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IPhone 2.0 Jailbroke
dch24 was one of many who noted that the iPhone 2.0 software has already been unlocked writes "If you were wondering how I was doing push email tests on iPhone OS 2.0 and Vodafone UK, this is the reason why. The code wizard commandos at the iPhone Dev Team have been working on this non-stop since the early days of beta testing. In fact, I had iPhone OS 2.0 running on my iPhone since last week. That was version 5A345, two below 5A347, but identical in functionality."
Still no word on an iPhone 3G crack.
While the application development environment was locked, it made sense to play this cat-and-mouse game of jailbreaking phones to get at 3rd part apps. Now that Apple has created a rich ecosystem of free and fairly priced applications, I've lost all interest in the process. I happily scrubbed my phone and went with a clean build of 1.2.
Of course, there are a different set of motivations behind carrier unlocking.
stop telling lies. Apple has yet to reach their publicly stated sales goals, because the time limit is still on going. They have always stated from the beginning that they wanted 10 million units sold by the end of 2008 they had some 6-7 million sold before iphone 2 was released.
Apple will make their sales goals with ease and plenty to spare. Apple also doesn't want to be the main cell pone provider. even 5% of the market would rival ipod sales.
Also Iphone has had at least one bi weekly article about it since last year. hardly lowering the coverage.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
Anti-populism is cool and all, but you sort of undermined your own point when you felt it necessary to click into this submission just to make the world know that alewar (784204) doesn't care about the iPhone. Great dude.
This is almost as insightful as the guy who told us how Apple jumped the shark because they sold out of iPhone 3Gs before he could get one.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for software developers making a buck on their application if it's worth it (see related rant on media from a previous slashdot story).
The question here is... If -I- were to make a *free* French-English dictionary... what are my odds of getting approved as a developer, getting my app approved in the store, and so forth and so on. Keeping in mind that this conflicts with a for-pay product also listed, and of which Apple gets a greater share (as in > $0). I'm sure Apple would allow it, but then there's the case of TomTom (google them) still not being approved for the program, while a competitor (google them also, forgot their name - they're better known in the U.S. I think) is.
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Though I'm not worried about Jobs passing away any time soon, I would feel better if there was "another Steve Jobs" who could replace him. Tech companies almost always suffer when their original founders leave, and Apple nearly went bankrupt without Jobs once before
Steve isn't an engineer, or a programmer, and I can't even say I'd want to be his friend, but hell - the guy built Apple, NeXT, and Pixar from scratch. The tech industry needs a lot more Steve Jobs-type leaders, and a lot fewer company-hopping CEOs that only care about their stock portfolios.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Violates the GPL? Since when?
At most, i think it just uses a few GPL libraries (webkit), the kernel, the interface, the core of the os etc are all BSD licensed or closed and owned by apple. There's nothing stopping you downloading webkit yourself.
While i agree they should allow open development, i don't think they're violating the gpl as it stands..
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