Saturday, August 25, 2007

jersey teen sticks it to AT & T over iPhones!

george hotz, from glen rock, nj, gets the special subversive honor this week for stickin' it to corporate america!

according to today's new york times, george deconstructed AT & T's exclusive hold on iPhone's provider service. he published online detailed instructions to let iPhone users unlock their cells, abandon AT & T's choke hold & go to competing carriers.

“This was about opening up the device for everyone,” Mr. Hotz said in an interview over his iPhone, which he was using on the network of T-Mobile, a rival to AT&T.

read more about nj's subversive teen on boing boing (plus see a pix of what he drank while decoding) and check out engadget to see the instructions.

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