[UPDATED 2X] iOS 4 Now Available On iTunes!
UPDATE: What the hell? It’s the same build number as the GM that us iPhone Developers received 2 weeks ago. I thought that a later version would have been distributed. Well, a jailbreak should come out 2X as fast then. 
Godspeed Dev Team.
UPDATE 2: I have finished posting the download links to iOS 4 for all of the devices. 
Enjoy! (However, don’t update if you are jailbroken, wait for the jailbreak!)
Hey guys, looks like iOS 4 just went live on iTunes. Now, if you are on an officially unlocked iPhone or on AT&T and not in need of an unlock or jailbreak, you can go ahead and download it right now on iTunes!
For the rest of us, those who need a jailbreak, unlock, or simply not on one of Apple’s official carriers, then we will have to hold off for a little bit more while the jailbreak is completed.
Now, I am a very impatient person, but we will all probably have to wait up to 72 hours for the jailbreak. It took 2.5 days when iOS 3 came out last year, so expect similar wait times.
You can download the firmware from the bottom of the article but DO NOT restore or update to it until you can make a custom firmware!
So everyone, as we wait patiently for the jailbreak, we can at least start downloading the 240+MB 292.1MB firmware file.
Here’s the pop up that comes when you update:
Now, to install these, you have to download them (if Safari changed their extension to .zip, change it to .ipsw), then go into iTunes, plug in your iOS Device, and hold down shift (PC) or alt (Mac) while clicking on the “UPDATE” button in iTunes. Then choose the firmware and update!
As I said before, if you want a jailbreak or an unlock, DO NOT UPDATE!
read moreWalmart Now Selling iPhone 3G S For $97!
Here’s some Breaking News ariving to us here at LEI Mobile. It seems as though to add to my analysis of Apple’s plans, things started to come true now.
The O2 store in the UK has made it impossible to purchase the iPhone 3G. Also, it seems as though Walmart is selling the iPhone 3G S for $97!
That’s insane how speedy my predictions came true! I wasn’t expecting this to happen until after WWDC on June 7th.
The iPhone HD (4th gen) is all but assured. The thing is, we also know how it looks like, I am very confident that the iPhone HD that we have all seen in the leaks is what we will see in just 13 days!
Stay tuned…
read moreNo Surprise: Apple Killing The iPhone 3G
Well guys, this isn’t really anything new or mind-blowing, but it’s worth mentioning.
The iPhone 3G will only exist at a store near you for only 2 more weeks. This is also the beginning of the end for an era.
The iPhone 3G was the last iPhone to be fully “Pwned” as in, it can be jailbroken at will, the only thing that was unfortunately not able to be done is fully unlocked. However, I expect Apple to stop updating the iPhone 3G’s baseband after 4.0.
There will be no more need to.
I expect Apple to drop the price of the iPhone 3G S to $99 and bring in the new iPhone HD at $199 or $299. I expect their base 3G S model to be available in a 16GB (or mabe 8GB?!) configuration for $99 (or mabe even $49) and the iPhone HD will start up in a 16GB configuration at $199 and run to a 32GB configuration for $299.
Apple has stopped sending AT&T new shipments of the iPhone 3G (which is what happened with the iPhone 1st generation back in 2008).
It’s almost surreal to be back here again. This year has just flown by, and to believe that we’re talking about another WWDC event, is a little mind-blowing, but anyways, join us on June 7th at 10am Pacific (12pm Central).
We’ll be informing you of every new announcement as close to live as we can. So join us right here!
See you there!
read moreWhat I Think About iPhone OS 4.0 (Alan)
Well, during the entire keynote, I was excited. Great feature, after feature, after feature. I loved most of the keynote.
All of the revolutionary new features: Multi-Tasking, folders, improved Mail, iBooks, enterprise stuff, preview of Game Center and iAd.
Well, its all fine an dandy… if you have an iPhone 3G S or iPod touch G3. I am furious right now. I have an iPhone 3G. Now, we will get everything, except the most important feature. Multi-tasking.
Now… I love the rest of the features, but I am considering not even attempting to update to 4.0 becauae without multi-tasking, its not worth my time. My feelings may change, but for the immediate future, nope.
Oh, and if you got an iPad, good luck with not multitasking or 4.0. You have to wait until September or October. Apple said “Fall” but come on, we all know when that is. iPhone OS 4.X for iPad will not be in the Summer, but in the Fall.
So here I am. Screwed. Whether I get an iPad (which I am pretty soon) or if I keep my 3G (and the iPhone 2G that I sold because I knew Apple would kill support for older models in 4.0). No multi-tasking for me. (Well, on the iPad, but guess who has to wait until September for that?! This guy.)
So overall, iPhone OS 4.0 is an amazing software release… if you have enough cash to have the latest and greatest iPhone or iPod touch. If not, you still get iBooks, new Springboard, folders, mail, iAds, and game center as well as the other (almost 100) features.
Come on Apple. Where’s the love? You just screwed all of us who bought your products before they went mainstream. Some say it’s because of the slower processor, but that’s not true. Apple wanta you to update to the latest and greatest.
If it were a processor issue, then 4.0 would be available for the iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G. The iPhone 3G has the same components. Also, the iPod touch 2G is very fast as well.
So overall, the OS is near perfect. The thing is, I got a very bad after taste from this event being an iPhone 3G and future iPad owner. This decision will come back and bite them on the ass when more people hear of 4.0′s lack of support.
That’s all I have to say. If you are paid developers like us, go to developer.apple.com and get 4.0 beta 1 now. If Apple provided an “unlock” or if the Pwnage Tool is updated, then I may try 4.0 betas, but I really am angry right now.
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