June 14, 2011 | Andy Boxall
Buying an unlocked phone, whether it’s an iPhone or not, is the best way to go – every time. Locking yourself into a 12-24 month contract means you end up paying a lot more for the phone over time, and…
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June 16, 2010 | Andy Boxall
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Because there are now several countries where the iPhone 4 is sold unlocked, everyone can choose the best network and tariff for their needs while not tying themselves down to a long contract. There is no doubt…
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June 15, 2010 | Tim Bradbury
You read right, in somewhat of a bold move, Apple has decided to no longer restrict French, Canadian (and UK) iPhone 4 users to a single (or select) GSM carrier(s). This means that iPhone 4 users in these countrie…
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June 15, 2010 | Andy Boxall
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While the five networks who will be offering the iPhone 4 in the UK continue to drag their heels when it comes to releasing tariff pricing, the iPhone 4 has become available for pre-order via the Apple Store. Rob…
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December 23, 2009 | Robert Nelson
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Those currently running a hacktivated/unlocked iPhone may be missing one nice feature that arrived with OS 3.x — push notifications.
If you have activated your iPhone (original,3G,3GS) without an au…
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October 6, 2009 | Robert Nelson
The last we heard, Geohot was killing off both purplera1n and purplesn0w, which at the time made it seem like he had moved on from working on the iPhone. Of course he did leave us with a little teaser in the past, and…
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August 5, 2009 | Robert Nelson
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With the release of iPhone OS 3.0.1 we saw that Geohot’s tools (purplera1n and purplesn0w) were no longer working, at which time he recommended that others begin using the Dev Team’s offerings.
N…
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July 14, 2009 | Robert Nelson
It seems there may be a line being drawn between the Dev Team and Geohot when it comes to working together to bring what is best for the end user as a whole. While some may argue that them working together is for the be…
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July 8, 2009 | Robert Nelson
Following the release of purplera1n, the Dev Team has decided to release an updated version of their own jailbreaking tool — redsn0w. If you remember back, they had originally announced they were going…
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July 5, 2009 | Robert Nelson
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Just recently, Geohot made the Mac version of purplera1n available, and well this is the one I had been waiting for. So without much of a wait, I went ahead with the jailbreak. The overall process was really simpl…
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