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____/ Terry Porter on Wednesday 03 December 2008 11:21 : \____
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> On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:15:24 -0500, Ezekiel wrote:
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>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1901036.Qmo2S4c671@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>> Linux finally loaded onto iPhone!
>>>
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>>> | Linux fans who have been waiting for Linux to come the iPhone and
>>> iPod Touch
>>> | need wait no longer - the breakthrough has finally been made, years
>>> after
>>> | Linux found its way onto earlier iPod models. There's a way to go
>>> before the
>>> | project is mature, with plenty of things, including touchscreen
>>> support, yet
>>> | to come. Still - Linux on the iPhone is here, at last! `----
>>>
>>> http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21985/1168/
>>>
>>>
>> I don't get this. People buy the iPhone for the /software/ that runs on
>> the iPhone... not the hardware. If someone really wants to run Linux
>> that bad then get another phone and put Linux on it. Why would anyone
>> take the iPhone... remove the best feature (the software) and replace it
>> with Linux?
>
> I agree with you ... you don't get it.
iPhone costs over $1000 because of contracts. People can toss it at eBay after
being ripped off... the lock-in can be stripped off it using Linux + layer
like Android (Java) and decent hardware be obtained forjust a couple of
hundreds of dollars this way.
Apple and AT&T tried to criminalise 'jailbreakers' for this reason.
IPhone Unlock Delayed After AT&T's 'Friendly Advice'
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| Fear of litigation has led to an indefinite delay in the planned Saturday
| release of software to unlock Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
|
| John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland,
| said Saturday that he received a phone call about 3 a.m. Saturday local time
| from a man claiming to be from O'Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law
| firm, calling on behalf of AT&T. The firm has worked with Apple in the past.
|
| The man informed McLaughlin that if he posted the unlock code, he could be
| sued for copyright infringement and for dissemination of Apple's intellectual
| property (IP).
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070825/tc_pcworld/136410
iPhone Freed From AT&T, Twice
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| The company will be selling licenses to the hack, minimum quantity 500, at a
| price not yet announced. These hacks are much bigger news for those outside
| America. Expect to see an industry spring up to meet European (and Asian?)
| demand for freed iPhones.
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http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/24/1858252&from=rss
AT&T Welcomes Programmers for All Phones Except the iPhone
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| I’m still trying to understand why Apple would go to such extremes to keep
| people from writing programs that run on the iPhone.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/att-welcomes-programmers-for-all-phones-except-the-iphone/
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