Apple today released iPhone OS 3.1.3 for all iPhone and iPod touch models, addressing several specific bugs as well as offering fixes for a handful of security issues.

This update for the iPhone and iPod touch contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

- Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS.
- Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances.
- Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard.

This update can be downloaded from iTunes .

BBM equivalent app is finally out for all of us iPhone users, this app works just like the BBM for the Blackberry, it uses push notification to transmit your messages across, It’s free , so get your copy now and start Pingin’

App Store Link

Apple has quietly released a new software update to the Apple TV which brings the system software up to version 2.4.

Apple TV’s menu options can now be navigated with simple flick gestures. Similarly Video and Audio have new flick gestures that can be used to advance, rewind and replay. See the screenshots above.

Update: Apple has updated its support document with details of the features in Apple TV Software Update 2.4:

Remote app directional control: Control your Apple TV with simple finger gestures via the Remote app. This feature requires Remote 1.3 running on an iPhone or iPod touch with iPhone OS 3.0.

Flickr Search: Search Flickr photo tags to find recently updated photos of interest. Save searches to quickly find new photos or use as a screen saver for Apple TV.

New view options: View movies By Genre, By Movie, or Unwatched. View TV Shows and Podcasts By Date, By Show, or Unwatched.

Updated transport and chapter modes: During video playback, click right or left to fast forward or rewind. Additional clicks increase the speed. Click down to show chapter markers.

Source : Macrumors

Member SpiKey have created an IPCC file that enables Zain (MMS, GPRS, And Tethering) settings for you, it will also remove the group MMS when sending group SMS and changes the logo to Zain sign with no jailbreaking or hacking required , all you got to do is download his IPCC file from:

http://spikey.q8.googlepages.com/Zain_kw.ipcc

Then from iTunes, do a custom restore by clicking (Option+Restore) “For Mac” (Ctrl+Restore) “for windows” .

For more info and technical support, please post your comments on the forum (Here)

They’ve finally delivered, the Dev Team has released the Ultrasn0w full unlock for last-gen iPhones running firmware 3.0.

The instructions are nice and short:

1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
3. Run Cydia or Icy
4. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or icy
5. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
6. Reboot your iPhone 3G

To Jailbreak your iPhone 3g in 3.0, follow these guides :

For Mac

For Windows

Apple announced that the company has sold over 1 million iPhone 3G S models over this past weekend. The press release notably includes a quote from Steve Jobs:

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”

The sales figures match those of last year’s iPhone 3G launch weekend sales numbers. Apple also reports that six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software which works on the existing 40 million iPhone and iPod touch models.

Source : MacRumors

Just received the following email from apple about the Enhancements they’ve added to the MobileMe service for the iPhone 3.0 firmware :

Dear MobileMe member,

We’re pleased to announce the availability of new MobileMe features that take advantage of the iPhone OS 3.0 update. Read on to see what’s new.

• Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe. With the new Find My iPhone web app on me.com you can locate your lost iPhone on a map and display a message on its screen to help someone return it. If you think you’ve misplaced your iPhone nearby, have it play a sound even when it is set to silent mode. And if your iPhone cannot be recovered, you can use Remote Wipe to permanently erase its data and protect your privacy.* To learn how to set up your iPhone and use these features, click here.
• Search all your messages. Using email search on your iPhone or iPod touch, you can now find and retrieve any MobileMe Mail message, including messages stored in the MobileMe cloud, even if they are no longer on your device. You can search the To, From, and Subject fields of all the messages in your Inbox or any folder you select.
• View published calendars. Many Mac users publish iCal calendars to MobileMe to share them with others. Now you can subscribe to these calendars and view them on your iPhone or iPod touch. When a friend shares a subscribed calendar via email, simply open the email on your iPhone, tap on the iCal link, and the calendar will be added to your iPhone. Learn more.
• Share video on your Gallery. With the new iPhone 3G S you can shoot a video and upload it to a MobileMe Gallery album so your friends and family can view it on the web. Learn more.

To take advantage of these new features, please make sure you’re running iPhone OS 3.0 on your iPhone or iPod touch.

We hope you enjoy these latest enhancements to your MobileMe service. Thank you for being a MobileMe member.

Sincerely,

The MobileMe Team

After updating you with the MMS settings, we bring you the feature most of you wanted ( Internet tethering) , I know that you cannot find that option under your network setting in your iPhone , but here’s how to enable it:

1. From your iphone 3g Safari browser log into : http://www.iphone-notes.de/mobileconfig/

2. Select your carrier

3. Type in the words you see in the screen

4. click download

5. accept the download prompt and then click install.

6. once its installed , go to Settings ,General, Network, then Internet Tethering and enable it.

7. Once enabled, Follow the guides on your iPhone.

Happy Surfing , Post your comments .

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Update

Ok people, for wataniya the internet configuration to enter is as follows:

APN: action.wataniya.com
Username: (Blank)
Password: (Blank)

For Viva try:

APN: VIVA
Username: (Blank)
Password: (Blank)

Hope this helps!

Apple released their new iPhone Firmware 3.0 last night, most of us are excited to have all the new features enabled (Copy paste, Arabic fonts, forwarding, and MMS), in order to get your MMS working with your provider in Kuwait, you have to set it up and have it enabled, here are the MMS settings for Zain (Kuwait) : (to set up MMS go to Settings, Genral, Network, Cellular Data Network, Then under the MMS field ) :

APN :  pps

Username: annyway <– could be pps

Password: online <– could be pps

MMSC: 176.0.0.21

MMS Proxy : 176.0.0.65:8080

MMS Max MEssage Size : (Leave Blank)

MMS UA Prof URL : http://kw.zain.com

Then under General , Messages , enable MMS .

For other providers please call your customer support center to get the details.

Happy MMSing

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Update – Wataniya
Note: Someone with a Wataniya line try it and let us know!

APN : mms.wataniya.com

Username: (leave Username Blank!)

Password: (leave Password Blank!)

MMSC: http://action.wataniya.com

MMS Proxy : 194.126.053.064:8080

MMS Max MEssage Size : (Leave Blank)

MMS UA Prof URL : http://www.wataniya.com

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Update – VIVA
Note: Someone with a VIVA line try it and let us know!

APN : VIVA

Username: (leave Username Blank!)

Password: (leave Password Blank!)

MMSC: 172.16.128.80:38090/was

MMS Proxy : 172.16.128.228:8080

MMS Max MEssage Size : (Leave Blank)

MMS UA Prof URL : 172.16.128.80:38090/was