engadget.com— Seems AT&T is a bit annoyed at the idea. A middle of the night phone call from a Silicon Valley law firm is slowing down the release of the software to you.
Aug 25, 2007View in Crawl 4
I was really looking forward to release day. However I saw this one coming a mile off! And they should have too! , Anyone who makes this kinda software and then waits even a day to release it after annoyncing it is pretty daft if they dont expect a phone call from the lawers. Lets hope they get legal advice in their favour, and release the software.
I wonder if Steve saw this coming. Being a geek himself, he must have known the device would be a mere toy in the hands of other geeks. Will AT&T's legal costs grow to such a level that they dwarf the profits made by the very device they are trying to protect? Either way Apple loses nothing and gains everything. Very shrewd.
"These guys" aren't the one who gave a iPhone to enjgadget.But I though the same thing about the iPhoneSIMfree.com. Thing is that their web page doesn't seem to ask for registration or any other thing associated with scammer or email harvester.
I don't know about the reputability of this company or solution, but folks attempting to make money off an iPhone hack will likely be crushed by corporate lawyers. The point will be moot, however because freely available tools to unlock your iPhone will be out in short order. We have a nation of 14-20 year old hackers working 24/7!
Just to clarify this. This company claims to have a highly marketable software product, complex and specialist. To sell this product they've taken the unusual approach of setting up a lame website and blog for a week saying how great their software is, what time it will be on sale and asking for everyone who might want said product to hand over their email and phone details. Then, just before the non existent software is due to be released a quick change of heart happens due to some late night phonecall from at&t, the details of which are sketchy at best..... What next? 500 diggs for a 'free ipod' website.....
tilezzzzzAug 26, 2007
I was really looking forward to release day. However I saw this one coming a mile off! And they should have too! , Anyone who makes this kinda software and then waits even a day to release it after annoyncing it is pretty daft if they dont expect a phone call from the lawers. Lets hope they get legal advice in their favour, and release the software.
kurrentAug 26, 2007
"this is ridiculous. why would you even want to unlock an iphone? "you're a f**king douche, grab a clue
backspinAug 26, 2007
I wonder if Steve saw this coming. Being a geek himself, he must have known the device would be a mere toy in the hands of other geeks. Will AT&T's legal costs grow to such a level that they dwarf the profits made by the very device they are trying to protect? Either way Apple loses nothing and gains everything. Very shrewd.
Closed AccountAug 26, 2007
iPhoneSIMfree.com is not UniquePhone.
Closed AccountAug 26, 2007
If you are with a carrier only for the phone, you are the idiot in this story.
Closed AccountAug 26, 2007
"These guys" aren't the one who gave a iPhone to enjgadget.But I though the same thing about the iPhoneSIMfree.com. Thing is that their web page doesn't seem to ask for registration or any other thing associated with scammer or email harvester.
monoAug 26, 2007
I don't know about the reputability of this company or solution, but folks attempting to make money off an iPhone hack will likely be crushed by corporate lawyers. The point will be moot, however because freely available tools to unlock your iPhone will be out in short order. We have a nation of 14-20 year old hackers working 24/7!
bucklesAug 26, 2007
Just to clarify this. This company claims to have a highly marketable software product, complex and specialist. To sell this product they've taken the unusual approach of setting up a lame website and blog for a week saying how great their software is, what time it will be on sale and asking for everyone who might want said product to hand over their email and phone details. Then, just before the non existent software is due to be released a quick change of heart happens due to some late night phonecall from at&t, the details of which are sketchy at best..... What next? 500 diggs for a 'free ipod' website.....