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Re: [News] [Rival] iPhones Lock-in Cracked, Pains Expressed

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Hackers saw through iPhone AT&T shackles
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Hackers have succeeded in (partially) unlocking the iPhone so Apple's 
>| much-hyped device can be used on at least one network other than AT&T. 
> `----
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/20/iphone_unlocked/
> 

The potential difficulty here is that the price charged for smartphones
could soon represent their actual manufacturing cost rather than being
subsidised by network operators on the back of longer-term contracts.

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