http://blog.monkeykit.com/2007/09/24/apple-kill-unlocked-phones-hack-but-leave-3rd-party-apps-alone/ Small tweaks | Huge Results Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://blog.monkeykit.com/2007/09/24/apple-kill-unlocked-phones-hack-but-leave-3rd-party-apps-alone/#comment-140 iPhone: Why I’m staying on the 1.0.2 firmware at Monkeykit’s Blog Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:31:17 +0000 http://blog.monkeykit.com/2007/09/24/apple-kill-unlocked-phones-hack-but-leave-3rd-party-apps-alone/#comment-140 [...] So now what? I know a couple of my friends already updated theirs to 1.1.1 hoping that the iPhone Dev Team will pull a rabbit out of the hat and keep their promise of unlocking the iPhone again like they did in 1.0 days, but I predict that this will take some time (maybe 2 weeks from today). That leaves me in the world of 1.0.2 . This place of cat-and-mouse seems very, very reminiscent of the days of the PSP hacker days where one hack and exploit leads to a new firmware upgrade with these “features” that Sony tries to put in to lier dumb consumers from upgrading. (and of course taking full advantage of the system)  .  During the PSP days, I didn’t update. I just kept playing my games until the coast was clear and new hacks were developed that included all the “bonus” features from Sony. See my post here on why Apple is shooting themselves in the foot [...] […] So now what? I know a couple of my friends already updated theirs to 1.1.1 hoping that the iPhone Dev Team will pull a rabbit out of the hat and keep their promise of unlocking the iPhone again like they did in 1.0 days, but I predict that this will take some time (maybe 2 weeks from today). That leaves me in the world of 1.0.2 . This place of cat-and-mouse seems very, very reminiscent of the days of the PSP hacker days where one hack and exploit leads to a new firmware upgrade with these “features” that Sony tries to put in to lier dumb consumers from upgrading. (and of course taking full advantage of the system)  .  During the PSP days, I didn’t update. I just kept playing my games until the coast was clear and new hacks were developed that included all the “bonus” features from Sony. See my post here on why Apple is shooting themselves in the foot […]

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