Apple just started selling unlocked iPhones, but people have been unlocking their own phones since day one. T-Mobile says they already have over one million iPhone users on their network – micro SIM and 3G support be damned. [9to5 Mac]
Actually, scratch that. Surprising no one, the iPad 2 was jailbroken this weekend, and has thereby joined all the other jailbroken iOS devices ever put forth on this great green earth by Apple. More »
The original iPhone launched back in 2007, and it didn’t take long for hackers to work out how to unlock the thing. And now the first ever iPhone to be successfully unlocked is up for sale on eBay for the paltry asking price of 2000 Australian dollars. More »
Yesterday afternoon, the folks at HTC finally announced the Aussie release of the HTC Hero and HTC Tattoo. The good news? They’re being sold unlocked through Harvey Norman for $799 and $599 respectively. The bad news? That means you’ll have to find your own contract with a data plan, which isn’t necessarily the easiest thing in the world. More »
Buy.com seems to be buying iPhones from foreign countries where it hasn’t been locked down to a specific carrier, then selling them in the US for $US800.
The Android Dev Phone 1, a totally unlocked G1, is available to “developers” for only $US399 after paying a small setup fee. Just register as a developer over at the Android Market and the phone is yours.
You know how we showed you that Apple were selling unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong? Not happening in Australia.
According to Fran Foo over at Australian IT, Apple are more than happy with the relationship they have offering the phone through Telstra, Optus, Virgin and Vodafone.
So if you do want an unlocked iPhone, you still have to pony up the cash to one of the carriers before you can unlock it (for a fee) so that it will work with any carrier. Or you could just jailbreak the thing and be done with it – whatever you want…
Check out the Hong Kong Apple store online and you’ll see a couple of lines of text that’ll tempt, tease and beguile you if you’re dreaming of an unlocked iPhone 3G: “iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier. Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation.” About $US700 will get you an unlocked 8GB version, and the 16GB is just $US800. Handy for the dev team, no doubt. [Hong Kong Apple Store via Slashphone]
