The phone would not need hacking if it could be used on other networks. Apple created the problem, people wanted to stick it to them, and they got their phones bricked for the trouble.
That's OK with me, but what I was amazed by is the fact that many of the bricked people had enough bricks in their head to buy another one.
After the new one is displayed at the show coming up, they will all rush out and get that one too.(Gotta have the new G-phone!)
I think it's insanity, but what do I know. I've had the same Motorola for 5 years or so.
Fine by me if someone enjoys the iPhone enough to pay good money, or put up with non-trivial hacking hastles. I can understand that; the iPhone interface is way cool. And it is fine by me if Apple and/or AT&T wants to try to maximize their income with some proprietary hurdles. I can choose whether or not to do business with them.
Meanwhile I'm happy with the T-Mobile little bar of soap Nokia phone I have that costs me about $10/month.
The ONLY network other than AT&T that the iPhone could possibly work with is T-Mobile. The iPhone's technology is incompatible with all of the other's technology. Apple did not create the "problem;" Apple created the iPhone. Those who hacked their iPhones against the warnings that if they did so they were on their own created the problem. They violated their contract.
If you decide to post articles from sources that are listed on FR's "Do Not Post List" because you want to "stick it" to Jim Robinson because you don't like the terms of use agreement on FreeRepublic, has Jim created the problem when you get banned, or did you?