Earlier today, the iPhone Dev Team released their tethered jailbreak for the iPod touch 2G. The big question now is: do you attempt at jailbreaking now or wait in hopes that an untethered jailbreak will be released in the coming weeks? It’s a hard decision, but one that you might find easier to make once you realize the difficulty level that the tethered jailbreak tags along with it. I’ll explain across the jump.

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The iPhone Dev Team have updated their PwnageTool and QuickPwn jailbreaking tools to include support for the Firmware 2.2.1 update released a few days ago. If you have an original iPod touch or iPhone, you can update normally through iTunes to Firmware 2.2.1 and then run QuickPwn. If you have a 3G iPhone, you must follow the iPhone Dev Team’s specific instructions as there is a baseband update (02.30.03) in Firmware 2.2.1 which affects the yellowsn0w 3G unlock. If you’re not interested in unlocking your 3G iPhone, then these steps don’t apply and you can run QuickPwn normally. Lastly, the updated jailbreaking tools do not include support for the 2G iPod touch but the iPhone Dev Team states that “redsn0w is being actively researched and developed.”

PwnageTool is compatible with Mac only while QuickPwn supports both PC and Mac. You can find the official download for PwnageTool (Mac) here, QuickPwn (PC) here, and QuickPwn (Mac) here. There’s also many mirrored download links if you choose not to download the official torrent.

Rumours have been flying left, right and center lately, as MacWorld’s over and we’re preparing for a potential Apple event in the middle of the year. Another rumour has hit the shelves this week: Apple are planning to add a “Premium Games” section to their Application Store.

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If you’re an avid reader of iPod Touch Fans’ general chat, you’ll have seen this thread floating about, claiming features which are supposedly coming to Apple’s expanding empire. If you’re as skeptical as me on whether or not this is true, type Google.com into your search bar and continue with the expanding internet.

But if you’re into rumours and future speculation (very far in the future), read more.

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If there’s anyone that you should be following on Twitter, it’s TweetContest. Everyday at 4:44PM EST, TweetContest hosts a contest on Twitter to win great prizes. In fact, they’ve already given away an iPod nano and a Linkin Park gift pack. Today’s prize is a 4GB designer flash drive, called a Mimobot.

To enter their contests, you must send a tweet to @TweetContest with the correct answer to the question they post on their Twitter page. The questions are fairly simple: to win the iPod nano you had to be the 25th person to tweet how many balloons were in a particular picture. The correct answer was 14, and javajunky was the lucky Twitter user to win. Congratulations javajunky!

A preview of today’s prize:

To learn more about TweetContest, visit their official website.

MuscleNerd, a member of the iPhone Dev Team, has created a video to take a look at the new Firmware 2.2.1 update and how this affects the iPhone 3G unlock as well as the iPod touch 2G jailbreak. You can watch the video on Qik below, and read the full post on the iPhone Dev Team’s blog.

Are you a lucky person? Test your luck by entering to win Chopper, a game worth $4.99 in the App Store, over at iPod touch Fans forum. To enter, simply post a comment on the contest thread. A random winner will be drawn from all the comments, and that user will walk away with a voucher code that can be used to redeem Chopper.

This is the fifth App Store giveaway held at iPod touch Fans, and was sponsored by spoonforknife. So what are you waiting for? Just like the old gameshow, we encourage you to press your luck! Good luck to all who participate, and keep an eye out for the sixth giveaway coming soon.

Apple has just pushed out Firmware 2.2.1 for iPod touch, iPod touch 2G, iPhone and iPhone 3G. The official update notes list mostly bug fixes,  but we’ll keep our eyes open for any other undocumented changes. If you’ve updated to Firmware 2.2.1, let us know if you’ve found any other updates we should know of.

If you choose to update to Firmware 2.2.1 we’ll remind you that while all media (music, videos, App Store apps) will stay untouched, any previous jailbreak will be removed. That includes all themes and jailbroken applications. Firmware 2.2.1 cannot be jailbroken at this time until the iPhone Dev Team releases an updated version of their jailbreaking tool, QuickPwn, for both PC and Mac. The Firmware 2.2.1 update is available through iTunes.

What’s new:

• Official: Improved stability of Safari
• Official: Fixed bug where photos saved from Mail would not display correctly
• Official: Fixed bug where some Apple Lossless (ALAC) files would skip during playback
• User Found: When switching between tabs in Safari, it doesn’t reload the site but shows the latest page load.

Griffin has announced, via Twitter, a new Chrome version of their Elan Form case. Exclusive to the 3G iPhone, the Elan Form Chrome case is made of premium leather with an inner polycarbonate shell. Along the edges and corners of the case is a new Chrome lining that protects your iPhone while keeping it in style. As with all of Griffin’s cases, a screen protector and microfiber cleaning cloth are included to offer extra protection against smudges and scratches.

You can purchase your own Elan Form Chrome case, $34.99, online at Griffin’s website. Better yet, as Hack the iPod touch readers we’re offering an exclusive code to save 20% at check-out. Beginning on Thursday, you can use the code GRIFFINFEB09 to save 20% off any Griffin products. The code is active all February long, so don’t sit on buying your own Chrome case.

With the iPod touch 2G jailbreak right around the corner, we’re taking a look at 5 must-have jailbroken applications. From customization to utilities you’ll find that these applications are very useful and best of all, they’re free. After jailbreaking you’ll find these applications in Cydia, a preinstalled application that allows you to browse and download jailbroken applications straight from your iPod touch/iPhone.  Top 5 across the jump.

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