And so, the Apple iPhone 3GS has finally been released. Apparently, there have been already 1 million phones sold over the weekend. But now let us backtrack a bit. What about the people with iPhone 3G who simply want a video camera for their phones? What happens to them?

Apparently, this is an issue concerning iVidCam which has failed to get by Apple for months now. Video camera options on the new iPhone is apparent but why block an app for the older models? Is this a marketing strategy to make sure that people buy the new iPhone?

Well, whatever the reason is, you can bet that Apple has a reason for it. But while they are blocking it, one voice is trying to convince Apple to this day:

“Unlike other video camera apps that are being sold to jailbroken iPhones that hacks into the iPhone’s system illegally to take video, our app, iVidCam, uses only technologies that are in numerous other apps already in the AppStore, so we are confident that Apple will allow the sale of our app,” says Susan Lee of GP Apps.

Will Apple bite? Give the new iPhone 3GS some time to settle down. Then perhaps they can review this app once again.

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Possibly the coolest iPhone app has made an appearance. Developed by Ken and Greg Aspeslagh for the Iron Coder Live competition at the C-4 Developer Conference, the iPhone Video Conferencing app takes advantage of your Wi-Fi network, iPhone camera and, surprise, surprise, a periscope-like mirror construction to beam the caller’s video onto the callee’s.

Using the iPhone toolchain, the developers hacked the app to capture video from the iPhone’s camera, compress it and send it to a web server — whereupon it is relayed to another iPhone. And vice-versa. Though audio is not supported by the application, the developers have a simple suggestion: call the person you want to video-conf with and turn on the speakerphone. The video conf system needs the Huckleberry mirror - actually a modded one to fit the iPhone. Once you cut it into the proper dimensions, put in your iPhone and you’re ready to roll.

Needless to say, the demo won first place in the Iron Coder Live.

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Well, it’s official. Hackers in Europe have apparently unlocked the Apple iPhone using nothing but a SIM reader/writer and a blank SIM card. The phone is now capable of making/receiving calls as well as SMS messages. Just a SIM - that’s mighty nice.

The patch has been tested in the Orange UK network. According to descriptions, if Total Unlock is released, it may be patching the baseband firmware - which won’t alert the network, but is just sufficient to get around an auth check in the firmware.

And the whole cost? US $96.00.

Via Gizmodo

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