Apple released the new 2.2 version of the iPhone/iPod touch OS and it didn’t take long until the jailbreaked versions was out there. If you want to see what comes with the 2.2 update, read along below.

Jailbreak 2.2 iPhone and iPod Touch [installerapps.com]

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Even though the iPhone game Trism only sells for $5 it made a total profit of $250,000 for the developer Steve Demeter during the first two months. Pretty insane actually but the scene is getting crowded since there are over 1500 games available in Apple’s app store.

Developer strikes it rich with iPhone game [cnn.com]

As you might already know, Google’s new voice search for iPhone got released yesterday and the reactions have been both good and bad. Personally I thought it was pretty bad at interpreting the voice data and converting it into searches but sometime it worked like a charm. Google’s own Matt Cutts has put together a bunch of tips to make it easier to use the new app.

9 tips for the Google Mobile App for iPhone [mattcutts.com]

I haven’t tried it yet so I don’t know if it’s any good but it’s at least a pretty good idea. Since the iPhone features pretty advanced accelerometer technology, SGN has created a bunch of games that is played on your computer but where you use your iPhone to control the actual game.

Turn Your iPhone into a Computer Game Controller With iFun [mashable.com]

This got to be one of the most tacky iPhone/iPod cases yet but it’s a bit funny as well so I wanted to share it with you guys. It’s made out of some kind of felt but looks pretty authentic, right?

The Bacon Case [de.dawanda.com] (via Google translate)
via [Engadget]

Google planned to launch their new voice search for iPhone already this Friday but it wasn’t possible due to Apple. According to an article over at TechCrunch the updated app will go live sometime today. I just checked the app store and it wasn’t there yet.

Update On Google iPhone Voice Recognition App: Look For It On Monday []

Yesterday I told you that Google is about to launch a new voice search for iPhone and I just wanted to share a short video demonstration of the new service. Looks like a neat service. I especially like the motion detection that eliminates most of the button pushing. Video after the link.

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If you are a regular reader of Fosfor you probably know that I am a big fan of both the iPhone and Google, and there’s no surprise that I really dig this upcoming new application from Google that includes speech recognition and simply will let you ask your iPhone questions by using your voice. Amazingly neat!

Google Is Taking Questions (Spoken, via iPhone) [nytimes.com]

Most of the really good iPhone apps tend to cost at least a dollar or two, but you can save some money by browsing around among the free apps as well. Here’s a nice example showing 5 paid iPhone apps vs 5 free ones.

Bargain Hunting: 5 free alternatives to paid iPhone Apps [ismashphone.com]

In September you will be able to buy a really cool game in AppStore. The name of the game will be Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and CrunchGear scored a video of the game. Looks really neat, especially the way you can use the force. Check it out.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for iPhone [CrunchGear]