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Recently there has been a lot of talk about how Apple has locked down the iPhone. They have released newer versions of the software which is supposed to disable phones that have been hacked. These efforts have stopped the hacking elite in their tracks, but there are new rumors about new hacks being written as we speak. And now there is a further rumor, Smartoffice is reporting that Apple intends to announce the next Generation iPhone (version 2.0) at Macworld 2008. I’m sure it’s not coming as a big surprise to people. Not many details have emerged, yet, but those are sure to come. I wonder what Apple have instore on their new roadmap.

In a word, there is an estimated 250k Apple iPhones flying around the market. They just stated in their earnings call that out of 1.4 million iPhones sold since launch earlier this year, and that 250,000 are unlocked. They know this from subtracting the number of iPhones activated on AT&T from the number of iPhones sold total—which is 250k. That’s a normal legal number of unlocked phones, which matchs up with the 500,000 downloads of AnySIM 1.0 unlocker we’ve read. Those are official numbers from the iPhone Dev Team, which maunlock even with an active AT&T plan.

ED: We still here are waiting for Apple to send us details of our free iPhone, we are still checking the post ever day.

Here is something strange I came across today. If you have a problem with finger smudges on your iPhone, then this is the product for you. It is a rubber protector with looks like a condom. You put it on your finger and say good bye to smudge marks !

These things can be found on www.phonefingers.com , but the site is currently down.

For those of you who purchased your iPhone before August 22 you can now apply for your store credit. All you have to do is go to this web site, enter the phone number and serial number of your phone (on the back of the iPhone), and submit. You will then get a text message from Apple with an access code, which is good for $100 towards anything that is carried by Apple, including third-party products.

The serial number is located at the bottom of the back of your iPhone (in case you are left looking for it).

About the iPhone Rebate

For those of you who don’t know why Apple is taking such measures, read on ! Earlier this month Steve Jobs shocked and angered many customers by dropping the 8 gigabyte iPhone’s price from $600 to $400 . This came 66 days after the product was first introduced and it was totally unexpected. There was many customers who felt blindsided by this measure, and vented their frustration on and off line. Steve Jobs came back and offered people a $100 voucher last week, in an effort to appease customers.

To find your iPhone Serial #

In iTunes 7 or later

1. Connect your iPod to your computer.
2. When your iPod appears in iTunes, select it.
3. Click the Summary tab, and your iPod’s serial number will display on screen.

Yesterday at the press conference at the Regent Street Apple store in London, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple said “Mum is no longer the word, You can expect a 3G iPhone later next year“. One of the major criticisms of the iPhone was the lack of this feature initially. When asked why the current model didn’t have 3G, Jobs pointed the finger at power issues.

He said that the current 3G chipset would be too much of a drain on the unit’s battery life . And would cut into the promised 8 hours of call time. But Jobs promised future models would have the technology. And as for the next generations of iPhone v2 & v3 he said “We are working on the next iPhone already, the one after that and the one after that“.