[whmurray]

Originally Posted by Bad Ash

There really is not point to all of this canceling a contract with At&t... you can't unlock the phone to use with any other carrier yet. Who knows how long it will take.

http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/jailb...le-unlock.html

I do not know what you mean. I thought that "jailbreak" software was already available.

Neither Apple not AT&T seem to get it. For world travelers, this lock down defeats part of the motivation for choosing GSM. When I travel to Hong Kong later this year, Calls from the US, which look like local calls to the caller, will be international calls at roaming rates for me. Calls within Hong Kong become international calls at very high rates. Data, including e-mail, becomes prohibitive.

I plan to take a regular GSM phone, fortunately with all of my personalization, and buy a local pre-paid chip. This is not an ideal solution because no one will be able to find the number for this phone.

Simply using your iPhone as you would in the US can result in hundreds of dollars of charges. I will have to put the iPhone in airplane mode so that it does not register on the local network.

Given the alternatives, jailbreaking starts to look pretty good.

Keep in mind, I am not trying to cheat anyone out of legitimate revenue. I pay for my software. I do not mind paying global roaming charges on calls that I control. I do not want to pay global roaming charges on what are really local calls.