'Brick' Enters Formal English Lexicon As Slang For A Useless iPhone
Yes, we've been guilty of using 'brick' as well. Probably from the days of modding the PSP. That got old real fast. An interesting article of how the word went mainstream.
iPhone 1.1.1 hack
Eric Sadun is liveblogging the attempt to duplicate a hack brought about by iPhone hackers "dinopio" and "Edgan".
By using symbolic links before doing a 1.1.1 upgrade, they were able to gain access to the entire 1.1.1 file tree. Says Sadun. So far it looks like she's been successful at getting to the directory structure and pulling out the iTunes Music Store. She tried the app on 1.0.2 but it didn't work. Good luck with hacking the 1.1.1, but I don't think we're going to touch it for fear of 'bricking' our iPhone when Apple's next update comes out!
10 percent of September iPhone sold for Unlock?
If this report is true, then thats great for Apple, bad for those looking to cash in on the unlocked phone. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray estimates that as many as 100,000 iPhones were sold for unlock. Munster and his team spent 12 hours counting sales in Apple Stores in late September. Munster says the team noticed folks buying the maximum of 5 iPhones/customer which they believe were being purchased for unlock. Let's hope these folks don't all have bricks!
And if you do have a brick, don't forget you can win our brand new 4GB iPhone just by signing up for our newsletter here! The giveaway ends October 31, 2007 so sign up today!
Yes, we've been guilty of using 'brick' as well. Probably from the days of modding the PSP. That got old real fast. An interesting article of how the word went mainstream.
iPhone 1.1.1 hack
Eric Sadun is liveblogging the attempt to duplicate a hack brought about by iPhone hackers "dinopio" and "Edgan".
By using symbolic links before doing a 1.1.1 upgrade, they were able to gain access to the entire 1.1.1 file tree. Says Sadun. So far it looks like she's been successful at getting to the directory structure and pulling out the iTunes Music Store. She tried the app on 1.0.2 but it didn't work. Good luck with hacking the 1.1.1, but I don't think we're going to touch it for fear of 'bricking' our iPhone when Apple's next update comes out!
10 percent of September iPhone sold for Unlock?
If this report is true, then thats great for Apple, bad for those looking to cash in on the unlocked phone. Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray estimates that as many as 100,000 iPhones were sold for unlock. Munster and his team spent 12 hours counting sales in Apple Stores in late September. Munster says the team noticed folks buying the maximum of 5 iPhones/customer which they believe were being purchased for unlock. Let's hope these folks don't all have bricks!
And if you do have a brick, don't forget you can win our brand new 4GB iPhone just by signing up for our newsletter here! The giveaway ends October 31, 2007 so sign up today!
