Bye, Bye AT&T; iPhone Software Unlock Available

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

Earlier Friday mainstream media picked up on the hardware unlocking of the iPhone by an enterprising teenager. While that was big news, it pales in comparison to this. Software unlocking is the pinnacle, as there’s no fumbling with the soldering iron, and no tearing apart of your iPhone.

It’s high noon, Apple and AT&T — we really hate to break it to you, but the jig is up. Last night the impossible was made possible: right in front of our very eyes we witnessed a full SIM unlock of our iPhone with a small piece of software. It’s all over, guys.

The iPhoneSIMfree.com team called us up to prove their claim that they cracked Apple’s iPhone SIM lock system, and prove it they did. (No, we don’t have a copy of the unlock software, so don’t even ask us, ok?) The six-man team has been working non-stop since launch day, and they’re officially the first to break Apple’s SIM locks on the iPhone with software. It’s done. Seriously. Source: enGadget

We Say: Despite what you may think, this hurts Apple as well as AT&T - though not as much. Apple has a deal with AT&T that gives them a cut of all voice and data calls on the iPhone. Still, this can only help sales of the device itself. Not only that, there’s now news of a second software unlocker - and their service goes live today.