Unsurprisingly AT&T has moved to prevent the sale of software which can unlock the iPhone, allowing it to be used on any GSM carrier. “John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, said Saturday that he received a phone call about 3 a.m. Saturday local time from a man claiming to be from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law firm, calling on behalf of AT&T. The firm has worked with Apple in the past…The man informed McLaughlin that if he posted the unlock code, he could be sued for copyright infringement and for dissemination of Apple’s intellectual property (IP)” reports IDG News Service. The plan was to release the iPhone on saturday at www.iphoneunlocking.com, but that has now been delayed.
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