Apple To Block Unlocked Iphone

Bandar Seri Begawan - Iphone owners who have unlocked their handsets so that they could be used outside the US and Europe, may end up with inoperable phones instead.

Apple Inc warned that users who have unlocked the revolutionary phone might end up with a phone that does not work after the company's next software update.

Since its launch in June, the iPhone can only be used in the US and Europe and because of that, hackers have presented various methods in order to use the iPhone outside the US and Europe, most of which is online.

Apple executives said they have discovered that many of those unauthorised programs can cause damage to some software found in the iPhone.

A software update that will add features such as accessibility to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store may end up making the phone inoperable.

"This has nothing to do with proactively disabling a phone that is unlocked or hacked," said Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing.

He also said that it was unfortunate that some of these programs have caused damage to the software, but stated that, "Apple cannot be responsible for those consequences". -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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