It’s been a week and a half since a group called iPhoneSimFree demonstrated a software iPhone unlock to Ryan Block of Engadget with the promise to start selling it within a week or so. Recently they sent out e-mail with a wholesale price list ($25-38/phone, depending on order size) and indicated that they were taking pre-orders. People hoped to see a release this weekend, and again this morning, but so far, still nothing.
More and more people are beginning to doubt that they have anything to offer at all, and that Ryan is either a dupe or a shill.
They seem to be playing a dangerous game here. If they have a real unlock, then it has a limited shelf life. Apple can update the firmware and break it, and the longer they wait, the more likely they are to have a competitor, which at some point will certainly include an open source solution.
On the other hand, if they don’t have a real unlock, it may be in their interest to play for time. For one thing, they can accumulate a lot of cash via preorders before skipping out on their commitments, or if the open source hack comes out, they can repackage it and claim to have fulfilled their end of the bargain. Either way, they wouldn’t be around long.
Meanwhile, tempers are flaring in various iPhone forums as the skeptics, the true believers, and the shills face off.
I Have the Iphone In Portugal(work the WIFI, no Phone)
How where byu the softwrae unlock??