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 Aug 24 2007, 11:32 AM
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5081018.html
QUOTE NEW YORK  A 17-year-old hacker has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones. says there were other online people involved, but the kid is the one that went public. this is the stupid thing on the kid's part: QUOTE The hack, which Hotz posted Thursday to his blog, is complicated and requires skill with both soldering and software. It takes him about two hours to perform. Since the details are public, it seems likely that a small industry may spring up to buy U.S. iPhones, unlock them and send them overseas.
"That's exactly, like, what I don't want," Hotz said. "I don't want people making money off this." ... On Thursday, he put the unlocked iPhone up for sale on eBay, where the price was above $2,000 midday today |
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Aug 24 2007, 11:52 AM
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damn you beat me to posting this...
the article I read said that the team isn't releasing the software yet. maybe these are two separate teams? idk. http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/iphone-...august-24-2007/ Edit:: Evidently this was two separate teams. The one I linked to said it could do it in a matter of minutes solely with software, and they are the ones trying to make a buck off of it. --------------------  |
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Aug 24 2007, 12:25 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
yeah usually once someone has done it w/hardware, the software hacks aren't far behind. too bad it cant be used w/sprint... iphone + evdo would be tight.
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Aug 24 2007, 03:05 PM
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put something techy out and tell geeks there is a limitation to it and it's only a matter of time before it's hacked.
-------------------- Don't sweat the petty, pet the sweaty.
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Aug 24 2007, 03:14 PM
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that is actually a quote from my link:
QUOTE We can hardly believe the iPhone's finally been cracked. No, scratch that -- we just can't believe it took this long.
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Aug 26 2007, 12:51 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
iphones suck. that is all.
-------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Sep 5 2007, 11:45 AM
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Kinda glad I didn't buy an iPhone... the new iPod Touch was just announced. It's basically an iPhone without the phone. WiFi, browser, music, youtube, etc. but no phone.
 I'll just replace my iPod with this (maybe).
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Sep 5 2007, 12:15 PM
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Oh, and the 8GB iPhone is now $399.
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Sep 5 2007, 12:21 PM
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And they're also going to release an iPhone nano too...
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Sep 5 2007, 12:24 PM
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QUOTE (pebkac @ Sep 5 2007, 01:21 PM) And they're also going to release an iPhone nano too...  There are new iPod nano's, "Fatty" was the nickname given to them. They play video and games. 160GB iPod too. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Sep 5 2007, 12:32 PM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Sep 5 2007, 12:45 PM) Kinda glad I didn't buy an iPhone... the new iPhone Touch was just announced. It's basically an iPhone without the phone. WiFi, browser, music, youtube, etc. but no phone. I'll just replace my iPod with this (maybe).are they for real going to call it the "iPhone Touch" even though it's not a phone!?!?! |
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Sep 5 2007, 12:39 PM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Sep 5 2007, 01:32 PM) are they for real going to call it the "iPhone Touch" even though it's not a phone!?!?! No he mistyped. It's called the iPod Touch -------------------- |
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Sep 5 2007, 12:41 PM
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QUOTE (blaarg @ Sep 5 2007, 01:39 PM) No he mistyped. It's called the iPod Touch Correct. Thanks. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Sep 5 2007, 01:21 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
that would have been funny though
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Sep 5 2007, 02:19 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
there isn't an iphone nano, at least not yet. apple's about done releasing their ipods for the day, i believe.
plus, they're gonna hype the nano just like they did the phone when they do do it. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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