What a pity, Apple attempts to make it impossible, to add whatever software the owner of an iPhone wants to add to his gadget! And they also don’t allow me, to select the cheapiest carrier for phone calls and Internet traffic. I mean, I am seriously willing to pay a proper amount for that gadget, not that I am simply a thief. I do want to honour, that they provided us a very, very nice gadget.
A lot of useful information is actually descibed in the wikipedia article on the iPhone:
… “Jailbreaking” allows users to install apps not available on the App
Store or modify basic functionality. SIM unlocking allows the iPhone to
be used on a different carrier’s network. …
So, there are iPhones locked to the SIM-card, they were sold with, and there are ones, that are not locked to such a SIM-card. Apparently in Italy iPhones are available (October 2009), that are sold without such a SIM-lock. Obviously those pieces are also available sooner or later in Italy’s neighbouring countries.
But there are also descriptions on the web, that show you, how to unlock your iPhone. Maybe those descriptions do not work for you and your current (latest) software on your iPhone.
Right now (2009-10-15) I am thinking about getting me such an Italian 3GS 36G thingie.
You do want to know about alternative installers and application repositories: read the article on Cydia, the application on wikipedia!
Afterwards you want to know, what Installous is …
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