3G iPhone En Route, Jobs Against Unlockers

If you are in the market for a new phone but are looking for a 3G model and enjoy waiting, Apple will be releasing the iPhone equipped with the technology in 2008, although no set date is mentioned. It could be January, it could be December, so you might be waiting far longer than you’d like to.

And in other news, Steve Jobs apparently doesn’t like the idea of iPhone unlocking. Who knew? He plans to actively fight against any companies that assist in helping you unlock the phone. If unlocking is in your plans, it might be good to have lots of patience and plan to do a lot of tweaking. If Jobs has his way, updates could wipe out the gains from unlocking with each. Me? I’ll just stick to a phone that I’m confident in knowing I won’t have to hack every other day.

As with most security measures, it will be a back and forth relationship between those that will manage to unlock the iPhone, and Apple. With the emergence of companies that are offering iPhone hacks that let you tap into another SIM card, stopping these hacks has become an issue that Apple has needed to address as it gears up to launch the iPhone in Europe.

Source: Mashable! (3G iPhone), Mashable! (Jobs Against Unlocking)