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Prankster Jailbreaks Apple Store Display iPhone
Stoobalou writes "A prankster has snuck into his local Apple temple of consumerism and footled with one of the display models." Is it wrong of me to think that it would be awesome if everybody did this to every phone? I mean, it's legal now!
yes, because information wants to be free or something
...paint the outside of a display phone with honey, and then the next person to pick it up would have honey all over their hands. That would be funny too!
I hate being bipolar; it's awesome!
are happy that I can buy a new iPhone directly from Apple almost without any ties to any phonecompany and with all features enabled.
Although they have forgotten to remove the 20 megabyte at&t download limitation from itunes. Can jailbreak solve that? I'd like to download podcasts from 3g and I actually have free (national) calls and unlimited data for tethering or whatever. (the benefit of working for a big company that can make proper deals with the data carriers)
Why bother reinstalling? Just make sure he's up to date with his service patches.
I'm pretty sure they meant "fisted".
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
I get your point, but it's kinda funny that adding functionality is being called "vandalism" here.
No one (sane) claims apple products don't have exploits or malware...
I think you just called a few dozen people who post here crazy. :)
Perhaps, but they have voided the warranty. Presumably the store staff are no longer allowed to work with that phone.
I picture an Island of Lost Toys somewhere on the Apple campus, filled with forlorn iPhones with voided warranties that no Apple Genius (tm) will touch. Denied the love and approving gaze of their turtlenecked creator, they are cast out and set to wander east of Eden, with Apple store employees with flaming swords turning every way to keep them from the Apple Store of Life.
That sounds about right.
Is 1563649 a prime number?
Just because its your time of the month doesn't mean you need to tell everyone.
Oh-- nevermind.
The Tandy TRS-80 had a speech cartridge, and for some stupid reason Radio Shack would leave those plugged into the display models.
I'd go up to them, type in every swear word I could think of multiple times, scroll them off the screen, and then go "browse" somewhere nearby.
Another kid would see the computer, get excited, run up and type "HELLO" and get a nice long, loud, string of cursing.
They'd get thrown out of the store, professing their innocence, to the delight of my evil 8 or 9 year old mind.
Children are assholes. Never forget that.