Brazilians first to unlock iPhone 3G
A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way to unlock Apple's new iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that require users to sign up for calling plans with exclusive carriers, reports say.
The website of Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo and various online sites including Digg.com and Gizmodo.com said the firm, DesbloqueioBr, hacked the phone by altering its firmware and by adding a special card to the SIM chip. The results allow iPhone users to connect to any carrier, not just the one that has an exclusive arrangement with Apple in each country where the phones are sold.
In Brazil, where the slick handsets have already become a must-have item for the wealthy, the iPhone is not yet officially available. Brazilian purchasers have to go abroad or order by the internet to get one of the gadgets, more than one million of which have been sold since going on sale in 21 countries last Friday.L33tdawg: Sounds very similar to TurboSIM by Bladox in which case, the Brazilians are definitely not the 'first' to unlock the iPhone 3G in this manner.
