The iPhone's hardware is equivalent to the Sega Dreamcast, and almost at par with the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox. It's more powerful than the PSP and Nintendo DS. Combined. Not my words. These claims come from id Software's John Carmack. More in the full article.

Those of you enjoying your favorite tunes on your preferred Apple gadget should make it a point to get yourselves updated with the latest version of iTunes. Apple recently rolled out the new iTunes 7.7.1 update, a quick follow up from last month's release of the iPhone 3G and the new firmware 2.0. More information regarding the software update of Apple's popular music browser can be found in our full article after the jump.

Owners of the new iPhone 3G can still enjoy the same on-the-go reading pleasure from pyefox's textReader thanks to the latest build of the homebrew text viewing application. Made especially for iPhones running on the new firmware 2.0, the latest build unfortunately lacks some of the features found in previous releases. Find out more in our full article.

Download: textReader 2.1 for firmware 2.0

Taking a peek into the source code of the newly released iPhone OS 2.1 beta, iPhone Atlas was able to find hints of a supposedly upcoming iPod touch model in the works. Does this mean Apple will be pulling another encore marketing performance, similar to the success of its iPhone 3G? Find out more in our full article after the jump.

Since we covered a Quake port for the Nintendo DS earlier, it's only fair that the iPhone gets one as well, right? Developer ZodTTD recently released a new homebrew port of id Software's popular shooter for the iPhone and iPod touch. Find out how the game plays and looks like on your favorite Apple gadget by reading our full article after the jump.

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

If you want to play your favorite NES games with a rather interesting twist, perhaps you should try out the latest build of the our iPhone-based NES emulator, NES.app. Version 2.2.1 includes a lot of modifications to its landscape mode and even added accelerometer support to give the emulator a unique feel for its controls. More details in our full article.

Download: NES.app v2.3.0

Homebrew developer BigBoss has come up with an interesting new homebrew game for the iPhone and iPod touch, fully supporting the new firmware 2.0 released by Apple. Entitled "MacMan", the game takes a page off Namco's popular Pacman title with some unique touchscreen features added to it. For more information regarding the game, check out our full article after the jump.

Apple has once again pwned the world with its phenomenal sales of the iPhone 3G. However, they were equally pwned in kind by third party devs and their recent releases of the iPhone jailbreaking tools, PwnageTool and WinPwn. Check out the unique synergy the homebrew community has with Apple in the latest set of updates for this week's Apple Weekend Warrior feature after the jump.

Picking up from its successful release of the iPhone firmware 2.0, Apple has already rolled out the beta version of the next software update for developers. The firmware comes with a release of the new iPhone SDK along with several interesting GPS features, completing this special developers-centric package. Find out more about this in our full article after the jump.