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IPHACK Update: Progress Made, Stock Still Open

By popsci Posted 07.06.2007 at 1:59 pm 4 Comments

Jon Lech Johansen, a hacker who earned the name DVD Jon for unraveling
DVD encryption codes a few years ago, now says he has figured out how
to activate an iPhone without signing up for an AT&T service plan.
The bonus, he says, is that you can still use the device, but you dont
have to hand your personal details over to the carrier (which he refers
to as the NSA). The hitch, obviously, is that your iPhone wont
actually be a phone. Youll still be able to listen to music and access
the Internet via WiFi but why anyone would want to pay $500 for a
phone that doesnt make calls is beyond us. Johansen offers a link to
the software patch on his blog, "So sue me."

Note that while this may be a hack in the strict sense, it won't close our PPX proposition, IPHACK,
which specifies that the iPhone must be modded to run third-party
software in the first two months in order to close out at $100 per
share. But this does certainly take us one step closer. IPHACK stocks
are currently trading at POP$79.00. Get 'em while they're hot...
—Gregory Mone

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Taking the Phone out of the iPhone

By Gregory Mone Posted 07.06.2007 at 12:03 pm 0 Comments

Jon Lech Johansen, a hacker who earned the name DVD Jon for unraveling DVD encryption codes a few years ago, now says he has figured out how to activate an iPhone without signing up for an AT&T service plan. The bonus, he says, is that you can still use the device, but you dont have to hand your personal details over to the carrier (which he refers to as the NSA). The hitch, obviously, is that your iPhone wont actually be a phone. Youll still be able to listen to music and access the Internet via WiFi but why anyone would want to pay $500 for a phone that doesnt make calls is beyond us. Johansen offers a link to the software patch on his blog, "So sue me."

Note that while this may be a hack in the strict sense, it won't close our PPX proposition, IPHACK, which specifies that the iPhone must be modded to run third-party software in the first two months in order to close out at $100 per share. But this does certainly take us one step closer. IPHACK stocks are currently trading at POP$79.00. Get 'em while they're hot... —Gregory Mone

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Reliving the Glory: NYC iPhone Docudrama

By popsci Posted 07.02.2007 at 2:41 pm 0 Comments


   

On Friday, we dispatched our crack team of videographers to witness the iPhone madness at the Manhattan Apple flagship store on 5th Avenue, the Soho Apple store, and several AT&T stores. They made a little documentary so we could relive the launch of the decade's most overhyped gadget again and again, forever. And it's funny stuff: Don't miss the slow-mo jog to glory as the first iPhone recipient enters the hallowed glass cube... and the receiving line of congratulatory Apple employees on his way out is also a sight to behold.

We've got three iPhones circulating around the office today, and, well, frankly everyone's a little bored with them. Has anyone started working on a hack to make these things run third party software? Tell us in the comments: PPX traders are dying to know. —Megan Miller

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