With the news of the iPhone about the launch of Apple, the number of iPhone hacks has increased exponentially and a lot of energy has been invested in working through the iPhone software to find where the passwords are and the “glue” of various Applications. The “Holy Grail” right now is iPhone unlocking.
Unlocking the iPhone is in fact the most requested hack, and unlocking means that the iPhone can be used on any network and not just AT&T. There have been a couple of claims of having pulled off this ultimate iPhone hack, but so far it’s all just rumors, although it seems a couple are actually closing in and have managed to gain ownership of the filesystem. Examining the iPhone software and especially the gif images that are embedded seems to be the main concern of any self-respecting iPhone hacking merchant around the world.
A GigaOM writer claims that they have made every feature of the iPhone work, except for the phone, voicemail, and text. To be honest, I don’t see the point of all this, getting an iPhone hack to unlock the beast will not be of much use unless you use the iPhone abroad and also you will not have 3G support.
Where I do see a value in opening the iPhone software, is that once we have the iPhone unlocked and then we can use the device as a portable minicomputer that works over a Wi-Fi network, then we will have something that will be useful.
When it comes to iPhone news, it’s not just iPhone hacks that get out fast and fast, but there are also a number of full-blown web apps that I have to say is pretty impressive, well! done, guys! Probably the best at the moment is the iPhone hack “iChat for iPhone” which provides you with instant messaging capability in AIM. More than that, the iPhone software source is available for this hack and you can host it on your own machine. If you really want to stay up to date with the latest in iPhone unlocking and iPhone hacks, check out the iPhone Development Wiki which seems to me the closest to getting an iPhone unlock hack.
The iPhone software that you can download on your new iPhone can be found in iPhone Applications on the web. Here you will find all the iPhone software and applications, like iWeather, and more games than you can imagine. Unfortunately, until we get an iPhone hack that will open the iPhone to third-party apps, we’ll have to settle for Apple’s iPhone software that we can play with right now.
How long before we have an iPhone hack that helps us fully unlock the iPhone is like asking how long a piece of string is, but with the energy being put into it, I suppose it could be at any time.