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iPhone software unlock sales begin
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Monday, September 10, 2007
News Category: iPhone
iPhoneSIMFree‘s retail partners have begun sales of iPhone unlocking software. Companies in four countries — iPhoneWorldwideUnlock in Australia, 1digitalphone In Germany, iPhone4arab.com in Saudi Arabia and Wireless Imports in the US — have licensed the software from iPhoneSIMFree and are offering the software online. The iPhoneSIMFree software includes an application that is installed on the iPhone, and once run it contacts the company’s servers via Wi-Fi to complete the unlock. While the software is currently effective, neither iPhoneSIMFree nor its retail partners provide any guarantee of compatibility with future iPhone firmware. Wireless Imports, currently the only US-based retailer of the unlocking solution, and is accepting pre-orders for $99. [via Infinite Loop]
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1
Who cares?
$99 for a hack with no guarantee.. LOL
Good luck with that.
Posted by hb2 on September 10, 2007 at 9:01 PM (PDT)
2
Who’s going to pay that this month to find out some patch is released the next that makes my iPhone stop working.
Posted by mike on September 10, 2007 at 11:10 PM (PDT)
3
Holding out until unlock is guaranteed. I saved my old unlocked phone so I can use this when I travel overseas.
Posted by Tony on September 11, 2007 at 8:10 AM (PDT)
4
Interestingly, the Australian sites (2 of them) are offering the unlock (from anywhere in the world) for US$49 & US$50.
Posted by Tom on September 11, 2007 at 4:32 PM (PDT)