Phone hacker hachu has created probably one of the coolest hacks yet. He has developed a download plug-in for MobileSafari that allows you to download data straight off the internet directly to your iPhone or iPod touch. It stores the files in the local disk in the /var/root/Downloads folder.

Once you download the package, you can set it to download specific file types (such as MP3s, for example), which will then download to your device. In conjunction with this, Erica Sadun has modified her SedFile app to search ~/Downloads as well as ~/Media/Documents, allowing you to email,chare and play back the downloaded media on demand.

Isn't teamwork fun?

You can download hachu's plugin and read what to do with it here, and Erica's modified modded SedFile app here.

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According to the head of O2, three out of every four iPhone buyers in Britain will be new to the O2 network, thanks to their exclusive deal with Apple to be the sole carrier in that area. "Over time, three out of four customers of the iPhone will be new O2 customers, because you can only get the iPhone by becoming a customer of O2," Matthew Key, incoming head of 02, told reporters in London in comments embargoed until Thursday.

Key declined to comment on how many of the handsets had been sold since it's November launch, but sales in the first few weeks have been about as they expected they would.

Erskine commented that O2 is hoping to gain some ground in the UK wireless market with the iPhone deal and additional broadband custom.

"Over the next three years there will be 8 million additional DSL customers in each of these two countries and we intend to take quite a share of it," he said..

"There are small acquisition opportunities in Germany, in the retail business and perhaps in distribution," Erskine said, but added that at current prices there was no "good value."

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If the two iPhone per person limit has been a concern during the holiday shopping season, you may be relieved to know that, according to an unnamed tipster, Apple has quietly increased the limit from two to five. Before you get all crazy in the comments, we realize that even with the two iPhone limit you could always come back for more. While we suspect this increase will only affect the kind of people who give out the king sized candy bars to trick-or-treaters, it's nice that Apple has eased up a bit.

Gizmodo's tipster has mentioned that employees at the retail stores are encouraged to not say anything about the increase and the official word maintains that the limit is two. However, you should have no problem getting five.

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As Steve Jobs said at the Macworld announcement of the iPhone, one of the best things about the iPhone is that it doesn't need a stylus, but what about those of us who do need one anyway? Ok, we really can't think of a case where that would be true, but maybe you just like the idea of going against the grain. Enter the Pogo Stylus.

The manufacturer claims that this is the first stylus of it's kind, and has been "has been engineered using a patent-pending technology to simulate the touch of a finger on the Multi-Touch display." Apart from that, they don't reveal how it works. nonetheless, it does exactly what it needs to do, allowing you to click and tap and flick with greater dexterity and precision than with your fingers.

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French wireless carrier Orange has released sales information pointing toward 30,000 iPhones sold within five days of the handset's release in France. The company said that 20% of the iPhone's customers opted for an unlocked unit, which sold for 749 euros without a contract as opposed to 399 euros for an iPhone with a two-year contract with Orange.

Orange also stated that 48% of people buying the phones were new customers for the network.

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Have you been noticing that the alloted battery life of the iPhone isn't enough for you? Mophie has a product that might be for you. It's the mStation mobile juice pack for iPhone. It's essentially an external battery pack that looks like a stylish case.

Despite adding a little extra bulk to your iPhone, it looks great, and will offer up to 250 extra hours of standby time, 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and 24 hours of audio playback. It uses the standard iPhone plug to plug into the iPhone's port on the bottom. It will be made available in the middle of this month, but they're currently taking pre-orders for $99.95.

You can visit the product home page here.

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A quick note about firmware: The firmware of the iPhone is essentially the OS. As of now (11.28.07) Apple has released 5 iPhone firmware versions: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2. To find out which version you have, in your iPhone go to Settings>General>About>Version. There you will see your firmware version.
Apple has the firmware versions available for download. Here are the links:

1.0.0

1.0.1

1.0.2

1.1.1

1.1.2

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