Warning: Original iPhones May Lose Ability to Use Other SIMs After 3.0 Update

iPHone 3.0The news today has been all about the iPhone 3.0 update, and I admit I applied it to my iPhone 3G. It’s working as expected with all of the cool new features, but a reader left a comment with a warning for original iPhone owners:

“A few months ago, I switched from my original iPhone to a BlackBerry Bold. Until today, I could take the SIM out of my BB and use it in my original iphone with no problems. Today, I upgraded my iPhone to 3.0 and I can no longer use the BB SIM. When I try to open safari or email it says it can’t connect because I don’t have a data plan. This all worked just fine under 2.2.1. If you have an old iPhone that you are using with some other SIM and data plan, don’t upgrade to 3.0! It does still work with wifi as an iPod touch, but I wish I hadn’t made the change.”

If his situation describes yours, you may want to hold off the iPhone 3.0 update. Thanks for sharing that, Tax Man!

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