CultofMac is reporting that the first adult video chat service to utilize FaceTime has arrived. iP4play.com, as you can imagine, is hoping to make a pretty penny by serving up “the hottest Video Chat models from the sexy girl next door to Penthouse’s finest.” The company reportedly started advertising for these “models” on Craigslist just a few weeks after the iPhone 4 began reaching consumers.

Needless to say, there are plenty of folks upset about the arrival of this “service” on such a prominent Apple platform. Nonetheless, iP4play.com is moving full steam ahead with a business model they believe will make bank. Calls start at $4.00/minute with chunks of time being available in 5, 10, 20 or 30 minute segments. Calls cannot be charged to your wireless bill and instead require a Visa or MasterCard.

If successful, this could be the start of a whole new third party iPhone industry. I’ll leave it to our astute MMi readers and contributors to weigh any pros and cons to that likely eventuality.

However, thanks to the magic of jailbreaking, there is now a solution. And, that solution is aptly called Locktopus: a piece of software that password protects your apps.

Available now in Cydia for $2, Locktopus is compatible with iOS 3.x right up to 4.0.1. Once you’ve got the software installed on your jailbroken iPhone, locking up your apps couldn’t be simpler. All users have to do is enter edit (“wiggly”) mode on their iPhone, and tap the bottom-left corner of the application while it’s jiggling around. A red lock will appear, meaning that the app is now password protected.

(via AppAdvice)

It’s a userland jailbreak, So all what you have to do is navigate browse to http://jailbreakme.com from your iOS device to jailbreak it but it’s not accesible at the moment as huge traffic on the server.

Update 1: Modmyi has uploaded the tool on their site, now you can acess http://jailbreakme.modmyi.cominstead of the above
Update 2: Supported devices,

• iPod 1G on 3.1.2
• iPod 1G on 3.1.3
• iPod 2G on 3.1.2
• iPod 2G on 3.1.3
• iPod 2G on 4.0
• iPod 3G on 3.1.2
• iPod 3G on 3.1.3
• iPod 3G on 4.0
• iPad on 3.2
• iPad on 3.2.1
• iPhone 3G on 3.1.2
• iPhone 3G on 3.1.3
• iPhone 3G on 4.0
• iPhone 3G on 4.0.1
• iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.2
• iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.3
• iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0
• iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0.1
• iPhone 4 on 4.0
• iPhone 4 on 4.0.1

developers

The mobile app market is dominated by the iPhone. The Android market is estimated to do only 10% of the App Store’s 2010 income. There are a few smatterings of mobile app stores (huh? what’s a Pre?), but nothing coming close to Apple’s share and position. If you want innovative, easy to use, cool apps – you need an iPhone. It’s where the talent has set up shop.

Here’s the thing – Monday says jailbreaking is legal. But with each firmware Apple breaks the jailbreak solution, erases jailbreakers’ installed apps, and makes it more difficult to jailbreak the next firmware. New hardware checks in the iPhone 3G[S] and iPhone 4 are great examples of this continued anti-competitive behavior. Now – the jailbreak is obviously exploiting a security hole, so Apple is within their rights (and arguably within their RESPONSIBILITY) to patch these holes. The ultimate goal? No need for a jailbreak – being able to, say, install Cydia or Rock simply by dragging it into iTunes.

However, Verizon is not the only other American wireless carrier that could be carrying the iPhone soon. According to Cult of the Mac’s high-placed source at T-Mobile:

“Talks between Apple and T-Mobile are at an advanced stage, our source says, and it’s 80 percent likely that the iPhone will be coming to T-Mobile in Q3.”

Apple refused to confirm or deny the report, and a T-Mobile rep simply said that “T-Mobile does not comment on rumor or speculation.”

Let’s hope for the best!

[via AppAdvice]

Many had speculated that hackers would hold off on releasing a jailbreak tool until Apple pushed out its upcoming software update, which might conflict with jailbroken iPhone 4 handsets. However, Comex seems assured that there will be some way around whatever measures Apple attempts to enforce in iOS 4.1 – and if past experience is anything to go by, he’s right.

The iPhone dev-team’s blog post :

Those of you with jailbroken iPhone3G and ipt2G devices may now have noticed Cydia starting to save your SHSH blobs too, just like it does for iPhone3GS, ipt3G and later devices. That’s because starting with 4.0, Apple started putting a “soft” SHSH blob check in the firmware. The SHSH blob check is very real in the sense that if iTunes can’t get your blobs (because the Apple signing window has closed), the iTunes restore will error out. But it’s “soft” in the sense that those devices can always use redsn0w or PwnageTool to get past the error (the bootroms themselves for those devices don’t require blobs to be in the firmware files, unlike the newer bootroms).

Furthermore, since the 3.x IPSWs for these devices don’t enforce it, you can always restore to 3.x IPSWs outside of any signing windows.

So, Cydia is doing this to allow you to continue to use iTunes to restore to 4.x on iPhone3G and ipt2g outside of Apple’s signing window without needing to use redsn0w or PwnageTool to get around Apple’s annoying new restriction.

For example, you will now be able to expand pictures by double-tapping them. Also, Audio and Video are now fully supported. As for PDFs, these should now load considerably faster.

It’s available right now in the App Store.

[via Macstories]

Here is the full press release:

CUPERTINO, California—July 19, 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.*

Beginning this Friday, customers can purchase all models of iPad through Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

Pricing & Availability
All iPad models will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23.

iPad is currently available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for 16GB, $599 (US) for 32GB, and $699 (US) for 64GB for iPad Wi-Fi models and $629 (US) for 16GB, $729 (US) for 32GB and $829 (US) for 64GB for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G models. iPad will roll out to many more countries later this year and Apple will announce availability and local pricing for these additional countries at a later date.

*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Note: No changes for iOS 3 users.