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More supposed details are leaking out about the next version of Apple's 3.0 software update for the iPhone and iPod Touch set to be unveiled next month. The latest buzz, via the site Open Salon, is over direct downloads of TV shows and movies.

Owners of the current iPhone 3G that upgraded to the new iPhone OS 3.0 will know that this update brought a lot of handy features. Many of these users would not update to the new iPhone in 2009 thanks to the higher costs involved.

A few hours ago the iPhone Dev team released the redsn0w tool for jailbreaking your first-gen iPhone, the iPhone 3G, and the iPod touch first and second generation, while the iPhone 3G S has yet to be jailbroken. The unlock tool is available for Mac OS X and Windows, and it's available on torrents now. Please note that the redsn0w for Windows has been re-released due to a bug and it went live a few minutes ago while this article was being wrote.

Motorola's Droid smart phone has attracted a fair amount of attention as possibly the toughest challenger for the iPhone.