Don't look now, but the iphone-dev team recently announced the impending arrival of their latest version of PwnageTool, as well as the beta release of Nullriver's Installer.app 4. Both utilities should arrive sometime today and will provide some very useful improvements for those of you who own an iPhone. Find out more about the upcoming release of these homebrew tools after the jump.

With the recent release of Apple's 2.0.1 firmware for the iPhone and iPod touch, it may soon become a toss-up between having a more stable device or being able to freely download third-party apps on it. Reports have noted that the updates used in firmware 2.0.1 may render your Apple gadget insusceptible to normal jailbreaking methods. Find out more about this development in our full article.

Those of you waiting for the release of Nullriver's Installer.app, the wait is finally over. A pre-release build of the third-party applications installer for the iPhone was recently rolled out. While it was mainly intended for developers to use at the moment, you are free to take a look around and check out its current features.

iPhone owners looking to jailbreak their units should make it a point to download the latest version of WinPwn from developer cmw. Version 2.0.0.3 takes care of numerous bugs noted in previous versions of the jailbreaking application. Find out more about the latest build in our full article after the jump.

Download: WinPwn 2.0.0.3

Windows XP users who recently updated their iPhones with the new firmware 2.0 can now experience the same freedom that their Mac siblings have been enjoying with the latest release of cmw's WinPwn 2.0. Designed exclusively for the PC platform, the new version of WinPwn supports both firmware 1.1.4 and 2.0, and is compatible with the new iPhone 3G.

Download: WinPwn 2.0

The iPhone-dev team recently released PwnageTool v2.0, a program that allows users to activate and jailbreak their iPhone units, including the iPhone 3G. The team decided to spruce up the application and work on it a bit further though, which leads us to the release of PwnageTool v2.0.1. Find out more about it after the jump.

Download: PwnageTool v2.0.1

According to their latest blog entry, the iphone-dev team is running through its final checks before releasing their new iPhone jailbreaker, PwnageTool, to the public. They explained the reason why they delayed the release of PwnageTool 2.0 and how its official release should take care of all, if not most, of the compatibility issues for the new Apple gadgets running firmware 2.0. For more information, check out our full article after the jump.

Patience is a virtue. This is the message the iphone-dev team wishes to impart to all of the expectant iPhone 3G users awaiting their upcoming jailbreaking tool. In our full article, you can check out the latest progress report from the dev team regarding their status in hacking the newly released Apple gadget. Click on the "read more" link below and take a look at the full story.

It looks like the iPhone-dev team has been at work finding ways to make the iPhone 3G more accessible. They've just posted a video showing off the world's first jailbroken 3G iPhone. Find the video after the jump!

Those of you worried about the discontinuation of Nullriver's Installer.app, have no fear. Despite the opening of the new App Store, there will always be a couple of third-party applications that will never make it to the online download store for one reason or another. Find out what the developer had to say about the upcoming Installer 4 in our full article.