Over the past few weeks several websites have popped up that allow iPhone owners to unlock their phones without a jailbreak or hack… for a substantial fee.
The sites CutYourSim and Negri Electronics are advertising “permanent” iPhone unlocks, while the sites Unlockbase and GSMPhoneSource are offering “unlock” services. Prices for unlocking your iPhone range from between US$170 and $180.
What’s interesting about these unlock approaches is that they don’t require any hacks or jailbreaks; per iPhone jailbreak hacker MuscleNerd, they appear to…
An Associated Press report suggests AT&T is using an unadvertised loophole to entice long-time iPhone customers to stay with the wireless carrier. In this promotion, an AT&T iPhone owner that once had an unlimited plan in the past is eligible to switch back to this plan after a quick call to customer service. Unlimited data is no longer offered to new customers and was removed as an option when the iPhone 4 debuted last June.
AT&T would not comment on this unlimited option, merely stating that “We handle…
Chinese customers who want a jailbroken iPhone but lack the nerve or time to do it now have a reliable option, as distributor China Unicom (CU) is offering jailbreaking as a service in their retail stores.
Chinese language site WeiPhone notes (here’s the English translation) that customers can have their iPhones jailbroken by the store’s staff, who will also trim SIM cards to fit the iPhone 4′s micro-SIM tray. Additionally, some are even advertising that they’ll install apps for their customers after the jailbreak is complete.
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It’s been couple of rocky years for Garmin. They offered a GPS phone to compete with the iPhone, but it didn’t sell well. It was a good navigator, but not a very compelling phone. Then Garmin tied up with ASUS to bring an Android and Windows Mobile version of the phone to market. That pretty much cratered too, and now it looks like the Garmin and ASUS partnership will dissolve in January.
Now there are reports that Garmin will pursue the app business, and that may…