Moore’s iPhone News Reader - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Re-lock Your iPhone So You Can Safely Upgrade To 1.1.1
So the iPhone Is Unlocked Again - Who Cares?
The Apple iPhone Experience
PC Mag: Apple iPhone Review
Re-lock Your iPhone So You Can Safely Upgrade To 1.1.1
Ars Technica's Justin Berka reports:
The release of unlocking solutions for 1.1.1 iPhones and of downgrading utilities for anyone who hastily updated took care of many iPhone owners' problems, but one group was left out. Specifically, anyone wanting to upgrade from an unlocked 1.0.2 iPhone to the new firmware was left out. Some clever hackers have figured out how to re-lock or "re-virginize" 1.0.2 iPhones, and have posted instructions.
To read more, click here.
So the iPhone Is Unlocked Again - Who Cares?
LAPTOP Mag's Mike Spitalieri says:
So the AT&T Death Star is finally in ruins: A complete, functional (and free) unlock has been disseminated to the masses of geeks who crave carrier independence. But does unlocking your iPhone really give you more freedom? On one hand, due to Apple's regular updates, you have to live in fear of a bricked iPhone, a device that the Mac Geniuses can turn away under a voided warranty.
On the other hand, the hacking community has been pretty quick to respond. The iPhone Dev Team ( http://www.hackint0sh.org ) had re-locked iPhones up and running and unlocked again roughly two weeks after Apple's 1.1.1 update. A hacked iPhone is also a "jailbroken iPhone," which allows owners to use all sorts of native third-party apps. Steve Jobs has said that Apple will release a proper SDK to developers in February, but that's a few months away.
So is it worth the risk and relative vigilance in scoping out future patches? To find out, we asked three unlocked iPhone users.....
For the full report visit here:
http://laptopmag.com/Features/So-the-iPhone-Is-Unlocked-Again-Who-Cares.htm
UAE Set To Ban iPhone
The Inquirer's Andrew Thomas reports:
The UAE looks set to join France in banning Apple from selling the Iphone if the entertainment gear maker insists on its policy of exclusive network deals with telcos.
The Emirates' Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) says it will not permit an exclusive iPhone service with either of the two licensed telecom operators in the UAE. The ban could be 'indefinite', reports Gulf News.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/22/uae-set-ban-iphone
The Apple iPhone Experience
TechTree's Frazier Barretto says:
From the day the rumor mills started churning Apple having an iPod phone till this very moment, everyone - in the tech world initially and then the rest of the world - has been raving about the iPhone. People who have the dough just want to own one - and those who don't, wish they could.
Will people stop calling mobile phones mobile phones - calling them iPhones instead? (Just like they started calling every MP3 player an iPod.) But why do I bother you about such metaphysical questions? Instead, let me tell you what I felt about "THE" phone over the couple of days that I got to use it. But before that.....
To read more, click here.
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PC Mag: Apple iPhone Review
"When he announced the iPhone, Steve Jobs said to expect three things: "an incredibly great cell phone," "the best iPod we've ever made," and "the Internet in your pocket." One out of three isn't bad. Yes, the iPhone is the best iPod ever-ironic for something not even called an iPod! But it's just a plain lousy phone, and although it makes some exciting advances in handheld Web browsing, it's not the Internet in your pocket."
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2082361,00.asp
Charles W. Moore
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