Peter Vatistas

Its about time RIM makes a Blackberry device like the Blackberry Storm where business meets pleasure! I think this device is headed in the right direction but definitely misses the mark against devices like the Apple iPhone and Google’s G1. Although the Blackberry Storm shows us phone guys that RIM is listening, it still lacks where the marketing is going.

I like the Google G1 & the Apple iPhone because of the strive to allow complete and full customization of your device along with a strong developer & community following. Blackberry has potential here and has always been the leader in business devices but when it comes to the Blackberry storm I think I am better of chosing between Google’s G1 and the Apple iPhone.

Now take a look at the Google G1 and tell me what you think. It’s an iPhone, Sidekick and Blackberry Storm all in one without the hassles of limited applications, partial QWERTY or on screen keyboards.

Now the Apple iPhone is currently what I use and its overall a great device. Although I have had nothing but great things to say about the iPhone and iPhone 3G, I think its time to move on. I am a major Google buff and utilize all their services religiously (Google and Skype). The Google G1 is my next device for sure and but I will be keeping a close eye on what RIM plans to do with future versions of the Blackberry Storm.

Here’s the quickest and easiest to jailbreak, unlock and activate your iPhone or iTouch with any firmware version including 1.1.4. ZiPhone was created in 3 months by Nick (Zibri), an extremely talented iPhone hacker. The Windows XP & Vista version of ZiPhone was developed by Fredrik Grevstad.

ZiPhone is by far the most complete jailbreak application I have ever seen and it is compatible for Windows (XP & Vista) as well as OS X. Normally I write tutorial type posts, walking you through step-by-step on how to do various technical things. Seriously all I can say here is just install ZiPhone, connect your iPhone or iTouch and then click the button for what you want to do - THATS IT!

Within ZiPhone you are given 4 basic options:

Do it all!: This button will jailbreak, activate and unlock your phone. It will also downgrade the bootloader if it’s v4.6. If you bought a new iPhone and want it to be completely independent of any operators, use this button.

Jailbreak: JAILBREAK (iPhone/iPod Touch): This will open the whole file system for read/write access, so that you can install third party applications, tweaks etc. Installer.app will automatically be installed when this option is selected.

Jailbreak + Activate: Same as above button, but it will also activate the phone.

Prepare for Upgrade: If you want to upgrade or restore your iPhone, use this button to set the phone in DFU-mode first then use iTunes to restore your phone to wanted firmware.

Good luck with your jailbreak!

Download ZiPhone 3.0 for Windows

Download ZiPhone 3.0 for Mac

Make sure to check out the following sites:

ZiPhone Homepage | GeoHot’s Blog | iPhone-Elite.org | Hackingt0sh Forum

If you run into any issues during your jailbreak make sure to click the Help & Info button in ZiPhone!