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Like the iPhone but don’t want to stick with AT&T for two years? Well, that will have to wait. In the meantime, it seems that someone succeeded to unlock the iPhone. That someone is Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD John, who played with the iPhone’s activation process to discover whether is possible to use Apple’s flagship device sans AT&T service.
Interested? You’ll need to download Phone Activation Server v1.0, as well as MS .NET Framework 2.0 installed to activate your iPhone for pure iPod+WiFi use. Next, you’ll need something that John calls “magic iTunes numbers” that could be found on his site. He doesn’t explain what to do with those numbers, only that they are needed in order to unlock the phone.
Also noted – TUAW points out that it is also possible to activate iPhone using a prepaid plan with AT&T…
[Via: BoingBoing]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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