Tada! The 6th Gen contract-free WiFi-enabled iPod (sort of)

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Jul 3, 2007 2:25 AM EDT

Article Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Oh man, what a day. Earlier today, I got my prepaid iPhone activated after a long struggle, which you can read about here, along with an easy solution. After all that, what time was it? Time To Hack! So what did I discover? I found that your activated iPhone is a lot more flexible and powerful than AT&T and Apple admit. Pop out the SIM or put an inactive SIM and your iPhone works pretty much like a contract-free WiFi-enabled 6th Generation iPod. The WiFi means you can do Mail and Safari without a phone connection.

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spiffie

Like the iPod? Hate AT&T. Well, here you go.

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4 votes

#1 - Tue Jul 3, 2007 2:26 AM EDT

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Andy Min

I was wondering if that were possible or not. Hallelujah!!!

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3 votes

#2 - Tue Jul 3, 2007 7:52 AM EDT

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Michael the Great

Could one of you iPhone owners verify that if you pop the SIM, you can still sync iCal and Address book? If so, this may be just what I need.

One more thing too: how about verifying that a app will still run in Safari sans connection?

Thanks.

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4 votes

#3 - Tue Jul 3, 2007 9:24 AM EDT

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Chum

I'm wondering if updates will affect that. But it's a great idea. I am so tempted. Trapped in a contract for another 8 months.

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2 votes

#4 - Tue Jul 3, 2007 9:44 AM EDT

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