Next time, the jailbreak might come before the actual update

Nov 13, 2007 11:45 GMT  ·  By

This time, it took only a few minutes since the US official release of the iPhone's v1.1.2 update for hackers to bring out their solution to Apple's locking. They seem to be getting even better at this, or the phone's producer is losing its touch. Not that it ever had it.

The latest iPhone firmware update proved to be pretty disappointing in terms of its offer and it turned out to be little challenge in the hackers vs. Apple battle. In fact, it was a weak match, with a slap instead of a punch coming from Apple and the hackers then sticking their tongues out at the producer and shaming it even more than before.

Whatever Apple is trying to do with these iPhone hackings, it's definitely not working for them, as the company is the one that always seems to come out defeated in this race. If it truly looks to keep their phone glued to certain operators, they should try doing a better job and not just temporarily solving the problem. This time, the period for the iPhone to stay locked with the new update was of only a few minutes, as Conceited Software almost instantly released a solution.

The thing that Apple is supposed to start worrying about is that it turned into the bad guy after all this fuss around the iPhone's unlocking. It's only natural for things to end up this way, as the company rather looked for serving its own interests instead of those that its customers might have.

Apple has managed to pull off some incredibly favorable contracts with its iPhone European carriers to hand over a large chunk of their revenues, which should boost its profits from the release of the handset on this new market. Among the few advantages that the v1.1.2 update has to bring, there is support for many languages with special keyboard lay-outs and support for the UK Wi-Fi hotspots.