New jailbreak and Unlock release for the iPhone 3GS

The iPhone Dev Team just released updates to their cross-platform jailbreak and unlocking tools redsn0w and ultrasn0w, and while unlocks are definitely good news for folks who want to use an iPhone on non-sanctioned carriers, we’re wondering: Do you still jailbreak? Is it still worth it to you?

Many have been jailbreaking their iPhones since the very first jailbreak was available, but the necessity of jailbreaking continues to drop, starting with the introduction of the App Store, and more

recently with the addition of push notifications (which make running apps in the background less necessary). So let’s hear it from our readers: is this something you look for as quickly as you used to?

Let’s hear more specifics on your reasoning—whether you’re still jailbreaking or not—in the comments.

If you do still jailbreak your device but were waiting for these releases from the iPhone Dev Team, head over to the Dev Team post to grab your downloads: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/137214493/whats-old-is-new-again