 261x, the iPhone OS accounts for nearly 94% of all mobile connections.

No wonder every other phone manufacturer is desperately trying to play catch-up!

iPhone dominates Boingo airport access study originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

iPhone dominates Boingo airport access study originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So you got a shiny new 3GS (no more space!) and are looking for new ways to play with the new videos you've recorded? If the iPhone's built in YouTube uploading functionality isn't quite enough for you, Pixelpipe has stepped in to fill the void and allow you to send that video (or photo) to over 40 services quickly and easily.

I set up the application to send to Twitter and Picasa, and the uploads went exactly as advertised. It should be noted that when sending video to services that don't support direct uploads (such as Twitter), the video is sent to Pixelpipe's servers and linked from your account. On the Pixelpipe site, the video is displayed in its native .mov format, so PC owners may have a hard time viewing the video if they don't have QuickTime installed.

Pixelpipe (iTunes link) is a free download and supports uploading video to 40 services. Sorry, iPod touch users, this one is an iPhone-only application.

First Look: Pixelpipe 1.4.1 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

First Look: Pixelpipe 1.4.1 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Most of you on a Mac have probably experienced the annoyance of iPhoto automatically launching every time you plug your iPhone into your computer. We posted a tip a while back to stop it, but since then a much more elegant solution has come out from Flexibits. It's called Cameras, for Mac OS X, and it lets you customize which apps are launched for each individual camera you own, including the iPhone.

CNBC says they have information from some Apple employees that Steve Jobs was back in action today at the Cupertino headquarters: "...we still await official word from Apple, but employees are confirming this. The news is solid. Jobs is back in the house, at least for today." It would make sense, as Jobs was due to return to the company some time at the "end of June".

Two major instant messaging clients (AIM and Beejive) for the iPhone and iPod Touch were updated tonight with support for Push notifications. Instant messaging was always cited as one of the major reasons the iPhone and iPod Touch needed some form o...

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AIM and BeejiveIM updated for push support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

AIM and BeejiveIM updated for push support originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An update to BeejiveIM has been released today which includes support for push notifications and iPhone 3.0. The release comes nearly two weeks after it was submitted to the App Store during WWDC. The update also includes a ton of additions, changes, and tweaks. Other than push, it also includes support for meta contacts, an updated look, and improved scrolling performance. You can check out our full review here and grab the update in iTunes. If you haven't purchased BeejiveIM, you can get it for $9.99! [App Store]

Additionally, AIM has also been updated to include push notifications. Both the free [App Store] and paid [App Store] versions include push and are available now.

Pinch yourself. You’re not dreaming. It took longer than we’d hoped, but push IM apps are finally starting to appear in the iTunes App Store.

BeeJiveIM [$9.99 - iTunes link] with Push and AIM [$2.99 - iTunes link] are the first out of the goat, and hopefully more will follow.

If you get your push on, tell us how it works for you, and what if any tweaks you make to the push settings to control your level of interruption. And if you notice more push apps going live, let us know!

[Thanks to Bruce everyone who sent this in!]

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BeeJiveIM and AIM — Push Apps Now in iTunes Store!