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iPhone Jailbreak Now QuickPwned: No Need for iTunes-Based Restore

News is just out of a new way to jailbreak your iPhone, and this time the tool is specifically designed to work “quickly and easily, without requiring a full restore.” Quickpwn has been released as a beta, intended to compliment the main PwnageTool. It works with iPhones and iPod’s running 2.0.1 firmware, and operates very quickly without needing iTunes to rebuild/restore your device afterwards. This beta version is basically feature-complete, but lacks a “funky UI” (they’re adding that soon) and is currently windows only (other OS’s are “coming soon”.) It’s available here. Keep your eyes open for a complete version (though remember that even though it’s development software, it’s apparently “impossible for this to permanently damage your device.”) [iPhone-Dev.org]

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Street Fighter, The iPod

Here’s an idea. Pick up a Street Fighter edition iPod nano. (We recommend Chun Li.) Then have it engraved “From Chun Li, thanks for being there through a difficult time.” Bring it to school (don’t let the teacher see it, of course) and bust it out at the lunch table nonchalantly, “What’s this? Oh, just a little something I picked up from my girlfriend.”

Damn I wish Gizmodo had a lunch table. [Capcom via Kotaku]

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Fox And Apple Selling Special Edition X-Files: I Want To Believe iPods

To celebrate the not-so-bad-but-really-not-great film The X-Files: I Want To Believe, Fox has partnered with Apple to release these special edition iPod Classics and iPod Nanos. The pair consist of a regular 80GB Classic and 8GB Nano but with nice portraits of Mulder and Sculley looking very serious and mysterious etched on the back. You can also have your name or a personalized message inscribed for free. But these collector’s items don’t come cheap, as you’ll be paying $80 over the regular 80GB iPod Classic’s price and $70 more for the Nano to show your fanboyism. But then that’s what it’s all about, right? [Fox Shop via Chip Chick]

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Turn Your iPhone or iPod Touch Into a Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote

For a cool $1000, you can buy the Sonos Bundle 150 and wirelessly play music from a single remote control in two separate rooms in your house. On the other hand, for about $100 or less if you’ve already got the right equipment, you can get the same functionality from your iPhone or iPod touch. Let’s take a closer look at how to use the iTunes Remote application for the iPhone 2.0 with inexpensive equipment you may already have to remote control music playback wirelessly in any room in your home.
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iHome iH41 Rotating iPod Alarm Clock Released, Gets $80 Price Tag

Back in May we alerted you to the unusual iHome iH41 iPod dock alarm clock, which can swivel around its own corner to let you display a docked iPod touch as widescreen or portrait. Well, it’s now available to purchase, with an $80 price tag. It’s got Expanded Bass and Reson8 technology to give its sounds a little clarity and oomph, and has a remote that controls the iPod and clock functions. It still looks as if it’s compatible only with touches and iPods, so if you’re an iPhone owner maybe it’s not the one for you[Business Wire]

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