clipped from: technology.timesonline.co.uk Hackers intent on unlocking Apple's iPhone so that it can be used outside the US claim to have made a breakthrough.
The bad news – for Apple fans not patient enough to wait until iPhone's official release in their countries – is that, when unlocked, the device only works as an internet browser and iPod, not a phone.
'DVD Jon', one of many hackers to have been scouring iPhone's system for vulnerabilities since its release last Friday, has published a software package which "activates" the hack, which would in theory enable a Europe-based owner to browse the internet and upload songs.
According to many reports, the hack requires a significant amount of computer knowledge. Wired.com suggested that prospective hackers would need "a Windows machine with the MS.NET framework and a bit of hex editing."
One US-based eBay seller said that at least six iPhones have been bought by UK customers in the past week.