subject: Apple pulls the plug on hacked iPhones posted: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:59:38 +0100
[What a piece of junk. Quote, "Users who make unauthorised
modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone
software licence agreement and void their warranty." - in other
words, this is a closed shop, you can only do what Apple lets you do.
That's like a computer that will not run anything except Windows, or
a DVD player that will only play Sony movies. Yech. The shitPhone
is also slow, featureless, and cripplingly expensive, and internet
access, also slow, is capped. These things will be collecting dust
within 12 months. Apple has been a closed shop as long as I can
remember, it was an original criticism of the Mac and it remains
company policy today. Closed shops become roadkill, always have,
always will. Wake me when the Mac gets 50% market share or more.....
- Stu]
Apple pulls the plug on hacked iPhones
Mark Prigg, Evening Standard
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Thousands of British consumers who paid up to £800 for a hacked
version of Apple's combined mobile phone and iPod have had their
phones electronically killed by the company.
Sites such as eBay have been selling the "unlocked" iPhones for
several weeks. The phones have been modified by hackers to work in
Britain, where the handset is yet to be officially released.
It is believed thousands of the modified handsets - which will work
on any mobile phone network and not just those approved by Apple -
have been sold across the world. Today the handsets were still being
offered for sale on many websites.
However, last night Apple implemented a software update to the
handsets, electronically disabling them. It is believed the company
issued the update to protect its exclusive deals with mobile phone
operators. For instance, in the US the company is believed to have a
three-year deal with AT&T, while in Britain it has partnered O2.
In a statement the company said that modified mobiles could become
"permanently inoperable" once Apple updates were installed.
It also said it would not repair or honour war ranties on unlocked
handsets, saying: "Users who make unauthorised modifications to the
software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software licence
agreement and void their warranty."
At the launch of the iPhone in the UK, Apple boss Steve Jobs admitted
that the firm was engaged in a "game of cat and mouse" with hackers.
The £269 iPhone is released in this country in November.
