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 [↩]

July 13, 2008 | Filed Under Technology Tags: , ,

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iPhone PWNed

31 Mar 2008

Ah, finally. Everything opened up. Perhaps permanently. No more worrying about whether the next iTunes update will lock your phone and render it useless.

It’s a no-brainer now. Get the 3G iPhone. PWN it. Stay with T-Mobile. Use an international SIM card when needed. Be happy!

Read more here. Oh, and gotta love the music to the video – it even syncs up perfectly with the visuals!

March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Technology Tags: , , ,

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