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Upcoming Firmware Will Brick Unlocked iPhones
iCry writes "It was rumored last week, and Apple has now confirmed it: 'Apple said today that a firmware update to the iPhone due to be released later this week "will likely result" in SIM-unlocked iPhones turning into very expensive bricks... So what are users of SIM-unlocked iPhones to do? Not run the latest software update, that's for sure. Users can instead pray to the hacking deities — the famed iPhone Dev Team that released the free software unlock, and iPhoneSIMfree, which released a commercial software unlock — to write applications that will undo the unlocks, as it were, if those users want to run the latest iPhone software.'"
"Hey Steve, I believed from way way back
'Cause I felt that you were on the right track
Well, I laughed and I cried when I heard you speak
And I put down ten big bills that week
Hey Steve! (Hey Steve!)
I believed! (I believed!)
And I did what it took to buy into the dream!
Now, I'm hearing some stuff about optical drives
And I'm starting to feel some real bad vibes
'Cause I put down twenty-five hundred bucks
And I'm starting to feel like I'm sure f***ed
Hey Steve! (Hey Steve!)
Oh Please! (Oh Please!)
Hey Stephen, don't you be thievin' my optical drive!"
From "Vision in Black" by Nathan J. & the NeXTsteps
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
Oh for God's sake... can't you give the Israel bashing a rest?
The original poster tossed into the middle of a rant how 'Israel is not being taken care of'.
The reply points out how Israel seems to be taken care of. Taken care of far better than any one corporation can.
So if the 1st poster had not tossed in his 'Oh poor Israel', there would be no un-attibuted reply showing how Israel seems to be doing just fine WRT support.
Now, if the quote from Rice is fake, yea its bashing. If the quote is true, what bee is in your undies to make you think posting is 'bashing'?
you may want to consider that my point remains valid: if Apple bricks the iPhone to prevent unlocking than people in many countries will never have the chance to use it - which is simple stupidity.
How about this: You spend some time in a "hip-to-be-liberal" school and learn to write concise text that leads the reader to your question rather than putting "all-purpose-activist crap" into your text which leads to people talking about things other than your 'point'?
The subject is the iPhone - the point I'm making should be damn clear: there are many, many countries which Apple will not arrange partnership agreements with cell distributors, and that means that to use the iPhone we have to unlock it. Hard to comprehend? It's not "oh, poor Israel", it's "oh, poor rest of the world!"
On the subject of US government policy and Israel: How does that relate to the iPhone, how does that relate to Apple? It is an unattributed quote, a very common feature of the Israel bashing we see on Digg, DailyKos, and Reddit on a daily basis. Do you have the slightest idea how the Israeli currency system works (hint: it's a basket currency, look it up). The quote makes no sense, and I actually studied monetary economics for years - have you?
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Never happened, idiot--the article (www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/3689 look at the labels) was a satire about how weak the dollar has become compared to the Euro (with some antisemitism thrown in). It doesn't even make sense--most (75%) Israeli aid is used to buy American weaponry, WHICH ARE BOUGHT WITH DOLLARS.
Moderators - can you explain why my post is flame bait? This is a serious concern - does supporting Israel, or being Israeli mean that you can't post on Slashdot?
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