Comments on: Hackers Dissect The iPhone

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By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:34:37 +0000

Shane,

You say you've had your Iphone for over a week?
Throw that junk away, man, it's an antique!!!!!

By: shane

shane — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:02:44 +0000

LMAO at Rupert. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PENTIUMS, WHAT!?

By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:10:15 +0000

For those saying that it won't work on Sprint or Boostmobile, you don't know what you are talking about. My cousin is really good with electronics, he said he could make it work using the internals of another phone he got because they use the same type of chip. I believe he called it a Dorito. He also has his spreadsheets printed out on his bedsheets.

By: Dasutin

Dasutin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:35:39 +0000

I hate to break it to anyone hoping that the iPhone would be one day be used on Verizon's or Sprints networks. The iPhone is only capable of working on a GSM network. Sprints and Verizon's networks are CDMA. The iPhone WILL NOT work on a CDMA network. Even if people are able to break into it and be able to modify the phone, you will not see it working on a CDMA network. Maybe the second generation of iPhones will have GSM and CDMA capabilities but only then will there be a chance for it to be on Verizons or Sprints network

By: focher

focher — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:15:12 +0000

I hate it when articles use words like "legal" when it is pretty apparent that the author has no basis for declaring whether a behavior is legal or not.

For sure, bypassing the SIM lock which restricts the iPhone to AT&T is not illegal in the USA (and pretty much anywhere else) based on the Librarian of Congress' published decision in November of 2006 that removing the protection of a SIM lock is not a violation of the DMCA.

So what exactly is the questionable "legal" behavior here? "Activating" the iPhone so that it actually starts functioning? Gimme a break.

By: Matty Matt

Matty Matt — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:17:10 +0000

I would want an iPhone even if I could only use the wifi capabilities. This is great news. http://pixelspotlight.com/

By: Marco

Marco — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:05:44 +0000

Well, it's all nice, but using an iPhone on a non-ATT network will mean it'll be crippled. Certain functions, like visual voicemail are really a network function, and not so much a phone feature.

So, good for those who want a basic phone with iPod capabilities, not useful for those who want a real iPhone.

By: Chris Rowe

Chris Rowe — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:52:04 +0000

“There have already been successful attempts to activate the phone without going the legal route of registering it with AT&T via iTunes.”

Bypassing the activation is not illegal as you suggest. Upon buying an iPhone handset it is not actiavated and thus you are simply buying a piece of hardware. What you do with that is your own free will.

By: Toby

Toby — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:02:32 +0000

Can you hack it to work on Sprint or Verizon? Or do those carriers use a different technology?