News of iPhoneSimFree.com releasing their unlocking software tomorrow (Tuesday 4th September) is plastered all over the internet. They have decided they want to wholesale the licences and the minimum order is for 50 and you have to pay by Bank wire transfer.

Now this could all be legit but would you be comfortable sending a minimum of $1800 to an anonymous group in the hope that you get something in return.

Personally I would hold back until someone else has got the software from them to be sure.

I bought an iPhone off Ebay shortly after they were released which to anyone who knows me will not come as a surprise. For a while all I could do is use the iPod features, wi-fi and email which I expected so I was fine with that.

I took the iPhone on holiday with me and watched movies I’d be meaning to catch up on whilst laying on the beach and it was great.

I finally managed to get it unlocked a few weeks ago with the aid of a Bladox Turbo sim and have happily been using it on T-Mobile in the UK since. Everything on the phone works except for the Youtube videos but that isn’t a big deal.

Is the iPhone any good? It certainly is! It’s almost as if you have a laptop in your pocket being able to pick up emails or surf the web wherever you are thanks to T-Mobiles unlimited data access for £1 a day.

The sound quality of the calls is excellent and navigating your way through the menus is a breeze.

Is it perfect? No.

One thing that I miss the most and have taken for granted for so long is Group SMS text messages. There’s also no option for SMS receipts which is a pain if you need to know if someone has got what you sent.

The good thing though is I’m sure in time all the little features that Apple have missed will come along in a software upgrade so while it’s not perfect now it could be sometime soon.

Instructions are now available to load your own custom ringtones onto your iPhone.

The process is quite a lenghty one and not for the faint hearted and if you screw up one of the steps you might need to restore your iPhone through iTunes.

It that hasn’t put you off then check out the following pages:

Custom ringtones / sounds on your iPhone using Windows

How to add a custom ringtone (for intel Mac users)

Chris on the #iphone-dev IRC channel just demonstrated a customized ringtone on the iPhone.

Chris says it best, “customized ringtones on the iPhone, boom!”

If you don’t fancy buying a new iPhone but would like yours to sound like one then you add iPhone ringtones to your current phone. These ringtones are the official iPhone ringtones ripped off the iPhone.

You can download them HERE courtesy of jasonromero.com.

There are 25 in total and are all in MP3 format.

If you need a way of getting these ringtones to your phone once they are on your PC then check out the Ringtone Uploader at IWFR.net