Tag: Unlocked
Rumours detail how just 26,500 iPhones have been activated in UK, but is this accurate?
O2 and Apple are still being tight-lipped about the number of iPhone sales in the UK, but even more so, about how many activations they’ve had on the network.
Good thing The Register is here to blab to the internets however, about the gossip they wangled from ‘reliable channel sources’, that O2 has activated just 26,500 of the iBricks since it launched two weeks ago.
Either most people are unlocking them, to work…
T-Mobile selling unlocked iPhones in Germany for 999 Euros
No sooner has Vodafone won a court injunction to prevent T-Mobile selling the iPhone in Germany, then T-Mobile has responded with an announcement that it’ll sell unlocked iPhones to get around the ruling.
Fancy an unlocked iPhone covered in 24-carat gold?
Of course you do, don’t deny it. Whether you can afford it is another question entirely. UK firm Goldstriker International is selling two separate models – one fully plated in gold, and the other part plated.
UK iPhone fans warned off unlocked French handsets
Lots of talk in today’s papers about the prospect of hordes of Brits travelling to France to try and pick up an unlocked iPhone in the near future. It’s all because of French law, which apparently requires all phones to be offered in unlocked versions, even if the manufacturers have signed an exclusive deal with an operator (Orange, in the iPhone’s case).
Apple gets legal on the asses of iPod Touch hackers
Imagine if anyone could create applications for the iPod Touch. You’d have 17 Voice-over-IP applications released for it in the blink of an eye, and then where would the iPhone be? Well, it’d be working outside Wi-Fi hotspots, but you see my point.
Anyway, the news is that Apple is cracking down hard on hackers trying to break down the iPod Touch software in order to put third-party apps on it. One codemonkey’s already been served with a takedown notice after promising to make the device’s source code available for fellow hackers.
Get an unlocked iPhone… er, in Hong Kong
Well, it’s a start. Apparently shops in Hong Kong are selling unlocked iPhones that work on local operators (the shot above shows one seemingly connected to local operator CSL). Right now, thousands of European Appleheads craving their iPhone fix are adding up the costs of a round-trip to pick one up…
Has someone got their iPhone working on Vodafone UK?
That’s what The Unofficial Apple Weblog is claiming, although the method is complicated to say the least, involving popping the AT&T SIM card out of your iPhone and into an XDA smartphone, getting staff at a Vodafone shop to register that handset, then putting the SIM back into the iPhone. Voila: A non AT&T iPhone capable of making calls.
How to get an iPhone in the UK – THIS WEEKEND!
You need one. Even if you don’t particularly want one or like Apple that much, iPhone is the must-have gadget for at least the rest of June. So here’s how to make sure you get an iPhone before the novelty wears off.
iPhone is quad-band GSM so is fully compatible with UK networks. But remember, the iPhone is locked to AT&T in the States…
