Like to gab on the phone? Well if you're an iPhone owner, good news for you. Apple is now offering an unlimited calling plan for the iPhone. Tough luck if you've unlocked your unit though; the plan is only available for AT&T subscribers. Details in the full article.

With a gadget as popular as the iPhone, you have to expect that there would be a fierce underground market for the product. Because the phone is initially locked unto the AT&T service provider, the market is also hungry for services that unlock the device at a mass scale. One distributor found that his supplier "received" schematics of the device from the iPhone's factory in China, possibly to sell to unlockers. More in the full article.

So what happens if you own an iPhone and you suddenly notice that the EDGE icon has suddenly disappeared from the menu bar? Inconvenience, that's what. For some reason, the EDGE outage turned out to be more widespread, compared to the usual outages that are confined only to an isolated area. Check out the full article for more details.

Despite receiving awards here and there, Apple has had many problems with its newest baby iPhone that includes hacking and lawsuits from various business entities around the world.

We got word today that Apple and partner AT&T was recently sued by Klausner Technologies with the latter claiming that the two infringe on its patent over Visual Voicemail service being offered to iPhone users. The full story after the jump!

Starting to feel jaded with your iPhone's default preference setting? We feel for you. The daily use of the iPhone can make one feel some what wishing for something new, the iPhone's SpringBoard App contains hidden preferences you can align to your taste.
 
Just head on over to the full article for more.

The exclusive rights to Apple's iPhone was obtained by Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile unit for Germany, much like AT&T for the United States.

However, the company is currently facing legal issues due to a restraining order issued by a regional court in Hamburg. Accordingly, the case was started by T-Mobile's rival Vodafone Group PLC. The full details after the jump!

The iPhone's living up to its award as the Most Anticipated gadget last October at the T3 Gadget Awards by snagging the status of Invention of the Year from Time Magazine. While accepting that the iPhone is not without its faults, Time outlines five good reasons why this Apple gadget deserves the title of Invention of the Year. The five reasons outline the biggest achievements (and side effects) the iPhone had on the industry.

Check out the full article for the five reasons and see if you agree with them.

AT&T has revealed two international iPhone data plan on their official website. The two plans, priced at US$ 24.99 and US$ 59.99, provide users with data streaming within 29 different countries. These plans are also non-contractual, which means a traveler can just sign up for this feature before they go overseas and drop the plan when they get back from their trip.

More information about the AT&T international data phone plans in the full article.

It's no secret that not too many owners are happy with iPhone's recently release firmware 1.1.1. After all, there have been reports that last month's update was followed by bricking incidents involving both hacked and unhacked phones.

In light of this problem, a man over at California has apparently decided to file a civil lawsuit against the company. The suit was filed a few days ago by attorney Damian Fernandez, and further implicated that Apple was attempting to create a monopoly by preventing US users from choosing service providers outside AT&T.

According to Fernandez, Apple was punishing consumers for attempting to exercise their right to unlock their phones to other service providers. This took the form of the firmware update we mentioned earlier.
  
The suit further demanded a jury trial, and asked the court to order Apple to unlock their iPhones, and provide warranty service to hacked devices. It also demanded that the company pay cash compensations for the damages brought upon by its update.

iPhoneSIMfree, the pay-per-unit-license solution to satisfy iPhone unlocking needs, appears to resolve the bricking of iPhones resulting after Apple's official software update. Gizmodo reports that the software solution could be used alone and not even need the TurboSIM card to call, send SMS, and mail over your non-AT&T service.

How's that for a keeper? iPhoneSIMfree creators previously made it known to the iPhone community, especially their customers, that their solution would still work despite the obvious concern over Apple's recent update announcement and talks of possible bricking.

Confirming all fears, the solution also can run without the need for the TurboSIM solution, simply by re-activating your iPhone coupled with your favorite service SIM and softwares Independence or iBrick.

In addition, it appears people behind the software unlocker claim that if you decide to downgrade your iPhone software, it will proceed to do so without locking out your non-AT&T SIM. So backing down to Apple software version 1.0.2 should be easy. The creators also have announced new changes to their software, such as:

• A free unlock that will work with version 1.1.1 for those who have successfully upgraded (or successfully re-locked and upgraded) yet cannot unlock. The solution is currently in testing phase.
• Downgrading the baseband, so that users may unlock their v1.0.2 iPhones when previously restored from v1.1.1 to v1.0.2.