Finally, the most anticipated 2nd-Gen iPad 2 has been unveiled by Steve Jobs at an event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Below are a few highlights from the event. We’ll soon be covering iPad 2 event in details.

Apple has sent invites to the press for a special media event on March 2nd. The company will likely unveil the iPad 2. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco at 10:00 am.

Verizon iPhone 4 is now available for pre-order. Both Apple and Verizon has started accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 4 CDMA model. These pre-ordered devices will arrive “by February 10”.

After years of speculation, iPhone 4 has finally come to Verizon Wireless. At the special media event in New York, Verizon Wireless President & COO Lowell McAdam has announced that they will finally be carrying the Apple iPhone 4 starting early Feb 2011.

Verizon Wireless has sent out invitations for a special press event which will be held in New York City on Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Verizon is rumored to announce CDMA iPhone at its mysterious event which is expected to launch on February 3rd.

AT&T will start selling the iPhone 3GS for $49 starting tomorrow, Friday, January 7, 2011 with a two-year service contract and data plan. $49 iPhone 3GS will be available from AT&T, Price for 3GS sold in Apple channels is determined by Apple.

Greenpois0n RC5, the iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod Touch 4G, 3G and iPad will be out soon! p0sixninja, the dev behind Greenpois0n has confirmed in a tweet that Greenpois0n RC5 is right around the corner.

According to a patent, folks at Apple have plans for a new antenna design that hides behind logo on future iPhones and other iDevices. The latest patent filing, shows an antenna placement behind the logo to allow better reception without metal or other housing walls causing interference.

Jay “Saurik” Freeman, the creator of Cydia Store for iOS, has confirmed that Cydia for Mac OS X will be launched “within weeks”. At 360|MacDev conference, he gave an overview of his upcoming Cydia store for Mac OS X, cycript, and Cydia Substrate.

Apple has announced a more secure 2048-bit TLS/SSL encryption for iOS push notifications starting December 22, 2010. In an email sent to developers, Apple mentions Push Notifications will now have stronger encryption in the form of 2048-bit TLS/SSL certificates.

Apple has launched the iPad in 11 more countries today, namely Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Sherif Hashim reports that Apple has blocked the trick to activate iPhone with Phonebook SIM card. Sherif Hashim is the same guy who found the trick to activate iPhone with Phonebook SIM card and exploit to unlock iPhone baseband.

According to GigaOm, Apple may be working on a special SIM card to cut iPhone carriers out of the retail process. GigaOm’s sources inside European carriers claims that Apple is working with Gemalto, a SIM card manufacturer, to bring a custom SIM card integrated into the iPhone itself.

A new critical security hole has been found in iOS 4 that lets you make calls and access contacts info from a password protected iPhone.The security hole bypasses iPhone’s passcode lock without any hack. Video and instructions to reproduce it after the jump…