At 29 Aug 2007 07:44:19 -0700 SMS wrote:

> It's not hatred of AT&T per se, it's that many people want to buy
> iPhones for the browser, mainly using Wi-Fi, and don't want to pay
> the high monthly cost. The unlocked iPhone allows you to use a very
> low priced prepaid plan from T-Mobile.


That can't be it- there's already the "no phone service" hack that
surfaced immediately, and frankly, while T-Mo does have a better
prepaid plan than AT&T, AT&T's isn't that expensive, and at least has
(expensive) EDGE data available as a backup. Unlocking is a lot of
work to save a couple of bucks on prepaid servive.

I suspect the hacking of the iPhone is mostly an Everest thing...
(both for the challenge and "because it's there.") plus our basic
human revulsion at being told by someone else what you can and can't
do! ;-)


--

"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003