A Vietnamese cellphone store is claiming to have carried out a hardware unlock of the iPhone 3G by physically altering the handset's circuit-boards.  The full details of the hack are not clear, but the below image claims to demonstrate the unlocked iPhone 3G using a local, Vietnamese SIM to successfully place a call. The site also shows Google Maps being accessed over ... continued »

Good news, Windows users! If you were feeling dismayed about your inability to jailbreak your iPhone because Pwonage Tool 2.0 isn't Win compatible, WinPwn 2.0 is now available. You can both unlock and jailbreak your iPhone 3G, though you can only unlock your first-gen iPhone. The main site, winpwn.com, has already been taken down, but there are plenty of mirrors ... continued »

While it have successfully jailbroken the 3G iPhone, the iPhone Dev team has yet able to unlock the newly launched phone. This puts more delay on the new Pwnage tools that many people has been waiting for. The first generation of iPhone was jailbroken and unlocked by the devs team, however having 3G baseband, the unlocking algorithm for iPhone 3G is ... continued »