If it were designed properly then it wouldn't need to be hacked. I cancelling my pre-order on the iPod Touch. Forget this.

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I think you should make it clear that he's talking about the unlocking hacks...not third party development.

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Every day the iphone and iPoT are locked I become less of an apple fan.

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Everyone watch Apple's stock drop... At least on my part...

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Note that article's focus is unlocking hacks (so you can use unauthorized SIM cards). It could very well be that Apple still doesn't care about installing 3rd party apps on the iPhone.

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Apples stock won't go down because 0.01% of the population won't be able to unlock them. I'm getting so sick and tired of reading crap comments like that.

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If the new iPhone update re-locks my iphone I'm returning it.

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So speaketh Mother Apple from upon high.

I have no designs on hacking ringtones (in fact, I preferred it when they couldn't be used on the iPhone at all). That being said, Apple decided to enable them; should it be surprised that customers are averse to spending 50 percent of the original cost of a song just for a 30-second snippet of it?

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IMO Apple is becoming more $$$ hungary. I hope Steve just means true iPhone unlocks. But Apple really should just allow older products to work and just say they aren't supported, or only offer lower quality video. BUT PLEASE Steve let us just hack the touch or better yet open it up. I know no one is restricting Apple on that one.

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IMO Apple is becoming more $$$ hungary. I hope Steve just means true iPhone unlocks. But Apple really should just allow older products to work and just say they aren't supported, or only offer lower quality video. BUT PLEASE Steve let us just hack the touch or better yet open it up. I know no one is restricting Apple on that one.

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I love Apple toys as much as the next fanboy, but what's with the current trend of buying a gadget as soon as it comes out and *then* doing your research and homework on it?

A rational person does their homework, looks at pros / cons / alternatives, and THEN makes a purchase.

If you can't wait a few months to see whether the iPhone / iPod touch can be properly unlocked / hacked, then whose problem is that? Yes, you can fiddle around under the hood of your gadget, but you can also stop updating the software so that your hacks / locks are retained.

Want custom ringtones / 3G / no contract? I can name at least 5 phones off the top of my head that you'd be happy with. Want a beautiful ipod, gorgeous interface, but with some software limitations? Then get an iPhone / iPod touch.

All of this "buy now, think about it later" is ridiculous.

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#8: 100% of the song cost (unless it's a Plus song).

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I'm getting kind of tired of hearing people whine about the iPhone not being hackable. C'mon, give me a break, when was the last time that you heard a company supporting hacking of hardware and software? Or Intel supporting overclocking? They just don't... why expect more from Apple?

Now, Erica, I'm sure this affects you and I know you want to hack and don't get me wrong, I'm all for it (I've created my own ringtones and done small things here and there) but can we blame Apple?

I'm not anti-hacker, I appreciate what the hacking community brings (which is why I've got a hacked PSP for homebrew) but don't go throw away or return your iPhone... all this because of the AppleTV hacking it seems...

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To write this snippet on TUAW without mentioning that Steve is referring to iPhone unlocking efforts is deceptive at best. In fact, it is unacceptable. Pride yourself in reporting *accurate* news rather than sensationalist news, please.

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I suppose Jobs is talking about unlocking. I have no problem with this, though I wish it were different. Apple wants controls of its market and in many ways desires more control than say Microsoft. Its odd how people see Apple as "cool" considering how many rules they make, but hey, their products are great. So there you go...

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I think we should cut them some slack. This is about the sim unlocking. I'm sure Apple must be obligated to protect the interests of AT&T. If
they neglect their partners, then who'll want to partner with them in the future?

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I think I would have to agree with Jansperus, I'll bet that while Apple and AT&T are contracted together for this initial exclusivity period, Apple is just being cautions. Perhaps after this period is up, Apple will loosen up.

Also, with all these firmware updates, could you not choose to upgrade to the newest version? like just hit Cancel with it tries to update the software?

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That quote is about unlocking the iPhone for non-authorized SIMs. Greg Joswiak said that Apple is not going to encourage or hinder 3rd party apps. Steve Jobs also indicated that he's interested in the non-internet homebrew apps that were released. I'm not too worried.

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i'm sick and tired of reading about people who are so bent out of shape that the iphone they bought knowing full well that it was locked for at&t is not open to third party developers for installed apps get pissed off when apple breaks a hack with an update. are you really suprised? go return your iphone so we don't have to listen to you cry over it. why you're returning your iphone take that money and go buy yourself a copy (any version will do) of windows vista and run that. that should be enjoyable enough....

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@11:
The problem is, that in some places of the world, the iPhone won't be available... ever (Or at least until 2009). Here, in Chile, we don't have an iTunes Store, which leave us with no way to activate an iPhone on the local carriers, or a way to get ringtones for it. And since the iPhone is operator-locked (AT&T/O2 at this moment), the phone can't be used here.
I do support for this things, and I'm getting absolutely sick of telling people that Latin America is the shanty-town of the USA according to Apple.
The iPhone would sell like hotcakes here (Heck, even the people from Nokia want one), but since Apple doesn't seems to like to do business in Latin America, we're absolutely screwed.

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