Through iControlPad, you can turn your iPhone or iPod Touch to a device similar in controls like Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable). Just fix your iPhone or iPod Touch in the iControlPad frame and start getting the gaming experience similar to PSP. Though not too many units of iControlPad is available to people but the company will soon start its mass production.

Credibility of jailbreaking and unlocking tools for iPhone has really become a question! Another jailbreaking tool named Gull1hack has arrived, its developer are claiming that tool will be able to jailbreak iPhone(3G,3GS) and iPod Touch(All models) with new bootrom(05.12.01) and it will be untethered.

No doubt Opera Mini is the best mobile web browser with over 50 million active users world wide and now Opera is finally jumping to iPhone / iPod Touch which will multiply this count for sure. The first demonstration of Opera Mini running on iPhone 3GS was made at Mobile World Congress where it loaded New York Times webpage almost 5x times faster than iPhone 3GS’ stock browser.

F0recast is tool for iPhone OS 3.1.3 which lets you to know your iPhone or iPod Touch serial number, baseband version, bootloader version info and model number. It’ll also inform you about whether your iPhone is unlockable or not? If yes then which tool can be used to unlock your iPhone or iPod Touch like blackn0w or ultrasn0w. Moreover F0recast will also tell you whether you’re jailbreak will be tethered or not.

For those who have updated their iPhone to firmware 3.1.3 (Jailbroken) would have noticed that the Jailbroken / Cracked apps are not working anymore. Even if you reinstall these apps, they won’t work until you patch your MobileInstallation file via AppSync. Good news is that you can patch your MobileInstallation file just like you did it for firmware 3.1.2. After patching the MobileInstallation file, you can install .ipa files manually without using the iTunes.

Sometimes when hard resetting your iPhone or iPod Touch don’t solve your problem then you need to restore original default factory settings on your iPhone via recovery mode. On restoring original factory settings you will loose all data/information you have stored on your iPhone, so it is always advisable to backup your data before you may proceed to the restore procedure. Usually iTunes automatically makes a backup on connecting and sync your iPhone with the program.

Sometimes when your iPhone or iPod Touch don’t respond to any of your inputs e-g screen taps or buttons then you need to hard reset your device. By hard reseting your iPhone or iPod Touch, you are actually doing a force shutdown to your device.

Sn0wbreeze v1.5 has been released. This is the updated version of snowbreeze, it basically adds support for iPod touch 2G (older models). Sn0wbreeze is a similar to PwnageTool, both create custom .ipsw files for iPhone/iPod Touch. PwnageTool is for MAC users and Sn0wbreeze is for Windows users. So now latest version of snowbreeze supports iPhone 2G,3G,3GS and iPod Touch 1G,2G.

Dev-Team has finally released updated 3.1.5 version of PwnageTool for iPhone 3.1.3 firmware. Custom ipsw files of 3.1.3 firmware can now be created by using PwnageTool 3.1.5. The latest version of tool is for MAC users only, it can jailbreak iPhone 2G,3G,3GS(older bootrom only with baseband 04.26.08) and iPod Touch(1G and 2G non-MC model) running on iPhone firmware 3.1.3. Custom .ipsw firmware files created by PwnageTool would upgrade your iPhone to firmware 3.1.3 without actually updating baseband of your phone, which is required to unlock your phone and run it on any carrier.

Valentines day (14th February, 2010) is approaching and geeks like us are mostly clueless about the gifts and about the whole thing generally. Here is a list of things that might help you impress your valentine on the valentines day, only limitation is that both you should have an iPhone/iPod Touch . Here are few simple yet very expressive iPhone valentine day apps and games, application list is based on Valentine’s Day theme, their functionality and popularity.