Are you a designer? A software designer. Coz if it is, here’s a chance for you to win some money from Google. The design is for the company’s upcoming cell phone operating system, to make it easier to surf the Web over mobile devices.

Prizes, Google is offering $10M, to be distributed to 50 winners, which will each get $25,000, and they’d be eligible for ten awards of $100,000.

Timeframe for the entries is from Jan 2 through March 3, 2008. Hehehe, sorry, I love to join, but I’m not good in mobile computing..

This story might be old by the time I post it here. I know very well, internet is moving very fast. I came across to unlocked iPhone yesterday evening when I’m looking for free ftp software. I’m not a gadget geek , but having read this post made me think how they do it? When I read TheStar (local newspaper) yesterday, there is a picture of 1 teenager holding unlocked iPhone, I know, it’s time digging this story.

I have posted one post about iPhone earlier (not a very good post actually), when it just launched, but I never thought it will be unlocked this fast. That teenager called George Hotz from NJ, is the first person in the world who successfully unlocked iPhone. Clap!! He has posted steps by steps how to do it on his blog as well. And his first unlocked iPhone was traded with Nissan 350z and 3 8gb iPod. Nice stuff!

Earlier today, I read from Engadget , 1 team called iPhoneSimsFree manage to unlocked iPhone using piece of software, which would be much easier work (but it is not free) than what George Hotz has done. If you browse over to their website, they have started offering unlocking service and on top of that, they’re offering it free of charge for the top 3 applicants.. only.

On a local scene, I saw there is 1 thread in lowyat.net discussing about this matter. I’m not reading through in detail, but I think I saw someone has posted a picture of iPhone with Digi sim card. Well done guys!! I believe, very soon, we’ll started to see iPhone sold as AP set all over the place

The good thing about all this development is, those who’re dreaming of getting iPhone (especially in other region than US) won’t have to wait until next year. Get someone to buy it from US (or ebay), and unlocked it using iPhoneSimFree service.

By now everyone who are tech/internet savvy, gadget geek must be aware of Apple latest product called iPhone, the latest craze from Apple. I’m not really into the gadget, but this iPhone is so special since its buzz has been everywhere since announced by Steve Jobs at Macworld 2007.

To know how popular iPhone was, I’m doing searching on keyword iPhone in google which returned 104 millions results, while yahoo returned 139 million results.

My curiosity to know why peoples were so attracted to iPhone other than it sleek design, bring me over to Apple iPhone official website. Yeah, there are a lot of pictures as well as videos. Other than must have menu such as user guide, features, accessories, there are also picture gallery showing thousands of people queuing outside main Apple store in US to be the first having this phone. Its amazing to see it, how this people willing to spend around $499 to something that they never try it, but Apple has reputation of came out with something that won’t disappointing their buyer and especially their fan.

After drooling around Apple website, I’m interested to know other website review about iPhone , so I went to several website such as Cnet and read their full review about iPhone, Engadget review, iPhone tagged news at Engadget and PCMag

If you’re planning to get iPhone now especially those living in outside US, please be patient. According to this source, it will only available in Europe later this year and in Asia in 2008. Looks like apple fan have to wait little bit more