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Unlocked iPhones to be sold in Europe, the moon

An unlocked iPhone may be coming to a country near you. Rumored to be in Italy at first, the upcoming 3G iPhone will supposedly be sold unlocked in countries such as Belgium, India, Australia, and Italy. The unlocked feature may raise the price on the popular gadget, though, encouraging most customers to go with the more »

Where are those unlocked iPhones? China Mobile has em’

Apple not supporting iPhones in several countries hasn’t stopped users from unlocking them. Apple announced that they had sold many iPhones, but not all appear on AT&T’s network. When tech savvy entrepreneurs take a trip to to the US and Europe, they have been purchasing hundreds and thousands of iPhones in the US and Europe. more »

Hackers unlock 1.1.2 iPhone — a little too late

Looks like hackers have finally figured out how to unlock your iPhone running 1.1.2 to run on other wireless carriers. Unfortunately, the hackers are just a little too late. Apple has just released 1.1.3 for the iPhone, and hackers have just broken in to 1.1.2. This really is a cat and mouse game. Geoge Hotz, more »

iPhoneSimFree: Not such a great option?

Some more details slipped today about the (so-called) iPhone unlocking phenom that is iPhoneSimFree. The software apparently allows you to unlock your iPhone so it will work on any GSM carrier, including those in Europe and Canada. The other confirmed alternative to unlock your iPhone is by using a hardware hack. iPhoneSimFree is not looking more »

iPhoneSimFree to release unlock within 3 days

The team over at iPhoneSimFree have added an updated FAQ to their website with some very important questions being answered. The most important being that they plan to release the unlocking software within the next 48-72 hours. In order to use the unlock software you will need to activate and “jailbreak” your iPhone.

UniquePhones adds some video “proof” of their unlock

UniquePhones have given us a new update that includes a some video “proof” of their unlocking the iPhone. I wish it provided a little more information, but sadly the video is out of focus and appears to have been shot with just one person.

$100,000 offered to release the iPhone’s unlocking software

A new blog has just launched on Blogger offering a $100,000 cash payment to make the iPhone unlocking software publicly available for free.

UniquePhones puts release of iPhone software unlocking software on hold

As we have seen over the past few days a lot of new information and options for unlocking the iPhone are starting to surface and now that the unlocked iPhone is here it seems AT&T is looking to put a quick end to the party. It took what seems like way to long (although I am sure it was very hard work) to get an announcement about someone unlocking the iPhone and UniquePhones had been set to publicly release the software that would enable everyone to have an unlocked iPhone, however a 3 AM call from AT&T’s legal team have made them put an indefinite hold on that release. The team from UniquePhones have yet to make any proof of the unlock public and have decided to get some legal advise on whether it will be wise to release this software.

iPhone: Now on any GSM Carrier!

Yes, you are reading that right. Engadget has confirmed that the iPhone has been unlocked using software only. Apparently the folks over at iPhoneSIMFree.com (I kept reading it as iPhones IM Free) contacted Engadget (why not us?) and basically gave them the heads up and sent over a few screen shots of the newly unlocked more »

Buy your very own unlocked iPhone!

There are a few different places to get a cheap iPhone these days, like Apple’s very own refurb store. Though what do you do if you want to travel in a whole different direction? Where do you go to get yourself an expensive iPhone? The most expensive iPhone selling right now is probably this one more »