NJ Teen Unlocks iPhone

[james ungehajer]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_hi_te/iphone_unlocked;_ylt=AhlRYHKLxK5v40sWMr_czZys0NUE

Jim

 

[Sue Gremlin]

That kid's gonna get himself a really high paying job with Apple.

 

[BEHR655]

I saw that on the news tonight. He even did some soldering in the phone. So, how many people do you think will do the 2 hour hack?

Steve

 

[Hinchman's Hill]

I heard a radio interview with the kid on Friday. He _starts_ college this month or next (Rochester Institute of Technology).

 

[Ben Ruset]

There's another hack out that doesn't require any soldering to the phone.

 

[Boyd]

Not so fast...

There's another hack out that doesn't require any soldering to the phone.

http://blog.iphoneunlocking.com/

Press Release
August 25th, 2007
iphoneunlocking.com, a subsidiary of UniquePhones (www.uniquephones.com). was poised and ready to release remote software unlocking services for the iphone today at 12 noon EST. The sale of unlocking codes is on hold after the company received a telephone call from a Menlo Park, California, law firm at approximately 2:54 a.m. this morning (GMT).

After saying they were phoning on behalf of AT&T, the law firm presented issues such as copyright infringement and illegal software dissemination. Uniquephones is taking legal advice to ascertain whether AT&T was sending a warning shot or directly threatening legal action. The logistics of different continents as well as it being a weekend factors into how the situation develops.

Until an assessment is made of the potential of legal action, Uniquephones is unable to release the unlocking software for sale. The company spokesperson also said that the company would also be evaluating what to eventually do with the software should they be legally denied the right to sell it. A substantial delay caused by any legal action would render the unlocking software a less valuable commodity as well as creating unforeseen security issues for the company

 

[Hinchman's Hill]

I was stranded in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns, and money
Dad, get me out of this.

The late, great Warren Zevon

 

[Teegate]

It appears to me you will never see that software. If AT&T and Apple both contact lawyers which appears has happened, they don't have the financial means to fight them. That is unless someone gives them some


Guy

 

[Boyd]

Well the kid from NJ did alright...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070828/odd_iphone_unlocked.html?.v=3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The teenage hacker who managed to unlock the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T will be trading his reworked gadget for a new car.
George Hotz, of Glen Rock, N.J., said he had reached the deal with CertiCell, a Louisville, Ky.-based mobile phone repair company.

Hotz posted on his blog that he traded his modified iPhone for "a sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones."

 

[this_is_nascar]

If he was a couple years older, Apple would have probably offered him a job.

 

[Boyd]

http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/12/ip...h-wire-cx_ag_0912iphone.html?partner=yahootix

"Before this is over, you'll be able to do everything on your iPhone you can do with a laptop," he predicted.