This next update will have the WiFi iTunes store, but I imagine not too much else except for minor bug fixes. I don’t care about the WiFi store since I don’t buy iTunes music anyways. There hasn’t been anything substantial with the first two minor updates and I really don’t expect much for this first generation iPhone. There are lots of things that could be improved upon (Exchange email support, Flash in the browser, etc), but I wouldn’t personally count on this anytime soon.

Didn’t Apple state the iPhone couldn’t be unlocked? And look what the hackers did. I will just sit tight and let those awesome hackers test out the next update before I make any moves with my T-Mobile iPhone. I am quite happy with it and love that I can use it with my T-Mobile Family Plan and my unlimited text messaging.

I am perfectly happily with this device as it is, sans update. It beats any other phone I have owned (and there are many) hands down. No desperate need for an update as far as I can see.

So I am perfectly happy to let the kids see what happens after the update drops, and then do whatever seems to work once the dust has settled. If it seems worth it.

If this phone goes wrong in the future, it will be getting reset, and sent back. Warranty intact as far as I can see.

All in all, this seems like a load of hot air to passify AT&T.

As for the occassional bizarre apple fantwat rantings here. They are as brainless and sheep-like as ever. I love apple products, but can’t for the life of me figure these people out..

Keep up the good work on the blog.

To Kent: People who purchase automobiles, and new ones at that, and modify them violate the manufacturer’s warranty. Those who choose to purchase a product, purchase it “as is.” If it doesn’t suit them, they shouldn’t buy it. Those who modify their phones into toasters, Margarita mixers, or adobe brickes, do so knowing full well what they are doing. Apple was extremely clear that they were not opening the phone up to developers. It seems simple to me: You modify your phone 1. you void your warranty 2. you should not update your phone with Apple’s newest software. If the software you want isn’t on the phone, sell it to someone who wants it, use it as a boat anchor, but don’t make the manufacturer the enemy when its your own expectations that are at fault. – Mikie

1. Since the iPhone is 99% OS, by unlocking it you may be required to modify Apple’s code, I’m not an unlocker so someone else has to verify that one. Since modifying Apple’s OS should be some form of copyright violation I can see their position if that’s in fact the case.

2. Apple may have posted the statement in support of it’s currently ONLY US carrier for the phone. Some of the impetus could have come from AT$T as well. Only Apple could make the posted statement anyway since it’s their OS.

I’m sure Apple couldn’t care less if someone bricks their phone by playing with it’s software. That’s the price you pay for altering your device. Apple should not have to warranty your phone because you decide to f*&k it up by altering it’s code. I don’t blame them for the post actually. I look at it as a warning that an impending update will likely screw up a modded phone and Apple throwing AT$T a bone trying to keep business in their pocket.

Does anyone know how much, if at all, AT$T threw towards apple for development?

None of the above is meant to recant any previous rantings about Jobs being a money grubbing jaginthebag. That opinion still stands

It’s not at all absurd that Apple and AT&T would want to protect their intellectual property and businesses built on the iPhone’s success. If it is absurd that this might void the warranty, then why not have at it with code that writes and erases your iPhone’s flash memory over and over through thousands of cycles. That would eventually physically damage the gates on the flash, and would render the device damaged. There are things that you can do in software that cause real physical harm.

But more to the point, there are many good reasons why Apple wants to limit and protect their product, and they have every right to do so. You are simply wrong.