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UK iPhone owners subscribed to O2 will be allowed to unlock for other carriers, according to the CEO of O2's parent company, Telefonica Europe. "Once the iPhone becomes available on other UK networks," says Matthew Key, "we will allow O2 customers to unlock their iPhones, although of course they will still need to honour any outstanding contract period they have. At the end of their contract period, they are entirely free to move to another operator -- though naturally we hope they won't want to!"

Geohot has announced that BlackSn0w, an unlock for iPhones with the 05.11.07 baseband, will be released in the near future. The new software will make it possible to unlock all iPhones, including those who upgraded to the latest firmware. An image was posted this morning showing arbitrary code running on the new baseband of the device (after the break).

For those looking for a special iPhone treat this year, the iPhone Dev-Team has something special for you! For the past few months they've been hard at work on an iPhone 3G unlock and are finally reporting success. They're now working to package the method and expect to release on New Year's Eve.

The unlock, code-named "yellowsn0w" only works on iPhone 3Gs with baseband version 2.11.07 or earlier.

If you've been wondering where you can vacation, and also pick up an unlocked iPhone 3G, then look no further than a new list that Apple posted.