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TurboSIM Unlocks iPhone

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 9:10 AM - by

While Apple and AT&T would prefer that iPhone users stick with AT&T cell service, that's not stopping people from working to unlock the combination iPod and smart phone for use with other carriers. The latest hack, and possibly the easiest to implement, comes from Bladox and its TurboSIM card, according to iPhone World.

The hack isn't as simple as plugging the TurboSIM card into an iPhone. The phone needs to already be activated with AT&T, and also requires a Mac or Windows-based utility to "jailbreak" the device so other applications can be added.

Certainly not a task for anyone with a weak heart, and features like visual voicemail don't work with other carriers, but it does free your iPhone from AT&T. Unfortunately, the TurboSIM card is hard to come by right now -- it seems everybody wants one.

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grshaner said:

member since 07 May 2004 with 19 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:07 am

How does this impact all the arguments about iPhone sales actual vs desired? Does and increase in TurboSIM sales indicate that many iPhones were purchased but not activated? Will the hacking process force those people to activate, thus becoming visable?

And worst yet, if you activate with AT&T, why would you spend MORE money to use your iPhone on another network? Two cell phone bills are better than one - NOT!!!

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Biff said:

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Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:31 am

I seriously doubt large numbers of people pre-bought an iPhone in the hopes that it will someday be unlockable for use on another provider.

We'll just have to wait for Apple's next quarterly report to find out actual sales numbers. Unless they hit some big milestone number before that.

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gslusher said:

member since 13 Nov 2002 with 2088 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:22 pm

My (uninformed, but that applies to most of us) take on this is that there are people who do this for fun. It also seems to involve some folks in Europe, where the iPhone is not for sale, yet.

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Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:28 pm

Everybody outside of the US was waiting for this!!!

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