Earlier this week reports came out about Apple updating the bootrom in
the newly shipping iPhone 3GSes, but as it turns out, this device will
not stop jailbreaking.
Wired interviewed Eric McDonald, a member of the iPhone Dev Team who said, "It’s not going to be impossible to jailbreak even if the exploit we used is gone."
McDonland goes on to say that you can still jailbreak the currently shipping iPhone 3GSes, and that the 24kpwn exploit only made it easier to boot the hacked device. Since the new bootrom interferes with the 24kpwn exploit, you'll need to plug in your device to your computer to start it up after a shutdown.
Of course, this inconvenience will not stop the hacking-faithful, nor will it stop the iPhone Dev Team. You can read the full interview on Wired.
