George Hotz (Geohot) has released his jailbreak solution for the iPhone 3G[s] called Purplera1n. Hotz first made fame for being the first to unlock the OG iPhone. As of right now the jailbreak is for Windows only (XP and Vista, no 7) and you must be running the latest version of iTunes.  Hotz says a Mac version is in the works.
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Apparently saline can be used to inflate anything from breasts to foreheads. A bizarre new trend is hitting the body mod community of Japan right now called saline inflation. Saline inflation involves injecting a saline solution under the skin which causes it to seemingly inflate like a balloon. Bagelheads, a nickname they give themselves, inject saline into their their forehead then manipulate the mass with their fingers to resemble a bagel.

This type of body modification dates back to the early 90′s, but is ballooning, pun intended, in Japan at this time. Jerome Abramovitch, a performance artist, brought this into popularity with his cover shot on the 2002 book “ModCon: The Secret World Of Extreme Body Modification” by Shannon Larratt. Abramovitch is photographed looking like the devil with what looks like a bagel stuffed under his forehead skin.

Saline inflation seemingly has gained popularity because it is not permanent like other body mods such as tattoos and earlobe stretching. The bagels created with the saline only last about a day before the solution dissipates into the body; that’s 24 hours too long for me.

I’ve never had the urge to mod my body with any sort of hardware; there was that one time someone pierced my ear while I was passed out. I do understand these people feel liberated by being able to express themselves this way, but I think there has to be a better way.  This definitely goes into my WTF file.

If you have the need to see more pictures of this weird trend hit up Bizzare

Independent filmmaker Steve Ellington has released the first music video shot entirely with the iPhone 3G[s] and its 3MP video camera. The video depicts the plight of a little wind up robot and its attempt to stay relavent among the growing technological world. The video is set to music by XFYA whose members include Ellington, Shaun Haber, Dave Lanni, and Sean Sepulveda.

Ellington makes use of the spot focus available with the new iPhone 3G[s] camera. He accentuates many scenes by panning from an out of focus background to the in focus robot. The quality of the video is not the best in the world but has its own character.

With the huge insurgence of YouTube uploads since the release of the iPhone 3G[s], I expect to see a lot of more videos made with the device.

Technologic Overkill – The First Music Video Shot on an iPhone 3GS from Steve Ellington on Vimeo.

The Automatic Filmmaker

The Facebook app for the iPhone is pretty good but lacks many simple features available on the web version.  Joe Hewitt, co-founder of Facebook, posted what the upcoming Facebook 3.0 iPhone app will include.  I’m excited to finally be able to view “Pages” and notifications being linked to comments so it’s easier to reply.  Here is a full list of what is coming in the 3.0 update.

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1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

Hewitt says that he is about 98% finished with the app; he should be submitting it to Apple for approval soon.

According to Hewitt, everyone is asking for push notifications, but they will not be implimented in this 3.0 update, more likely a 3.1 update later this summer.  I’m not sure if I would want push notifications with Facebook.  If so, I would want to have a lot of control as to what pops up on my iPhone.  If every new comment or every time someone sent me a “keg” triggered a notification on my screen, I would never be able to get anything done on my iPhone.

This video comes from YouTube user KhenaKara.  He apparently took his brand new iPhone 3G[s] on vacation with him and was taking video poolside when the unthinkable happens; his iPhone decided it wanted to take a dip.  Many have cried foul on this, seeing that tons of iPhones have died from much less water contact.

KhenaKara explains that he did have a rubber case on the phone.  Many commenters pointed out that you can see a camera strap so he uploaded a video of the case and strap.  He explains that he has the strap wrapped on the rubber case and clearly shows how in the case video.

If this is a fake, it is a pretty good one.  After watching I have the feeling that this might be true.  I implore that you do not try to re-create this yourself.  The iPhone is not waterproof; this may be the .1% that will survive a skinny dip like this.

Original Poolside Video

Rubber Case and Strap Video