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[News] Apple's Anti-Choice Could Get Federal Involvement

  • Subject: [News] Apple's Anti-Choice Could Get Federal Involvement
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:46:38 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Democratic bill could force Apple, AT&T to unlock iPhone

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| When T-Mobile began selling Apple's iPhone in Germany last fall, a legal 
| skirmish ensued, forcing the wireless carrier to sell it untethered to a 
| contract--at $1,460, no less. T-Mobile eventually persuaded a court that the 
| two-year contract was legal.   
| 
| Now that same kind of European rule would be imported into the United 
| States--meaning AT&T would be legally required to sell a contract-free 
| iPhone--if a new Democratic proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives 
| becomes law.    
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9879554-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Related (old):

U.K. company says it's close to unlocking iPhones

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| Greengart said that he sympathizes with those that might want to use
| an iPhone with another carrier but "that's not the way the product 
| was designed."
| 
| "Exclusive agreements are not that unusual in this industry at all," 
| he said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070705/tc_infoworld/90002


iPhone hack bypasses AT&T

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| Famed reverse engineer Jon Lech Johansen claims to have discovered a 
| way to "activate" an iPhone without signing up for a contract with 
| AT&T. The hack allows users to use the iPod and Wi-Fi capabilities 
| of the devices, but doesn't allow use of its phone features.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Hackers claim to have discovered a technique for discovering that 
| root and mobile account passwords embedded in the firmware on
| iPhone handsets.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/04/iphone_hack/

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