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After months of beta testing, and a preview and release date set during WWDC last week, the anticipation over 3.0 has continuously been growing. It’s been a long week (Besides the developers who got the GM June 8th) waiting for the 3.0 firmware to drop. June 17th has finally come and the 3.0 firmware is now available for download via iTunes or a direct download.

Some major features included is this release include: Cut, Copy & Paste, Landscape Keyboard, MMS, Spotlight Search, Voice Memos, Improved Calendars, Internet Tethering, and much more!

So plug in your phone, hit that update button, and enjoy the wonderful features of 3.0!

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Dev-team member, Musclenerd, sent out a tweet earlier today about an upcoming live demo of the Yellowsn0w unlock for iPhone 3.0. The live demonstration will showcase their iPhone 3g carrier unlock this Tuesday, and should answer many questions.

The dev-team also state that a final iPhone 3.0 jailbreak that will work with iTunes 8.2 is in the final stages of testing and should be available very soon. Stay tuned on iPIB for a link to the live video stream tomorrow, or follow @MuscleNerd on Twitter for updates.

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With just only 2 weeks after the release of the iPhone 3.0 Beta 1, Apple has released the SDK and firmware for 3.0 beta 2. If you’re interested in reading about the features included in the first beta release, be sure to check our write up on iPhone 3.0 OS. Beta 2 version is now available at the Apple Developer site, so head over and get your download going.

We’ll be sure to keep you updating on any new features or findings within the Beta 2 build. The official iPhone 3.0 release is still scheduled for this Summer.

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Despite Apple making requests to take down the eBay auctions and also exploiting their power to remove the incriminating videos from YouTube, the firmware has now been released into the wild. They will most likely not be able to remove all instances of the firmware, except asking site hosting those files to remove them, but I’m sure they will have their team nagging at the legs of the releaser.

Arnold Kim on Twitter, reports that he has released the prototypes onto the web, just last night after the Ebay auctions we’re taken down. This prototype could potentially assist developers in producing new software and also take a look into some of the items Apple decided to withhold from the current iphone.

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Emoji for iphone enabled via Touch Dial

You have probably seen those silly, perhaps entertaining, but overall puzzling emoticons sent to you by text message or any other app and email within the iPhone.  And many of you have probably already found the secret in enabling these images or have missed the previous applications to enable them.  A new solution is here!

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With the recent release of iPhone firmware 2.2.1 some users have reported syncing an iPhone or iPod results in iTunes crashing.  This is obviously a bug overlooked, however Apple released an easy fix which was sent out to the affected customers.

Here’s are the instructions to fix this problem, according to Apple: 

Dear Customer,

Recently, we uncovered an issue which was causing iTunes to unexpectedly quit when synced with an iPod or an iPhone. This issue impacted a small number of users, and we have identified your account as potentially being affected.

If you have experienced this issue, please follow these steps in order to sync your iPod or iPhone with iTunes:
1. Launch iTunes
2. Select “Deauthorize Computer” from the Store menu
3. Enter your iTunes Store Account ID and Password, then click the Deauthorize button
4. Next, choose “Authorize Computer” from the Store menu
5. Enter your iTunes Store Account ID and Password, then click the Authorize button

Once you have successfully deauthorized and reauthorized your computer, you should be able to sync your iPod or iPhone to iTunes.

I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that you may have experienced as a result of this issue.

Thank you for being an iTunes Store customer.
iTunes Store Team

 

Many users have been successful with this fix, but others are still having problems.  Apparently, if you “purchase” a free App from the app store after following the above steps syncing will be successful again.

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