To save you all the trouble happening everywhere else, here’s a guide to what worked for me with the jailbreak of my iPhone 3GS with the iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w.

The iPhone 3GS is an improvement over the 3G and a massive improvement over the iPhone 1st generation. I’m filing this article under geek, so please feel free to move on.

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/06/26/initial-review-o-iphone-3gs-in-ireland/’;
digg_title = ‘Initial review o iPhone 3GS in Ireland.’;
digg_bodytext = ‘So, the wait is over, and I have my hands on the iPhone 3GS. Ireland apparently only has black editions of the phone, but I managed to get a 32GB model.
The staff at the Dublin Henry Street store were exceptionally professional and [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/06/26/i-can-haz-iphone-3gs/’;
digg_title = ‘I can haz iPhone 3GS?’;
digg_bodytext = ‘So here goes, prepare to hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin playing. I am on the way to Dublin City Centre to queue for an iPhone 3GS.
O2 official policy is ‘no preorders’ but it seems very many stores have taken allocation lists. The [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/06/17/total-cost-of-ownership-for-iphone-3gs-in-ireland/’;
digg_title = ‘Total Cost of Ownership for iPhone 3GS in Ireland’;
digg_bodytext = ‘I’m a geek. As a result, I think I got this right, but I may be off on my maths. Consider the sweet spot, which I reckon is the €65 with unlimited texts.

Tariff

8GB
TCC
16GB
TCC
32GB
TCC

Fee

Fee

Fee

Silver
45
€99
€909
€199
€1,009
€299
€1,109

Gold
65
€49
€1,219
€129
€1,299
€229
€1,399

Platinum
100
€0
€1,800
€79
€1,879
€169
€1,969

Unlimited
40
€99
€819
€199
€919
€299
€1,019

The upshot appears to be that the [...]

digg_url = ‘http://nabidana.com/2009/06/11/iphone-tiber-edition/’;
digg_title = ‘iPhone Tiber edition’;
digg_bodytext = ‘Assuming the iPhone 3GS is available in Ireland by July 13, I am practically certain there will be a new iPhone 3GS in the river Tiber by July 17.
On 14 July, I visit Rome, to attend the wedding of a good friend, with my girlfriend. She’s a [...]