Today's the day that the iPhone Dev Team have promised to release their iPhone PWNAGE tool (EDIT: but unfortunately they're spending another week polishing the release, so expect it next weekend), which allows owners to flash custom unsigned firmware onto their handsets while also maintaining compatibility with official Apple firmware updates and, eventually, software from the Apple App Store.  According to ... continued »

Potential big changes afoot in the way Apple handles iTunes downloads, with the FT reporting that discussions are underway regarding both "all you can eat" unlimited downloads, based on an at-purchase premium, and subscription-based downloads for the iPhone.  While Apple themselves refused to comment on the rumors, "executives familiar with the negotiations" cited disagreements over the price offered to the labels ... continued »

While Apple's iPhone SDK will give far more official flexibility for third-party developers, there are still limitations on what functionality coders will be able to take advantage of.  Not permitting background processes is one of the better known restrictions, but Apple has also said that third-party software will not be able to access the dock connector or Bluetooth either.  It's forced companies to come up with ... continued »

I'm really glad I'm not paying for Apple's bandwidth bill this month: the company today announced that the recently-released iPhone SDK has been downloaded a massive 100,000 times already.  That's 210TB in just four days!  The package contains all the APIs, tools and testing software necessary to create third-party apps for the iPhone, although it won't be until June that ... continued »

If there's anything to get a geek's mouth watering, it's LEGO, and developer play/nyc are looking to bring some of that fun to the iPhone.  Okay, so there's nothing quite like having the real bricks in your hands, but with LEGO Touch for iPhone you'd be able to build models, animate them and even send them to friends so that they ... continued »

While Flash for the iPhone might still be some way off, another much-anticipated function - the ability to run Java applications - might be here much sooner.  Sun have announced that they'll be coding a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for the iPhone and iPod Touch using the official Apple SDK, with a preliminary release date around June.  It'll be based ... continued »

As developers eagerly download the iPhone SDK, is the gloss beginning to rub off?  Robert Balousek spotted a potentially app-upsetting clause in the software's documentation regarding third-party apps and background processes.  It seems Apple is concerned that iPhone users might feel some of the molasses drag that Windows Mobile handsets experience when there are too many programs running in the ... continued »

As revealed yesterday, UK broadcaster the BBC have unveiled a new beta of their iPlayer TV catch-up service, especially to cater for the Apple iPhone.  Tech.co.uk took a first look at the program, which takes advantage of a new 512Kbps stream the BBC have encoded especially for the handset; sadly it's still too much for EDGE to handle, but apparently ... continued »

The interest in iPhone SDK announcements is fast reaching saturation point (meaning we can all move on to theorising about whether the 3G iPhone will be announced at the WWDC, predicted to be in June) so as to underline the whole event Apple have put up a video of the full presentation. Nobody was permitted to film during yesterday's ... continued »

At one point it looked like it would be tricky for Apple to live up to expectations of the iPhone SDK package, especially given the furore over suspected beta releases, limitations on functionality and more. However, as we've now seen it's difficult to fault what Steve Jobs & co have delivered. The SDK will allow developers to produce software that ... continued »