AT&T to Offer Unsubsidized iPhone 3G
March 20, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Yippee kay yay if you’ve dreamed of owning an iPhone without committing to a two-year AT&T contract! Seems that by March 26, the service provider will start offering Apple’s smartphone with no strings attached for at least $600.
$600 is a lot of money, and I’m not even sure if that price gets you full iPhone functionality. For instance, will Visual Voicemail run on other networks? To be sure, unsubsidized iPhones aren’t really new. The French and Germans required that their local counterparts also be available without any sort of lock-in.
Is the relatively high price worth it? Gearfuse implies that unsubsidized …read more
It’s Official: Apple Declares Jailbreaking Illegal
February 14, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
No doubt, Apple considered jailbreaking an iPhone verbotten, given how the process compromises the manufacturer’s vision of mobile app and connectivity and financial utopia. But recently, in response to an EFF request to grant a DMCA exemption to jailbreaking, Apple has finally stated for the record that jailbreaking is illegal, since it violates the copyright of its iPhone OS software. The company even went so far as to argue that none of the restrictions it places on the iPhone need removal to foster innovation, implying that its gadget is fine the way it is (yeah, right).
