Teen takes a bite out of Apple

by Dr. Janet Johnson on August 25, 2007

A Teen heading off to college this fall found a way to make the Apple iPhone work with another wireless company.

Teen to Apple: Never say never

Hackers got credit for another victory Friday, as news spread that a New Jersey teenager broke into his iPhone and reconfigured it so the machine could make calls via a wireless carrier other than AT&T.

The iPhone, available since late June, is supposed to work only with AT&T, which has a five-year exclusive contract. But limiting the touchscreen phone to a single carrier immediately was seen by many tech-savvy tinkerers as an invitation to assert their control over the device.

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