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Don't know whether this is good or bad, I'd like to see the iPhone not tied in with a specific cell phone company.

Especially if the phone wants to gain a foothold in the Enterprise market, a lot of companies will pay for an employee's cell phone provided that employee uses the company's carrier (Cingular, VZW, T-Mobile, etc.)

By limiting this phone to just one company it is crippling how big the iPhone market can be. Also think of all the "spoiled rich kid" teenagers that can't get the phone unless mommy & daddy are using the same company. This is also a huge untapped market.

I hope within 2 years apple gets rid of this Cingular only deal, it's really ruining the market.

That being said, it really bothers me when people invent these apps. They signed a contract when they purchased their iPhone, and agreed to adhere to certain rules, by doing this they are violating the rules. It is against (MW) policy to do so, and I hope that they shut down, either by apple or someone else.

This just seems like an excruciating waste of time.

So visual voice mail doesn't matter to them?

For you others out there that forgot, it only works with AT&T;because they had to redesign the backend of the voice mail system to get this to work.

They spend all this effort doing this for nothing.

All Apple will do is do a software update next time you put your iPhone in the dock for charging and BAM - hack no more!

What a waste of effort and time, if these hackers actually used their time better and created legal software they would all be very rich by now!

This is too funny.

All you have to do is enter a fake SSN upon activation, fail the credit check, and then you can pick a GoPhone account...

You do not need any special hacks.

'They would all be very rich by now'.

Perhaps they wouldn't. Perhaps they don't have a bright new idea among them.

It's always easier being critical of, and taking apart, others' ideas.

Parasites.

@ LOL - see post immediately before yours.

Anthony: You do NOT sign any contract when buying the iPhone. in fact, you never have to activate it at all or even may try if it will blend.

You voluntarly sing a contract if you connect the iPhone to your Computer/iTunes and do set up a contract with AT&T;. But you are never obliged to do so.

Yes, the iPhone is intended to work only with AT&T;, but hey, you bought it and paid for it and it's your's and you may do with it whatever you want.

I don't understand. I thought you could already use an existing AT&T;/Cingular card, and not sign a two year contract. All you have to do is not put in your Social Security No. You might have to use 999-99-9999 instead, but according to all the reports, it then allows you to use a pre-paid card.

This is just a middle step to these guys. The only thing they get from this is some glory and maybe a working iPhone to themselves (they might live overseas). Obviously visual voice mail is something they can live without.

Of course Apple will make a firmware update which will disable this unlocking but after the principle of cracking the iPhone is clear it is not hard to make a new one ...