Bravo George Hotz!

Light On Light Through · Aug 25, 2007

I just saw him on CNN, and I can't very well applaud through the screen, so I wanted to do it here:

Bravo for unlocking iPhone!

What does this mean?

The iPhone from Apple comes "locked" when purchased - meaning, it can only work with an AT&T sim card - you know, the card on which you have phone numbers from the phone you're currently using.

So, what's someone to do who buys an iPhone, but is currently using a phone with a sim from a different carrier? In George Hotz's case, that carrier was T-Mobile.

So, the 17-year old took apart his iPhone, and after two months of tinkering and analyzing…