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Check out the iPhone 3G review by Scott Bar after the jump.

While the development of new PwnageTool 2.0 to unlock and jailbreak your iPhone 2.0 is still going on, the iPhone-dev Team has released a screenshot of the new software. When complete, iPhone 3G will be added to the list of supported device together with the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Here is another video from the team showing the success of logging in as root (administrator) account in iPhone

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Sure being available in 21 countries doesn't hurt, even still Apple's new iPhone G3 is shattering all known sales records. Today, a mere three days after launch, Apple has announced that over one million iPhone 3Gs have been sold and users have downloaded more than 10 million applications!

More than 800 applications are available on the App Store of with more than 200 are offered free of charge (more than 90 percent of the remainders are priced at less than $10).

The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of original iPhone plus 3G networking (twice as fast), built-in GPS, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs over 800 third party applications.

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Top telecommunications regulators for the European Union are placing limits on the cost of international texts, the bloc's executive arm said today. Mobile phone operators will be forced to slash by roughly two-thirds the cost of sending a text message while traveling between European Union countries.

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said she wanted to see roaming fees for text messages fall by up to 70 percent. She said she will put forward rules in October to cap charges.

The 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the EU cost over 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS).

"We are punishing our young students, our young travelers, and that is completely unfair," Reding said. "EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being ripped off."

A roamed text currently costs an average of 29 euro cents (46 U.S. cents), but can climb to 80 euro cents ($1.27) in certain countries, such as Belgium.

Price caps on roamed voice calls introduced last year by Reding were one of Brussels' most popular policies ever.

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The 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the EU cost over 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS), show figures released today by the European Commission. The average cost of a roaming text message in the EU between October 2007 and March 2008 was €0.29 according to the European Regulators’ Group (ERG), but can be as high as €0.80 for travellers from Belgium.

The Commission will start working on measures to ensure that consumers benefit from a truly single market for mobile text services. The Commission will also seek to put an end to “bill shocks” that can hit roaming customers using a mobile connection to surf the Internet. New measures could be proposed by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in early autumn.

“EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being ripped off,” said Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding. “Roaming charges have already drained the wallets of mobile customers too much, especially the 77% of young people who send texts while using their mobile abroad. It is not a good sign for the competitiveness of Europe’s mobile industry that it still hasn’t got the message that credible price reductions are needed to avoid regulation. I will therefore recommend to my fellow Commissioners that we propose a regulation of SMS roaming in October. We will also have to discuss in which way to address data roaming, which continues to be heavily overpriced.”

“Based on the assessment of the market made by national regulators, the ERG found that roaming prices for sending text messages are currently too high and has highlighted the need for regulation. We welcome the fact that the Commission has arrived at the same conclusions”, said Dániel Pataki, Chairman of the ERG and Head of the Hungarian National Communications Authority. “In the view of the ERG, a price cap between €0.11 and €0.15 per SMS would be appropriate”, he added.

The Commission today presented a new roaming website to make transparent the prices currently charged to consumers who use their mobile phone for sending text messages or surfing the web abroad in one of the 27 EU Member States. Based on input from the European Regulators Group (ERG) and from information requested from mobile operators, the website shows:

• A typical French customer sending a roaming text message from holidays in Italy this summer could pay up to €0.30, while a Czech tourist in Italy would pay up to €0.42 (10.00 CZK). In Spain, a Swedish holidaymaker could pay up to €0.40 (3.79 SEK) per message when roaming, a German €0.41, a Pole €0.45 (1.50 ZL) and a tourist from the UK as much as €0.63 (£0.40 GBP)
• The average retail price of text messages in the EU has remained unchanged since February when Commissioner Reding called on the industry to lower prices voluntarily. A roaming text message still costs around €0.29 (excluding VAT), and can go up to €0.80 for Belgian roamers. This is more than ten times higher than the price for domestic text messages which can be as low as €0.034 according to a new study by the Danish regulator (National IT and Telecom Agency).
• Only one operator in Austria reacted to the Commission’s call for better prices offering 100 bundled text messages at €0.10 per roamed message as of 16 June.
• Prices for data services while roaming still range from €0.25 per MB to over €16 per MB (IP/08/1048). This can create “bill-shocks” particularly for users who are not aware that such prices apply. In addition, high wholesale rates prevent smaller operators and operators from smaller EU countries from offering more competitive data packages to their customers.

These findings and the results of a public consultation that ended on 2 July (IP/08/718) will now feed into the Commission’s current review of the scope of the EU Roaming Regulation which has been requested by the European Parliament. A detailed impact assessment is in preparation, also taking into account the findings of the ERG.

The time is right for services such as banking, money transfers and on-line payments to make the move to mobile handsets and services concludes IMS Research in a new report. Improved coverage, greater uptake of feature phones and smartphones, higher mobile penetration and service availability have all contributed to this. As much as anything, greater demand from consumers, operators and financial stakeholders has seen the number of application developers and platform providers all multiply in numbers in recent years.

“There has been a marked increase in the level of activity of key players in the market, from both the mobile and the financial companies in the past 12 months”, stated John Devlin, lead analyst for the report entitled “The Mobile Wallet: How? What? Where? And When?” “In regions such as North America, Japan and South Korea strong partnerships are being formed between mobile operators and banks. In regions where banking infrastructure is much more limited in availability, battle lines are being drawn between the different stakeholders, with operators well positioned and less restricted in providing financial services to their subscribers”.

There are a number of technologies and features that could positively or negatively affect the uptake of mobile financial services. These include SMS, MMS, WAP, e-mail and Bluetooth penetration and usage, all of which are reviewed in detail in the report. Growth in the cellular installed user base, handset shipments and replacement rates were also considered important.

“To illustrate the forecast level of growth for mobile financial services, we are forecasting the number of cellular users to grow by 32% over the next four years; a significant number given the size of the market. By comparison the number of active users of mobile banking and payment services is estimated to grow by 662% over the same timeframe, demonstrating the high growth potential that we see for mobile financial services”, adds Devlin.

This is not to say that making money mobile will not be without barriers. Whilst the technology is there, the biggest concern, particularly in more mature markets, will be security. In these regions, the driver is convenience and mobile services are competing with a number of other means of banking access, such as telephone, Internet and in-person - as opposed to emerging markets where mobile may be the only means of accessing personal financial services. In regions such as Europe and North America awareness and security are much higher on the agenda for consumers and it will take time to educate them and overcome concerns, reassuring them that their mobile phone is a secure access device.

“This will initially affect user behaviour and the type of financial services that they utilise on their mobile phones. In these markets people will have a much greater tendency to test the water with quick, low risk uses, such as checking account balances and topping up pre-paid cards. In the developing markets, where there are fewer alternative means, users will be much quicker to start transferring money and making payments for goods and services in the early days of adoption”, concludes Devlin.

The Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia is planned to begin shipping in Italy and Germany this August. With its large 3.2" WQVGA touchscreen display and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, the Omnia is set to offer a stellar multimedia experience.
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