AOL has been trying to change its business model ever since its ISP division all but caved in on itself, I still find it hard to believe that it is still operating at all much less still running dial-up services.  The company has tried to turn its paid model into a mix of various free services with advertising and by offering additional paid services.  It has now turned its attention towards the iPhone.

There are two types of iPhone users — the ones that couldn’t wait for 3rd party application functionality and jailbrake their iPhones, and those that have waited like good little Apple-ites for Steve Jobs to open the iPhone Apps store that has been in the works for quite a while now. Word has it that on Monday at the World Wide Developer’s Conference, Steve Jobs will open the iPhone Apps store to the public after the long wait.

A few days ago, I wrote about iPhonebrowser which enables Windows users to retrieve music from their iPod Touch or iPhone since neither have a "disk use" mode like other iPods.  However, if you are using Windows Vista 64-bit, you are out of luck with this software.

For all those who have little would-be iPhone pirates lying dormant deep within themselves, you’re finally getting your opportunity to illegally share files directly from your iPhone.  Fans of jailbraking their iPhones can now use iSlsk to share files wherever and whenever they please. 

Criticizing Apple for capping the iPhone’s potential, Orb Networks released an application enabling users to stream Live TV and other video formats to the iPhone or iPod Touch from any PC.

Up to now Google News hasn’t been available to owners of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. However, that’s now all changed, and wherever you are in the world, you’ll be able to keep up the all the latest news through Google.

Snapture is a program designed to replace the iPhone’s camera application, which has been criticized for being too simple. When it comes to Apple, simplicity is both a blessing and a curse, and it seems Apple assumes we all love simplicity in our gadgets.

AriX and Ben, the two teenage hackers behind iJailbreak, released version 0.6 of their software, an extremely useful 1.1.4 iPhone and iPod Touch jailbreak app for OSX.

The emphasis these days seems to be on the iPhone. But, 9.5 times out of 10, what works on the iPhone will work on the iPod Touch. FlyTunes allows you to listen to streaming audio stations on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Remember the days when we didn’t need computers to jailbreak our mobile, Apple devices? Well, we’re back to those days (after going back to the old ways for a short while).