iPhone jailbreak for the masses released

Hackers around the world have been working on unlocking the iPhone for a while, which has been partially successful, although illegal. Apple was going to offer third-party software support for the iPhone and iPod Touch as of early next year, however the hackers have released a software that lets users put applications on there already. The AppSnapp installer, as it's called, bypasses Apple's OS X 1.1.1 update, is probably the easiest way to unlock your iPhone, the others involved lots of complicated steps or additional scripts to open up the iPhone. Last week, Apple estimated that 250,000 iPhones were purchased with the intention of unlocking them for the use with other networks than AT&T.