Tuesday, September 25th 2007
Apple Warns Customers not to Unlock Their iPhones
Apple today released for the first time an official statement addressing iPhone unlocking software. The company said in a press release that it has discovered that "many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software. In fact, the damage may be so serious that "the modified phone" could become "permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed." Several iPhone unlocking products - free and fee-based - are available on the Internet today. Apple also noted that users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone will violate their iPhone software license agreement and void the warranty.
Source:
TG Daily
7 Comments on Apple Warns Customers not to Unlock Their iPhones
Not that the iPhone isn't interesting, it's just that I don't like it when it's locked and you're forced to use a certain provider for simply calling people. There should versions that you actually can use anywhere.
The day I will accept a locked product, e.g. a DVD that's region-coded, an operator-locked mobile, or a processor which I don't overclock will be a sad day indeed. I humbly thank all those hard- and software developers that strive to brake or surpass the limitations placed on us by big business... keep up the good work!