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Anonymous Programmers Reveal iPhone Unlocking Software

Posted by kdawson on from the good-luck-getting-paid dept.

CNN reports details of a group of anonymous programmers who are planning to sell iPhone unlocking software on the Internet. They demonstrated the software hack for CNN and had a T-Mobile sim card working moments after removing the AT&T sim card. This is bound to stir up a lot of controversy: in the US iPhones are supposed to work only on the AT&T network in the first two years according to their agreement with Apple.

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  1. Re:And it still costs $129 even on a computer by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do most things confuse you as much as this simple concept?

    How did you manage to stumble upon slashdot, anyway?

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  2. Re:Ah, a troll. How cute by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You think that because a piece of SOFTWARE costs $X it means that if they charged $X-1 they'd go bankrupt?

    Learn things.

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