Thirteen reasons to reconsider this 'IPhone'.http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9677208-1.html?tag=nl.e404This thing is as unnecessarily overhyped as the IPod was.
DAM YOU STEVE JOBS!!!!
I agree that a few US soldiers have done some horrible things to Iraqis. This is in turn should naturally make some Iraqi fearful of US troops and that's perfectly fine.
Cheaper iPhone comingBased on the nanoBy Nick Farrell: Tuesday 10 July 2007, 08:52MAKER OF entertainment gear, Apple is planning to release a cheaper Iphone based on the Ipod Nano.According to a JP Morgan report Apple has filed a patent application document dated July 5 that refers to a multi functional hand held device with a circular touch pad control, similar to the Nano's scroll wheel.Talking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Kevin Chang, a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan, unnamed people in the supply channel indicated that the report was true and they are preparing to make the cheaper phone.Chang said Apple plans to convert the Nano into a phone and price it at $300 or lower. He said this would be a way for Apple to launch a lower end phone without severely cannibalising iPod Nano.The new phone will have limited functionality, he added. µ
Iphone is locked down tightHope of breaking network lock dissolvesBy Wily Ferret: Tuesday 17 July 2007, 12:26A POST TO THE IPHONE Development Wiki this morning brings a new sense of pessimism to the world of folks hoping that hack-tastic internetters might be able to break the device's link with cellular provider AT&T.Traditionally, locks, DRMs and other such systems have met with a strong hacker community with greater smarts than the guys writing the code, and such locks have been ripped open in minutes.The Ibone, however, has proved tougher. Although the requirement to activate the phone with AT&T has been bypassed - allowing Apple fanatics to purchase a rather expensive WiFi touchscreen Eeyorepod if they wish - so far, the ability to use the phone on a different cellular network has eluded hackers.GeoHot, the hacker chap who appears to be leading the Iphone hacking community, has revealed that the key to unlocking the handeset lies in the baseband radio chipset. The main cellular lock happens in the baseband firmware itself, and it checks the country code and network code against the first six digits of the SIM card - meaning that a SIM card for Vodafone will fail both the country test and the network test, or a SIM card for Verizons will fail the latter despite passing the former.Of course, the firmware could be patched - but it's digitally signed, meaning that the phone won't boot if the replacement isn't signed identically, which appears to be something of a conundrum.Finally, the instruction code to unlock the phone - whilst known - requires each phone's individual network control key, meaning that a one-size-fits-all solution is likely to be impossible.The downbeat tone of the post suggests that the community may be just about to give up the ghost on this one and admit defeat. If this is the case, it will be notable as the first instance in recent memory where a security architecture has defeated information experts.Apple might just have this thing wrapped up tighter than Jessica Alba's butt. µ
The Iphone can damage wi-fi - apparentlyIs there any end to the wickedness of this device?By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 17 July 2007, 07:55Click here to find out more!A FEATURE on Apple's much hyped iPhoney has been killing off the wi-fi network at Duke University, apparently.According to Network World, the built-in 802.11b/g adapters on several iPhones periodically flood sections of the school’s pervasive wireless LAN with MAC address requests. This temporarily knocks out up to 30 wireless access points at a time.Fortunately not many people were on the campus and there are only 150 Iphones around. But network administrators are a bit worried that more of the wi-fi killer devices will arrive on campus when the students return in August. For some bizarre reason the Iphones are all asking for an invalid router address to request the MAC address of the destination node.When it doesn’t get an answer, the thing refuses to take no for an answer and just keeps asking at a rate of 18,000 address requests per second. What a nag!Cisco, the main WLAN provider is chatting to Apple about the problem but no-one has a clue what's up, it seems. While everyone knows it is Apple who is at fault, the maker of entertainment gear does not seem to be exactly pulling finger out to fix the problem.Duke said that Apple has told him the problem is being 'escalated' but nothing had been heard from the Cappuccino based outfit at press time.Apple might take it a little bit more seriously if its Iphones start bringing down corporate and metropolitan wi-fi systems. If indeed, the pesky little device is to blame in the first case.
Iph0wnedBy INQUIRER newsdesk: Monday 23 July 2007, 13:31WE ALL KNEW IT would happen sooner or later, but according to RealTechNews, the Iphone's had its first vulnerability found and it's a nasty one.Supposedly, security boffins have figured out a way to tap into logs of text messages, call history and voicemails, not to mention being able to essentially take control of the phone and dial numbers, as well as recording audio.Worryingly, the boffs reckon that the Iphone can be exploited as a remote surveillance tool thanks to the hyped piece of kit's recording ability. Recorded messages will be sendable over a network, via exploits, and be up for collection later on.The report (PDF) by the three securityevaluators.com geezers states that all of the internet processes on the phone run with administrative privileges, which suggests that any application being compromised can give an attacker full access.To prove their point, the testers set up an exploit for Iphone's default Safari browser. Using an unmodified Iphone the attackers were able to access a malicious HTML page that they created. Once in, the Iphone was forced to send all sorts of personal data to a server, where access to passwords and all sorts could have been reached.According to ComputerWorld.com, a spokeswoman from Apple said that the company takes "security very seriously" and is looking into the report. µ
Aussie Hacker cracks IphoneIphone goes where no Iphone has been beforeBy James Massola: Tuesday 31 July 2007, 09:40A CLEVER HACKER has managed to trick Apple’s Iphone so that he could place calls on the Australian Telstra network.The Iphone is not due out in Australia until sometime in 2008, but the hacker, who uploaded a video of the hack to YouTube, managed to place calls on the Telstra network. He was not able to receive phone calls, however, nor send or receive SMS messages. Although Telstra has an EDGE 2.5 network, internet access through EDGE was not possible either.The video has subsequently been pulled from YouTube, but instructions and an account of what was and was not possible can be found over here.The user, Ozbimmer, managed the crack by creating a custom sim card with a sim card reader and writer. Information from the AT&T and Telstra sims was combined to create the custom card that was able to allow calls out.As he said on the forum, “this is not an unlock. The method only trick the iphone that the genuine AT&T sim is used.” The method outlined by Ozbimmer is as follows;1. Get the required hardware and software: (these are the ones I have used): An Infinity USB unlimited SIM reader/writer, a silvercard, SIM-EMU 6.01, and WoronScan 1.092. Get the IMSI, Ki of your carrier using WoronScan (I will call them IMSI-b, Ki-b)3. Use SIM-EMU and create 2 files (1 Flash and 1 EEPROM) using the ICCID of the AT&T sim (ICCID-a), IMSI-b and Ki-b4. Then use these 2 files to create a sim using the infinity usb unlimited reader/writer5. Put this sim into a normal unlocked phone and make some calls/receive calls/data services6. Then use SIM-EMU to change the IMSI of the original Flash file to IMSI of AT&T sim (IMSI-a)7. Again write the silvercard with the new flash and eeprom files8. Put this sim into the Iphone9. Activate using the Cingular method as descirbe in Hacktheiphone.comThough not a complete hack, the news is still significant. Wikis and other websites dedicated to unlocking the iPhone have sprung up since the launch of the phone in the United States. The desperation to unlock the phone comes as a result of Apple’s staggered launch of the phone. Europe is supposed to be the next region to get the gizmo. µ
