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Apple has now announced that all iPhone 4 Users can order a free iPhone case via Case Program app which is located on the App Store. Users will have to download the app onto their phone and then launch it. Once you have signed into your iTunes store account you can either select the standard iPhone Bumper Case or you can choose from the several third-party options such as:

Apple iPhone 4 Bumper – Black 
Incase Snap Case for iPhone 4 – Smoke 
Incase Snap Case for iPhone 4 – Clear 
Belkin Shield Micra for iPhone 4 – Clear 
Griffin Motif iPhone 4 – Diamonds/Smoke 
Griffin Reveal Etch iPhone 4 – Black/Black Graphite 
Speck Fitted Case iPhone 4 – Black Tartan 
Speck PixelSkin HD iPhone 4 – Black 

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All cases will be shipped within 3-5 week and Apple will send you a confirmation email once they have shipped the item. Don’t forget that the offer is currently time-limited so if you bought your iPhone 4 before July 23, you must apply no later than August 22. Otherwise you have to apply within 30 days of your iPhone purchase. To qualify, you have to have bought your iPhone before September 30. 

Don’t forget you can get a refund from Apple if you have already brought a Bumper from them. Apple have automatically started to issue refunds on Thursday for online sales and if you bought your Bumper in a retail store, just bring it back with the receipt by September 30.

I have decided to order the Speck PixelSkin HD it looks pretty good and looks like it offers good protection. What did you order?

Earlier today Planetbeing confirmed via Twitter that the iPhone has been Jailbroken and Unlocked he posted the following on his Twitter account:

“Looks like I now have an unlocked iPhone 4. ” and “My soft-unlocked iPhone 4 (in Canada). I’ll have video in a couple of hours once I can top-up the SIM. http://twitpic.com/24ycdv.”

MuscleNerd has also given us a peak about the unlock as he stated “MuscleNerd: We think we have 3 different ways to unlock once inside BB (the 3rd way was first to fully work for @planetbeing !)”

So by the looks of it we have a steady Jailbreak and Unlock its just a matter of time till its released. my guess is they are waiting for the new Apple update but no one knows how long that game could be going on for. lets hope Apple release it asap

I would just like to thank www.ModMyi.com for the following information – it seems ModMyi spoke with plantbeing today and he said the following It seems Apple is purposly slowing the release of its new update to try and stop the jailbreak from comming we can see evidence of this by the following statement:

“Apple has thrown in a few extra tricks targeted specifically at previous unlocks (including blacksn0w and ultrasn0w) in order to mitigate the damage we can do (i.e. unlocking the phone) even if we found a bug. But we got around it. “

“it was a cool ride, and i’ve learned a lot about a lot. perhaps one of these days i’ll do a more formal goodbye.”

that was posted on his twitter account which has now been closed to the public. it seems that the pressure has become to much and the little genius is now exhausted from all the demand and abuse that the public seems to be dishing outwards him. although in my opinion if you are going to tease the public like he has done he was bound to get lots of interest and hassled like there was no tomorrow.

Before his Twitter post, he posted a quick update to his blog stating the following:

“Sorry, this post was probably a bad idea. Next time I won’t say anything. I miss when this blog was actually about technical things(I’ve been reacting too much to the feedback, which led it to the place it’s in now). I didn’t fully realize most of the current scene don’t care unless they are getting something. Now I do. It’s late tonight, I’ll think about what to do about this in the morning.

The real reason behind no release isn’t technical. It’s just that it will never stop, after blackra1n, people demand unlock, after blacksn0w, people demand untethered. I miss the days when jailbreaking and unlocking were difficult, it attracted a much higher caliber crowd. Also, to the haters, the picture is quite obviously fake”

The last thing Geohot said was “Please follow my good friend @mikecohenn for all future jailbreak updates” so don’t think just cause one hacker is gone that the whole game ends. there are plenty of great hackers out there a few have just confirmed that they have Jailbroken and Unlocked the iPhone 4.

So fairwell Geohot and thank you for all you have done.

Whats your opinions on Geohot leaving the Scene?

As far as a release goes, it probably won’t happen from me. limera1n is little more than a raindrop on a website; it was never mentioned by me previous to this post. pwned4life is a complete invention of some blogger in a basement somewhere. When I said pwned for life, I was referring to the original iPhone, 3G, and Touch; which of course are, by the aptly named PwnageTool.

Again, please don’t ask for release dates. Every person that does makes me want to release a little bit less.”

more than likely he wont be releasing this any time soon or ever. the best thing you can do is respect his wishes and not bother asking him for a release date. You do really have to respect this kid even though he plays the crowd he does know his stuff.  However do not fear as iphone-dev team have a userland jailbreak and they plan to release it as soon as apple bring out their new 4.01 update. so hopefully not long left now

iPhone 3GS (old bootrom non mc) users must have an already jailbroken device on 3.1.2 or must downgrade to 3.1.2 with SHSHs on file with Cydia before jailbreaking up to 4.0. iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G (old bootrom) users can simply upgrade to 4.0 via iTunes and jailbreak with redsn0w.However the New bootrom iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G users can not currently jailbreak 4.0.

In addition, @MuscleNerd and @planetbeing are hard at work developing a carrier unlock for the new iPhone 4. Being in possession of the new iOS 4 jailbreak from comex, they can develop and ready an unlock before the new jailbreak is made public.

So the future of the jailbreaking scene is looking really bright at the moment so be sure to thank these people by visiting their twitter accounts and maybe donate to these hard-working hackers as without them we would be no where

Now Apple is renowned for having crazy prices for their iPhone and well they haven’t disappointed us either.

On the 24 month contract the cheapest you can get the iPhone 4 16GB is £169, this will cost £30pm. You will receive 150 minutes, 250 texts and unlimited data (don’t forget about the fair usage policy). It will cost you £269 to get the 32GB version and on the same contract as above.

The 18 month contract is a bit more expensive as you can imagine. The cheapest you can get the iPhone 4 16GB is £229, this will cost £35pm. You will receive 600 minutes, 500 texts and unlimited data (don’t forget about the fair usage policy). It will cost you £319 to get the 32GB version and on the same contract as above.

Now the PAYG deal well Orange have said it will cost £480 for the 16GB iPhone 4 and £570 for the 32gb. They have undercut Apple but most likely it will be locked to Orange whereas the Apple PAYG is unlocked. So the choice is yours.

Here are the full Tariff details: 

In my opinion the best deal is the 18 month contact at £35pm, not only do you get a good amount of minutes and texts but your only contracted for 18 months. Yes you will be paying some money for the phone but if you sell or trade your old iPhone you should be able to cover most of it. However if you don’t want to buy a contract you can get the PAYG version. What will you be doing?

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Apparently there was a page on the Vodafone website which confirmed this however it has now been taken down.

The page also has been rumored to say that the16GB version of the iPhone 4 will be available for £189 on the cheapest monthly plans, which start at £25 a month on a two-year contract or £30 for an 18 month contract. Finally the 32GB version will cost £280 if you decide to take out the cheapest monthly contract which also starts at £25 a month for two years, or £30 across 18 months. There is some good news which that Vodafone are apparently offering 1024MB of Data compared to O2’s 500MB.

Despite the prices above customers can get the latest iPhone for free but you will have to commit to a minimum £45 contract which will most likely be for 24 months. Vodafone is also offering a range of pricing between the low-end and top end prices.

In my opinion this is a fairly steep price considering AT&T will be offering the iPhone for $199 for the 16GB and $299 for the 32GB. There is also talk of one shop allowing customers to trade their electrical goods and use the money they receive for the iPhone.

iPhone pre orders should start tomorrow so keep checking back for Orange, T-Mobile and Threes pricing you can find O2′s Tariffs here.  

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Now most likely the upgrade will be expensive but you can use o2 recycle scheme and recycle your phone and get some money from o2. I have checked the prices for iPhone 3G 16 GB and you will recieve £170 and if you recycle the iPhone 3G S 16 GB you will receive £230. This will be enough to cover the upgrade however if you shop around you can get more. I would recommend CEX as you can get around £280 for a mint condition iPhone 3G S.

Well down to business and I know some people will be unhappy with the new tariffs but well here it is:

As you can see data is capped at 500MB, you can get more but you will have to spend more than £40 per month. In my opinion this is very harsh and the least they could do is give us unlimited data however I have heard that even unlimited data only has 1GB fair policy usage. However you can buy Optional Bolt Ons package. I also think paying £25 – £30 (depending on the contract) for 100 minutes of talk time is absolutely madness. This is purely to rip people off and I think people should wait one or two months until the prices drop. One good thing is the fact you do get unlimited Texts. If anyone is wondering what the Simplicity is, it is the sim only package.

You can preorder the iphone from the 15^th June from the o2 website. Watch this space as I will be adding the Orange Tariff, Vodafone Tariff and maybe the 3 Tariffs.