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Posted by Monty Solomon on August 26, 2007, 4:35 am
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With Software and Soldering, a Non-AT&T iPhone
By BRAD STONE
The New York Times
August 25, 2007
AT&T is paying millions to be the exclusive United States provider of
Apple's much-hyped and glowingly reviewed gadget, the iPhone.
It took 17-year-old George Hotz two months of work to undermine
AT&T's investment.
Mr. Hotz, a resident of Glen Rock, N.J., published detailed
instructions online this week that he says will let iPhone owners
abandon AT&T's service and use their phones on some competing
cellular networks.
Mr. Hotz's method, which requires a soldering gun, a steady hand and
a set of obscure software tools, is one of several techniques that
have emerged over the last week to break the technological locks
confining the iPhone to AT&T's network.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/technology/25iphone.html?ex=1345694400&en=eedc70e0b222c814&ei=5090
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