Re: iPhone line begins 7 days before launch!

In article <Vkpek.15224$89.2326@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, SMS
<scharf.steven@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> However there was a very good reason why Apple did it all at the same 
> time. They wanted to prevent all the 2G iPhones, owned by people 
> upgrading to the 3G model, from being unlocked and sold on craigslist 
> and eBay for use on other carriers. What hacker is going to bother 
> spending time on unlocking the old iPhone again?

nonsense.  apple could have staggered the release, although i suspect
they did not anticipate the meltdown.  delaying the firmware update a
few days (or releasing it a few days earlier) would have had zero
impact on unlocked iphones.