Vinko’s Thoughts On…

On November 12, the German courts ruled against T-Mobile and issued an injunction preventing T-Mobile from selling Apple iPhones requiring a 2 years contract. The injunction also prevents T-Mobile from selling Apple iPhones with the so called “SIM lock” that prevents users from switching the Apple iPhone to any other carriers.

This evening T-Mobile announced that they will be selling the Apple iPhone for EUR999.00 without a 2 years contract and continues to sell the Apple iPhone for EUR399 with a 2 years contract commitment. In addition T-Mobile will remove the SIM lock for any customers who wishes, including any customers who previously purchased the Apple iPhone from them. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 1.1.2, Apple Inc., code, Field Test, Hack, Hong Kong, iPhone, unlock

Many of you know that I was in North America this past two weeks and was also in New York City.

While at NYC I spent some time at the 5th Ave. Apple Store gaining some hands on experience with the iPhone. This was the first time I saw the iPhone in person and played with its applications and Multitouch interface. I will talk more about this in a separate post.

Getting back to the topic in question. While in NYC last week much had transpired regarding the unlocking (release of the lock down of the iPhone to the AT&T carrier). End of last month iPhone SIM Free announced that they had a software to unlock the iPhone from AT&T iron fist. They said that they will be selling the software on a per user (iPhone) license within a few days. Weeks had past and no announcements. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, anySIM, APN, Apple Inc., caller id, EDGE, GPRS, Hack, Hong Kong, iPhone, iPhone Dev Team, iUnlock, smartone, Smartone-Vodafone, Vodafone, ZiPhone