Well, like yesterday’s news, Apple did the thinkable. After the statement Monday warning users that hacked phones are frowned upon by Apple, it seems like Apple is now the cat and the rest of us, the mices.
Gone are the security holes of yesterday as noted here: Gizmodo Link
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
The iPhone seems like Sony’s PSP story repeating itself again.
What I have on my 1.0.2 firmware is awesome:
- Unlockness
- Dedicated AIM client
- Quasi GPS
- RSS reader
- Wifi detector
- Flashcard reader
- Vnotes (voice recorder)
- Games (like balls, sudoku and tiles)
- Customization of look and feel
- Shopping list
- SSH capabilities
- IRC
- And so on..
What I am missing out on is
- Itunes Wifi Store
- Double tap home and spacebar
- Louder Speaker and volume
- Other bug fixes
I can wait out for the these nice features, while, it would be nice to have, I could wait. I still feel that there is more value with these hacks from 3rd party apps versus 1.1.1 features.
For now, I am waiting and enjoying the installer.app
