Justin Long is rocking a jailbroken iPhone, established after seeing Cydia during a quick shot of his iPhone’s screen during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Not really that big a deal, since jailbreaking has been declared legal. It’s just interesting since he’ll always be known as “that guy in Apple’s I’m a Mac series of ads,” and he’s got a JB’d iPhone just like every other Mac and PC user. Three clips are available after the break, with the Cydia app icon making an appearance at around 2:18 on part 3. Hilarious interview by the way, so even if you’re not interested in Justin Long’s jailbroken iPhone, you might want to hear about his text chat experience with a stranger who thought he was “Eduardo.”
When a judge rules that skirting around the built-in DRM (Digital Rights Management) of the stuff you already own is legally legal (at least in the United States), that’s significant news. As long as you do it for legal, non-copyright infringing purposes, of course. For everyday geeks at least, that means it’s now perfectly legal to jailbreak your own iPhone to run whatever app or hack you need and have it unlocked to use it on any carrier that suits you best. The new legislation details other things you can do (you can check out the full details of the new DMCA legislation here), but that last part is particularly sweet. It always seemed silly that you couldn’t do certain things with your own stuff.
As for ripping and copying your own CDs and DVDs for personal use just so you don’t scratch your originals (a common practice that has always been considered illegal), apparently, it’s still illegal to do that. Not that it ever stopped you. Or anyone else with common sense.
- YouTube: Remember this guy? Well, he’s back with a new iPad guitar-slash-DJ mount called the Hammerhead Axepad. If you ever needed a guitar-like iPad mount that glows, DJ Franz K is your guy. Also, when this guy makes a pitch, you just have to watch.
- Blastr: The members of the Westboro Baptist Church are protesting everything these days. Gays, killed soldiers, Tim Russert… this time, they picked on the geeks at Comic-Con for reading comics instead of the Bible.
- NineMSN: You don’t mess with costumed geeks and get away with it. The geeks strike back, with “lurid costumes and mocking chants.” Oh, and funny signs.
- Redmond Pie: The new all-in-one “Spirit-like” jailbreak for all iDevices was almost released this weekend. Apparently, a few kinks needs to be worked out, but it looks pretty close.
- JudasPhone: A running compilation of funny Antennagate-related images. In case you’re still waiting for the free case and need a few laughs.
- Planet5D: A bunch of guys, an RV, a Canon 5D Mark II, more than 2,000 still photos, 14 days, and, um, America. What do you get? This awesome 2-minute stop-motion video of a guy walking across America. If you had time to watch only five YouTube videos this week, make sure to add this in your list. Awesome video (plus the behind-the-scenes clip) available after the break.
Whatever the issue you had with the iPhone 4’s antenna, Apple ended it with a song that said “If you don’t want an iPhone 4, don’t buy it. If you bought one and you don’t like it, bring it back.” That’s fair. It’s also very logical in the sense that you definitely can’t argue with it. So, we should all just stop with the Antennagate issues already. But just for fun, you might want to check out these iPhone 4 videos for a quick giggle (we’re actually still laughing about it). So hit “read more”, press play, and sit back.
So we all know about the continuing debacle over the iPhone 4’s antenna issues. Steve Jobs’ meme-tastic you’re-doing-it-wrong! response, the argument that it’s all a firmware glitch with the signal bars and all that jazz. We can do a quick, detailed recap but really, wouldn’t you rather watch it re-imagined into glorious animated awesomeness?
Animated video after the jump. Also, Darth Jobs with a lightsaber!
