Orange France says 'testicules' to unlocked-iPhone-not-unlocked claim
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Of course you can use an unlocked iPhone anywhere, carrier states Orange France has denied a claim that the unlocked iPhones it is offering are not actually unlocked but were simply set to work with any French carrier SIM card rather than, say, a SIM purchased in the UK.â¦
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France Telecom  and Apple   are struggling to come to an agreement on the  distribution of the U.S. group's iPhone in France, Challenges  reported on Thursday on its website.
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Late yesterday afternoon, Apple Computer issued a single-paragraph statement reminding its iPhone users that their warranties would not be able to cover damages to their phones caused by the use of unlocking utilities. The company used a carrot and stick approach, reminding users that an iTunes Music Store update was on the way, but that attempting to install it on a cracked phone could render it useless.
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A member of iPhoneSimFree, another group that claims to have unlocked the iPhone, answers some questions.
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Although no official announcement has come from Apple itself yet, Orange on Thursday said that it had won the contract to bring the device to its customers in France.
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One of the groups that claims it has developed an unlock hack for Apple's iPhone now says it will only offer the software to resellers, not to individuals.
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Om Malik has an interesting post and speculation about mobile carrier Orange, mobile device maker HTC and Google teaming up for a Google-branded phone. Here&#8217;s the original source (the UK&#8217;s Observer): Their plans centre on a branded Google phone, which would probably also carry Orange&#8217;s logo. The device would not be revolutionary: manufactured by HTC, a [...]
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Most U.S. carriers profit from consumer ignorance about the locking issue. But the iPhone controversy is changing all that. It's time consumers demand unlocked cell phones from their carriers.
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But ads watchdog rubber stamps "fair use" again Orange was cut down by advertising watchdogs today for claiming its broadband and home phone service is "unlimited" without mentioning its fair use policy.â¦
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An Apple software update is disabling iPhones that have been unlocked by owners, according to reports.
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All your iPhone are belong to us Apple has issued a notice that unlocked iPhones could suffer permanent damage when they update the firmware, and reminded customers that such damage is not covered by the warranty.â¦
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European carrier Orange is rolling out its own Push To Talk service ahead of efforts to create a standardized PTT system. European mobile carrier Orange has announced
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Vodafone to be the UK provider? A German newspaper has claimed that Apple's iPhone will be coming to Europe through a deal with local carrier T-Mobile.â¦
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Unlocking iPhones to use with another operator could result in the mobile becoming "permanently inoperable".
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Walls come tumbling down A UK firm that specialises in unlocking mobile phones reckons it's close to developing an application that would allow iPhone users to use the device with carriers other than AT&amp;T.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Fear of litigation has led to an indefinite delay in theÂ planned Saturday release of software to unlock Apple Inc.'s iPhone. John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, said Saturday that he received a phone call about 3 a.m. Saturday local time from a man claiming to be from O'Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law firm, calling on behalf of AT&T. The firm has worked with Apple in the past. The man informed McLaughlin that if he posted the unlock code, he could be sued for copyright infringement and for dissemination of Apple's intellectual property (IP). McLaughlin was not completely awake when he took the call and did not get the full name of the person on the other end, he said. The man presented "friendly advice," but because of the timing of the call and the fact that it came on a personal mobile phone that McLaughlin never uses for business, it felt more threatening than friendly. "If he wants to give me advice, he could have sent me an e-mail," McLaughlin said. Spokespeople with O'Melveny & Myers, AT&T Wireless and Apple could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday. McLaughlin and his team had planned to release software by 2 p.m. EDT that he claims would unlock the iPhone so it could work with SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards from carriers other than AT&T Wireless. Uniquephones set up the Web siteÂ right after the iPhone's release on June 29 and had been working on the software since then. McLaughlin is concerned that fighting a lawsuit with AT&T or Apple would sink his small company, which does a modestly successful business unlocking wireless handsets in the U.K. and Europe. At the same time, he and engineers in several countries have invested time and money to come up with the unlock software. "It really annoys me," he said. "We have the solution sitting there and we have the customers there, but if you connect the two you could lose everything." About 550,000 people have signed up on Uniquephones' iPhone unlocking site as of Saturday afternoon in the U.K. McLaughlin said he still plans to release the software eventually, but is not sure when. "We'd be happy to let another company take the heat and be the second or third company to post [the software]," he said. In addition to Uniquephones' software, there have been two other reports of ways the iPhone can be unlocked. On Friday, blogger George Hotz posted a step-by-step tutorial for unlocking the iPhone that involves both hardware and software modifications. At another site, www.iPhoneSimFree.com, a company claims it can unlock iPhones through software only. The iPhone has been a hot target for unlocking since its launch, both because of its advanced design and features and because AT&T has an unusual long-term exclusive relationship with Apple. It's common for U.S. mobile operators to lock the phones they sell, but in some cases they will later unlock the phones free or for a small fee.
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Despite earlier rumors to the contrary, legal experts say Apple's threat to void the warranty on unlocked iPhones is probably standing on firm legal ground.