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iPhone Dev Team cancels pwnage, sells IP

This posting on iphone-dev.org states that the iPhone dev team has withdrawn their pwnage tool and sold all their intellectual property rights to an unnamed third party. No further details are available about the settlement and I'm assured this is real and not an April's Fools joke. Update: I am also assured by other parties that this is fake and is an April's Fools joke. Which is real? I have no idea.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Update 2: Yeah, apparently just a April Fools joke. Apologies to all our readers.



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This posting on iphone-dev.org states that the iPhone dev team has withdrawn their pwnage tool and sold all their intellectual property...
 

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alex

this is a cool post on this topic as well:
http://hacktheiphoneitouch.blogspot.com/2008/04/iphone-dev-team-quits-updatex2.html

April 01 2008 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
byron church

Every Day Is
  Apple Fools Day !!

option shift k !

April 01 2008 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alva Elver

^ LOL ... classic.

April 01 2008 at 11:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
raymondsar

Whatever happened to investigative reporting? Since when did we just starting blurting out the first thing we hear? This blog has been super annoying over the past couple weeks now that the SDK is out.. Also, you guys are crazy if you think that the cycle of BS amongst the jailbreaking community will end with the release of 2.0 this June. Bottom line, you people are all going to feed into this stuff for eternity. Don't be fooled, just as 2.0 comes out, the 3G iPhone isn't but weeks behind it in release. Which mind you here in Washington DC where I work and play, the 3G iPhone is all over the news. No one is even giving a slight care towards the App Store or 2.0. All America cares about with the iPhone is: bigger,stronger, faster, better! We are an extremely small community on the App side of things. We'll all be scrambling to update "ourselves", each and every time something new comes out. There's nothing to sell, there's no intellectual property that anyone could sell or even possibly have that Apple couldn't suit for. Besides, the technology turns to fast to actually know the entire unit in its current state. As soon as you think you know everything about the iPhone, Apple pops up some new stuff to stunt our growth. Haven't you ever wondered why Apple didn't aggressively try and kill the Jailbreaks. The could have killed them every time with no effort, with something as simple as a mandatory update. Its their right to brick your phone legally no matter how BS you think it is. They have a contract with a vendor, and by law, you are supposed to also. But they let us do it to help build the "hype" for free. They didn't have to pay anyone to tell the world how great it is! They just let people like you and me dig into it further than we should have to find neato things. Then, voila, it changes again to be, you guessed it: bigger, stronger, faster, better. Until people realize that apple is never going to let you fully grasp what they are up to, all they have to do is sit back and let you do the marketing for them. Develop good apps, spend your time coding. It's what your good at, leave the crappy journalism to the tabloids! Far too much time is wasted on "gossip" and not "advancements" in the technology that we all have come to love and develop! Also, I've yet to see a single App that has come out work 100% since the first few that came with "Lights Out"(even counting the current jailbreaking Apps out there). You guys have a ton of work to do if you plan on ever making a dime with your code! I'd be willing to bet this blog doesn't pay much...Catch my drift, I've said enough.

April 01 2008 at 9:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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JosephMohmed

Raymondsar casts Wall of Text (Rank 9).
Wall of Text crits you for over 9000.
You are afflicted by Blind.

April 01 2008 at 10:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

The alt text on the image now says "Surprise".

Right click... view source...
The name of the image is "steved.jpg"

Hmmm.... you guys are so gullible.

April 01 2008 at 8:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hodatis

http://iphone-dev.org/ Checki it now, It has an explanation ; )

April 01 2008 at 5:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leo F. Swiontek

Kindly reveal details about the settlement so that i'ld assured this is real and not an April's Fools joke. Do any one have any idea about the buyer?

April 01 2008 at 2:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
byron church

I wish I could tell you its all a joke but I'm afraid I do have indirect knowledge that cannot disprove this terrible event .

April 01 2008 at 12:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
awaybbl

Speaking of April first...

The Worlds Best Web App for the iPhone...

www.myhip.com/best_app.html

April 01 2008 at 12:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pjcabrera

Oh come on! Don't tell me you are so gullible you had to be told it was an April Fools joke. That's hilarious.

March 31 2008 at 10:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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