ALK Technologies today announced that the CoPilot Live satellite navigation system has been approved for sale via the iPhone App Store and is now available in UK for Apple iPhone 3G and 3Gs for a one-off payment of £25.99 ($43) for UK/Ireland or £59.99 ($100) for European maps. The CoPilot Live provides full featured turn-by-turn navigation to iPhones with automatic route calculation by post-code or street, 3D map displays in portrait or landscape mode and turn-by-turn voice directions. [Geeky Gadgets]
The first jailbreaking tool for the iPhone 3GS has been released. Developer George Hotz has recently released the Purplera1n jailbreak software for iPhone 3GS that seems to work perfectly. The software runs on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista, and additionally requires iTunes 8.2 and iPhone 3.0. A Mac version of the software is said to be “coming soon.” The author warns that the Jailbreak is a beta, so you should backup any important iPhone data before attempting to crack the phone’s security. [maccn]
The Facebook for iPhone 3.0 will be available for download (probably via the App Store) very soon. The new version of Facebook for iPhone will obviously bring many improvements and additions. Some of new features include Homescreen, News Feed, Notes, Pages, Events (with the ability to RSVP) and enhanced notifications. This application also allows you to create photo albums, upload photos, easily tag photos, zoom into photos, and add favorite profiles/pages to the homescreen. Stay tuned for more updates. [UnWiredView]
Here is an iPod or iPhone application that might appeal to gamers. Dubbed as the Wifipad, it is actually a virtual gamepad on your iPod or iPhone, which you can use to control your computer. You can customize this application and create your own button layouts and key bindings. [Pocket-lint]
Opera has launched its new Opera Mobile 9.7 beta1 for Windows phone. You can download a copy here. Note that the Opera Mobile 9.7 is in its beta1, full flash support is not available yet and expect to see bugs and errors. [Slashphone]
