Apple, China Unicom strike 3-year deal

I think the Unicom stores in china may already be getting shipments of Iphones in. We were at the E-mart in Tianjin on Sunday. The empty space across the path from the Unicom store had several trucks unloading pallets. The area around the store was taped off and was surrounded by at least 20-25 police. When asked, the police just said they were preparing for some event. But there is no event coming up in that area.

The photo you chose to run is of Mao's portrait on Tiananmen? Really?

The question is if you have a 3GS bought in HK, will you be able to sign up for the service without having to buy a new phone?

That's very true Munford

The regulation of no wifi on phone has nothing to do with the great firewall. It only serves wireless operators interest to generate more revenue on their data service.

I feel like a broken tape recorder saying this, but if you're a Chinese citizen, take the subway to Hong Kong, get your legal iPhone 3GS with no carrier lock, no shafting by carriers, no contracts, and Wi-Fi enabled phone. If you're Chinese, chances

http://store.apple.com/hk

I only read this article, because when I saw the headline, I thought it said "Apple, Charlie the unicorn strike 3-year deal" Imagine my disappointment :(

Wasn't there some sort of OS upgrade today? Don't you have writers in any other time zone besides Pacific?

Did anyone else read that as "Apple and Chinese Unico r n " strike a deal?

Cause that I'd like to see.

If you jailbreak & turn on wi-fi, will you end up in prison?