So, so, so… the Dev-team ain’t the only game in town? Someone else is releasing a jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS? I can’t help but grin at this news…

Check it, some dude that goes by “GeoHot” has… well let me let you read…

“George Hotz — who gained fame last year as the first to post an unlocking utility for the new Apple iPhone — has unveiled a new utility that he claims enables iPhone 3G S users to download, install, and utilize the applications of their choice, outside of Apple’s and AT&T’s control”

This dude has released the jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS. It’s not an unlock (at this point, that don’t matter because the only people able to get iPhone 3GS’s are people locked into a contract with AT&T), but it’s what the Dev-team has been holding out from people. The Dev-team said they were keeping the jailbreak from the public to protect what they seem to consider “the last hole”, but this dude makes a lotta’ sense…

“Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn’t worth waiting because you might have the ‘last’ hole in the iPhone. What last hole…this isn’t golf. I’ll find a new one next week.”

Now the dude could just be showin’ off, about being able to find a new hole… but then again, this one dude (versus a whole “team” at Dev-team) found the first unlock hole for iPhone 3G’s.

I do, at times, find the Dev-team to seem a little smug and arrogant… so I’m glad that someone, like this dude, released a jailbreak outside of the Dev-team. From reading some of the comments on the Dev-team blog, about the delay of the jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS, those that support the Dev-team’s choice to delay… said stuff like “you all are so ungrateful… if I were them, I wouldn’t release anymore jailbreaks and give you something real to complain about”.

I thought about that, and got kinda’ a sick feelin’ in my gut, like, “****, are we really that dependant on these people? They can just screw us over if they choose… we really can’t ever speak out against them because, if we do, they can just say screw it and leave us hangin’…”. So that’s why I’m so glad to see this happen. They can’t just claim to be our savors… and then decide not to listen to the community. If they do, **** like this will happen. Good job GeoHot.

Peace, J