A group of anonymous software developers said they will soon start selling a program that will allow iPhone owners to use the hugely popular device on cell phone systems around the world and not just with AT&T. Apple’s iPhone, released in the United States two months ago, was engineered to operate for the first two years only on the AT&T system through an exclusive arrangement between Apple and AT&T. It has not yet been sold outside of the U.S.
Los Angeles software consultant Brett Schulte, who is not affiliated with the developers, demonstrated the software for CNN Friday evening.
An iPhone that had the new software appeared to work on the T-Mobile system just seconds after Schulte replaced the AT&\1T SIM card with a T-Mobile SIM card.
"It’s completely software hacked," Schulte said. "There’s no case opening required. It’s not required to do any kind of disassembly." It took Schulte about two minutes to unlock the iPhone. Code to unlock iPhone cracked - CNN.com