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Apple apparently does want third party applications on the iPhone and iPod touch just like every other sane individual on the planet. The company just announced on its Hot News feed, that it is currently at work on an SDK for the iPhone, the apps from which will naturally work on the iPod touch. Apple also claims that it agrees with Nokia’s approach of “digital signatures” for applications, meaning that Apple gets to say who qualifies for entrance onto its hallowed devices as was rumored last week. Jobs stated that he liked Nokia’s Mosh project. This is to go without saying that iPhone’s version is sure likely to be closely controlled by iTunes, and it wouldn’t hurt to say that a small price tag will be attached to run these premium applications.

Seems like Apple must follow the rules like everyone else on this one. The French law has forced Apple to release an unlocked iPhone in France. There is a cost to this benefit though. The normal locked Orange-network iPhone will cost €399, and the unlocked pricing stills remains a mystery. More details are expected to be announced sometime before the November 29 launch. Of course, laws forbidding the exclusive bundling of cellphones to carriers are not unique to France. As such, we can expect a domino effect of unlocked iPhones being released in the coming months, as deals are struck throughout Europe and Asia.

Scientific tests, arranged by Greenpeace, reveal that Apple’s iPhone contains hazardous chemicals. The tests uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers. Looks like OS X Leopard was not the only thing pushed back to make way for the iPhone. The plan of a “Greener Apple” seems to be also an exception with the iPhone. I guess the revolutionary phone was not as revolutionary as we thought. Greenpeace found that the iPhone contained “toxic brominated compounds (indicating the presence of brominated flame retardants) and hazardous PVC,” which are said to be disallowed across the pond due to RoHS requirements. This was only one of the many things wrong with the inners of the iPhone.

The iPhone “Elite” Team has just released a method to downgrade the baseband on iPhones running on v1.1.1. With their help, you can restore your disabled iPhones from Apple’s upgrade back to v1.0.2. Your phone will be reverted to the last working version and your iPhone’s wayward cell radio will be restored. You can install 3rd party applications back on the iPhone and laugh at Apple’s poor attempt of Webapps. Oh, and did I mention, you can do all of this for the lovely price of free. Goodbye to iPhoneSimFree.