iPhone 'secret' bared?
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
A GROUP of hackers said they will soon sell software allowing Apple's iPhone to be used with any cellphone carrier, skirting AT&T's exclusive deal in the United States.
The consumer frenzy over Apple's sensational phone was, for some, dampened by the fact that AT&T was the device's only service provider in the country.
But a group of anonymous hackers promised on a website, iPhoneSIMfree.com, that they would sell software that can open the iPhone to other carriers in the next few days. They did not indicate a price.
On the weekend, they presented their program to an expert working for CNN television, who announced the iPhone was freed from AT&T's monopoly in "two minutes".
"A core group of six people on three continents worked to unlock the iPhone as a hobby," according to the group.
They said they are fans of Apple products.
AFP
The consumer frenzy over Apple's sensational phone was, for some, dampened by the fact that AT&T was the device's only service provider in the country.
But a group of anonymous hackers promised on a website, iPhoneSIMfree.com, that they would sell software that can open the iPhone to other carriers in the next few days. They did not indicate a price.
On the weekend, they presented their program to an expert working for CNN television, who announced the iPhone was freed from AT&T's monopoly in "two minutes".
"A core group of six people on three continents worked to unlock the iPhone as a hobby," according to the group.
They said they are fans of Apple products.
AFP
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