@tweak: "No one said you HAVE to get an AT&T contract when you buy your iPhone."
Actually, they did.
http://store.apple.com -- "Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval."
@PG:
Oh sure, you can do whatever you want to it. Just don't expect any official support. Let's just hope all those "clueless fanboys" don't start knocking down your door to solve their dead iPhone problems once this update rolls out.
People: DMCA = it's legal to unlock phone = no one can sue you under the purview of the DMCA for circumventing copyright protection systems. It's not an endorsement or enabler, it's a protection. It means you're safe. The same way it doesn't mean it is illegal for cellphones companies to lock them in the first place.
Don't buy a product if you don't agree with its terms, that is your power as a consumer. Don't encourage these sorts of contracts by giving one (or both) of them your hard-earned money. The day you stop encouraging these companies to make these sorts of business deals is the day we'll start to see a real unlocked phone market in this country. But as long as everyone's happy sucking on the subsidized teat of the networks, this will never happen.
Imagine if Apple had announced the iPhone with AT&T exclusivity, and there were no lines. Imagine what Apple would have done next. But self-control is in short supply, I see.
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namtastic @ Sep 24th 2007 10:30PM
@tweak: "No one said you HAVE to get an AT&T contract when you buy your iPhone."
Actually, they did.
http://store.apple.com -- "Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval."
@PG:
Oh sure, you can do whatever you want to it. Just don't expect any official support.
Let's just hope all those "clueless fanboys" don't start knocking down your door to solve their dead iPhone problems once this update rolls out.
People:
DMCA = it's legal to unlock phone = no one can sue you under the purview of the DMCA for circumventing copyright protection systems. It's not an endorsement or enabler, it's a protection. It means you're safe. The same way it doesn't mean it is illegal for cellphones companies to lock them in the first place.
Don't buy a product if you don't agree with its terms, that is your power as a consumer. Don't encourage these sorts of contracts by giving one (or both) of them your hard-earned money. The day you stop encouraging these companies to make these sorts of business deals is the day we'll start to see a real unlocked phone market in this country. But as long as everyone's happy sucking on the subsidized teat of the networks, this will never happen.
Imagine if Apple had announced the iPhone with AT&T exclusivity, and there were no lines. Imagine what Apple would have done next. But self-control is in short supply, I see.