http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/take it?

The unlocking will be crushed...
Trust me.]]>Aug 25th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
But there are still great Nokias that you can buy unlocked and use on any network so what does it matter. New phones rivaling the iphone are already on the verizon. Nokia, Motorola, etc got some treats cooked up.]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
That's funny how you substituted "verizon" for "horizon," you clever dog. ]]>Aug 25th 2007 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
If the 'hack', which is another debate, remains feasible, I might get an iPhone, and not until...]]>Aug 25th 2007 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 26th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 27th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 27th 2007 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/I was reading the Irish Daily Star this morning and they have a small article claiming that two guys in Ireland have unlocked the iphone to work on O2 - Ireland. I can't say anything about the creditability of the article, i was just wondering if anyone had heard the same thing]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/All they need to do is upload it to Pirate Bay or similar and after 5mins, no one can stop it spreading the love around the world ;)

.....just say that it was virus that stole the program and uploaded it ;)]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
Surely they KNEW they'd get a call sooner or later?

]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/The way Apple will most likely handle this
is by adding new features via Itunes Updates...
Loads of them...features that will make the
original out of the box iPhone seem boring...

And with every update, a firmware sweep that
eradicates any software changes or unlocking...

"Hey, you have an iPhone? Take a video of us!!"

"Um, I can't...I can't upgrade to that...I'm too cheap and I can only use it for calls with T-Mobile..."

"Hey, you have an iPhone? Let's instant message!!"

"Umm, I can't...I can't upgrade, but I can make calls
with T-Mobile..."


Along with these wonderful scenarios...

"Hey Apple, I unlocked this, and now my iPod is having problems..." TOO BAD

"Hey T-Mobile, why was I charged so much regarding
data and internet on my iPhone?" TOO BAD

"Hey, AT&T, why did this feature stop working on my iPhone?" TOO BAD


hack away dreamers...

Apple and AT&T had a plan to deal with this
long before the iPhone even came out...

Good weekend to all!]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/But there will be a great number
people who will run out, drop $600
on the phone and unlock it expecting
it to work as it should.
And when it doesn't... they will complain...

]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
Nokia never locked their phones and they offer great phones. People just complain too much. Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, etc all have great new phones.

Too many bandwagoners and dildo hoppers. Just cause the iphone is the new thing everyone wants to get one. Make your own mind up people.
]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Sep 24th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Got the big picture ? A well played hand of poker with a stone face, and a lot of Grrrrrrreeeed!
Where are all the dedicated poor software engineers of the 90s? Gone.... living in Beverly Hills; Captain Crunch where are you? Woz! I admire you, you left in glory when you felt the dirt coming
your way and couldn't take it; I know you lost quite few of dough but you kept your dignity intact.

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"5. Computer programs in the form of firmware that enable wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network."]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 26th 2007 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/

]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
Sadly for them someone else WILL come up with a free software unlocker, and all that work will have been for nothing.]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
Hmmm $50 for the software.. 10,000 peopl...

Ah, crap! The unlock hack made my iPhone calculator
stop working! Rats!]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/So, since their intentions were always to make money, and so are Apple's and AT&T's. Then, let them all bite pieces off each other. In the meanwhile, those who wanted to experiment with the crack are left just wishing for it.

Whatever ....]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
If you take into consideration how hard the lawyers went after "DVD John" and the "FairUse4WM" trying to make an example out of them, you can rest assure that it won't be any different now.

The world is waiting to see what these corporations' next move is, as it would dictate the direction in how reverse engineering and the right of the owners to do whatever they want with their paid gear.]]>Aug 25th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/WRONG!!!!

"The DMCA has a specific exemption to allow cell phone unlocking. These exemptions are setup by the Copyright Office/Library of Congress."

"5. Computer programs in the form of firmware that enable wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network."
]]>Aug 26th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
http://blog.iphoneunlocking.com/

Let's see what happens then...]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/'?

Either way.. they should just come to the country where I live... there will never be a problem... ohhh the joy of Russian life ;-)]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
I will be taking an iPhone home with me to Europe.. where I will be free to do as I wish ;-)]]>Aug 27th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/
I knew there was something fishy when they asked for that just to be notified of availability.

If you submitted your IMEI be careful.]]>Aug 25th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/25/uniquephoness-iphone-unlock-release-slowed-by-atandt-lawyers/Aug 25th 2007 2:27PM