iPhone… still…

13 Jul 2008

When the iPhone first came out, I desperately wanted one, but refused to switch my carrier to AT&T (which has incredibly bad service in Manhattan). Plus, I needed a phone I could unlock so I could use a local SIM while I traveled out of the country.

And by the time the first gen iPhone was unlocked, the 2nd gen one was looming large. So I waited.

Now the second gen iPhone, the 3G one is out. But… it is not yet unlocked. It will most certainly be jailbroken1, but unlocked 2? Not sure.

So I am spending some time this weekend following the incredible hackers from the iPhone Dev Team. Here’s hoping they can unlock the 3G baseband. Then I can *finally* have the phone without having to live with terrible service.


  1. Jailbreaking an iPhone is where you can run any application on it, not just Apple approved apps [↩]
  2. Unlocking an iPhone makes it usable on any GSM carrier – T-Mobile in the US and any GSM carrier worldwide [↩]
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  • Shripriya
    @LivePaola... yikes. Yes, I think I am destined to wait. Either till the iPhone Dev Team unlocks it or till 2010 when the ATT contract expires.
  • You can buy an unlocked iPhone in Italy, but at an extortionary price (499 and 569 Eur... yes, Eur!) Not a great deal one way or the other.
  • Shripriya
    No, Apple doesn't care much about its users. I use the products because they are the best designed products out there. Hopefully the unlock will be upgrade resistant like the unlock of the 2G phone :)

    Android... hmm... so far from reality still. Let's see how it goes.
  • Krishna
    Apple doesn't really sound like a company that gives a crap about its consumers now, does it? Why not just wait for an open platform (say Android or Linux)? That way you're not tied to a monopolistic entity that can disable or screw-up your phone at will. You don't have to approach every "upgrade" or "bug fix" (let's face it that's what most of these upgrades are- security fixes) with trepidation?

    By the time a stable, established fix is out there, Android should have gone Gold
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