Hackers and Environmentalists Plan to Undermine UK iPhone Launch

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What they do care about is the next iPhone update, which will take place at the same. time. Already some have promised to have the next unlock ready within …

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7 November 2007 By: Victor Mihailescu, Apple News Editor
Hackers and Environmentalists Plan to Undermine UK iPhone
Launch
Like distant family after a lottery win…
Whenever you have a large gathering of people, you are bound to get a few seedy
characters, and the UK iPhone launch is no exception to this rule. Both iPhone hackers and
Greenpeace have announced that they will be overshadowing the launch, or at least trying
to.
The hackers don’t really care much for the UK launch of the device itself, as they can
continue to sell unlocked iPhones to people who want to use them on carriers other than
O2. What they do care about is the next iPhone update, which will take place at the same
time. Already some have promised to have the next unlock ready within hours and they
could very well deliver. This tango between Apple and the hackers has not been going on
for long, but it is not likely to stop as long as iPhones are not available everywhere and
there is a heap of Apple approved software for them.
In the other camp, we have the environmental group that cried wolf, Greenpeace. After a
number of misleading…