Originally Posted by
Kevincm
It seems rip off Britain is alive and well. Basic math tells me that me total cost of ownership starts at £899, £1079, £1259 before any insurance or out of bundle costs.
Not as much of a rip-off as France; reportedly they're not going to have unlimited data!!! As much data as this thing eats????
Originally Posted by
Allanf
Sooooo - can I at this date still "activate" just the iPod portion and Wi-Fi and other applications and not have to pay AT&T or any other wireless carrier. I bought the $299 4Gig IPhone on the Apple web site - don't need the phone and DO need a calendar that you can add events to on the device. I want to synch with my itunes and download video pod casts in particular but i don't want to pay for the phone part which I simply will not use. If it is possible to activate just the iPod / Wi-Fi etc. can you recommend the curretly best site/software? Finally, is it likely that Apple will have something in iTunes mess this us when I synch my iTunes in the future?
Thanks for your help!
Yes you can do that. Just google ibrickr. Should walk you through EVERYTHING you need. If you do want to use the phone portion; simply go pick up a T-mobile or AT&T prepaid account. I have my iPhone on T-mobile now and am loving it. I don't miss visual voicemail.
Originally Posted by
nmenaker
I think that apple will continue to push out updates to either the iphone or itunes, that will break any hack. But, one can always avoid updating itunes unitl whatever hack they are using has been shown to break through the update again. It is a bit of a cat and mouse game, but it certainly isn't a real hassle if you are happy with the current functionality of the iphone and the itunes and then just leave it as is for a while.
Cat and mouse. Given that the hardware is frozen, it's unlikely Apple can truly lock it up drum-tight. The unlock doesn't try to compromise the SIM-Radio interface, etc, and by law in MANY places the phone *must* be unlockable. So Apple can't completely remove the functionality or hard-code the SIM lock.
They may defeat the current hack but I doubt it. Why would they bother? The vast majority of consumers don't know and don't care about unlocking and jailbreaking, etc. They have enough trouble just getting the device working as advertised! The early adopters are mostly now locked into AT&T contracts so AT&T will extract it's pound of flesh if someone wants to leave. I don't think they'll do anything... the ability to mod the device will spur more sales. A development ecosystem centered around their hardware can't be a bad thing.
AT&T shouldn't be complaining as the vast majority of buyers will take the easy default option. Not only are they gaining adds, they're pulling die-hard customers away from other carriers who specifically WANT the iPhone but otherwise wouldn't look at AT&T. That's why they agreed to revenue sharing; the device is the only one on the market that is compelling enough to drive mass defections to their network.... and it's great mind-share. Whatever revenue AT&T are giving up they probably made back 10-fold in free advertising and getting people in the store who may not buy an iPhone but wanted to look at one anyway. Getting 'em in is the greatest challenge.