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The iPhone At Two Months: It's All About The Interface
Has the iPhone really been unlocked?
Apple And AT&T Sued For Third Time Over iPhone Battery
New York Man Sues Apple Over iPhone's Limitations Outside U.S.
Legal Exemption Allows iPhone Unlocking? - Apple and AT&T Lawyers Beg To Differ
iPhone Hacks Annoy AT&T but Are Unlikely to Bruise Apple
The iPhone At Two Months: It's All About The Interface
Computerworld's Michael DeAgonia says:
When I first walked into the house the day I bought my iPhone, I had a moment of panic. After six months of media frenzy and amongst all of the excitement, I had lost sight of the fact that the 8GB iPhone I bought at a nearby AT&T store had set me back $600.
Not that I hadn't been warned; the price information was everywhere, sensationalized and vilified, even, by people who thought that the price tag outrageous. In my determination to pick up the phone as soon as they went on sale, I discounted the cost -- until I got home with it and realized that I spent serious money on something that might not live up to the hype.
A bit of background: I hate cell phones. They're a necessary evil in terms of convenience, but with each latest and greatest model I bought, I became increasingly critical. The last straw came after I was suckered in by the thin design of the Razr a couple of years ago....
The iPhone is the first phone I've liked in well over six years. To call the iPhone the best phone I've ever used is the biggest understatement of the decade. It's like saying Jupiter is big, or infinity a long time....
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Has the iPhone really been unlocked?
The Guardian 's Bobbie Johnson says:
Over the past two months, the unlocked iPhone has become the hi-tech equivalent of Bigfoot: chased around north America by geeks, but rarely seen and possibly completely fictitious.
That all changed last week when Apple's flagship touchscreen mobile phone was finally hacked to run on any mobile network, not just America's AT&T. The breakthrough came in the unlikely shape of New Jersey teenager George Hotz. Armed with a soldering iron and a suite of software, the 17-year-old became an instant celebrity when he managed to get his iPhone running with a T-Mobile Sim card. But his hack was daunting and dangerous - so it was no surprise when two other sources claimed they had easier alternatives....
Some pundits say they smell a rat....
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/30/guardianweeklytechnologysection.iphone
Apple And AT&T Sued For Third Time Over iPhone Battery
InformationWeek's Thomas Claburn reports:
Apple and AT&T have once again been sued for alleged iPhone flaws.
On Wednesday, attorneys for plaintiffs Zoltan Stiener and Ynez Stiener filed a class action complaint against Apple and AT&T in federal court in Oakland, Calif.
The lawsuit alleges breach of contract, fraud, and violations of California law. It charges the two companies with failing to inform iPhone purchasers that fees totaling more than $100 are required to replace iPhone batteries and to maintain service during battery replacement.
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http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/ showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201803276
New York Man Sues Apple Over iPhone's Limitations Outside U.S.
InformationWeek's K.C. Jones reports:
A New York State man is suing Apple because he cannot unlock his iPhone.
Herbert Kliegerman filed a class action lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court this week, stating that the company misled consumers. He is the latest among several consumers to sue over the iPhone.
The lawsuit states that Kliegerman is a frequent traveler who believed he would not suffer roaming charges when he used the device outside of the United States. It explains that AT&T provided unlocking codes to enable the use of its phones in foreign countries, but the iPhone codes were unavailable.
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Legal Exemption Allows iPhone Unlocking? - Apple and AT&T Lawyers Beg To Differ
vnunet.com's Matt Chapman reports:
An exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the US means that it may be legal to unlock an iPhone and use it on networks other than AT&T's.
A report in Business Week suggests that the exemption, which is in place for three years, covers computer programs 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'.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2197688/legal-exemption-allows-iphones
iPhone Hacks Annoy AT&T but Are Unlikely to Bruise Apple
Scientific American's Larry Greenemeier says:
Hackers have found a way to break Apple's exclusive U.S. service-provider agreement with AT&T. It's likely to amount to more than an interesting exercise in what youthful effort and ingenuity can accomplish....
Hotz's work in breaking Apple's Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card restrictions is "excellent reverse-engineering work," says Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at Cryptography Research, a San Francisco-based security research and technology licensing company....
Still, it's unlikely that Hotz's anticipated tutorial or any of the other emerging techniques for altering the iPhone will have much of an impact on the phone's customers.....
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Charles W. Moore
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