Deciding that waiting around for the Dev-Team to release its iPhone 3GS jailbreak solution is taking too long, original iPhone unlocker Geohot has released his own jailbreaking method, with the help of chronic dev and a few others, that he has dubbed purplera1n. Best. Name. Ever. As it stands, purplera1n only supports Windows rigs (Windows 7 and 64-bit excluded) but OS X support is on the way.

The iPhone Dev Team are waiting for the v3.1 software release from Apple before officially making the hack available, ostensibly to avoid the hack being patched by Apple. But as it is already ready, Geohot, a member of the Dev Team, has gone ahead and put it out for download.

The unlock is Windows-only, and youll need an iPhone 3GS to use it on, of course. I have neither, so I cant test it, but GeoHot at least has a good reputation. According to The Register, Hotz says the hack, named purplera1n is awesome. Maybe, but if it lets you load up the carrier-unlocking applications available for jailbroken iPhones. well probably agree.

Grab a copy of purplera1n.com and happy jailbreaking!