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Don’t buy that unlocked Apple iPhone just yet. Apple has officially gone to war with Hackers who tinker with their popular phone. As you probably know, unlocking an iPhone means that the phone can be adapted to numerous wireless services other than AT&T. Apple has promised a firmware update that will possibly re-lock the phone, thereby leaving you with an incapacitated paper holder.

Don’t Unlock Me Because Big Brother (Apple) Said so!

Despite these claims from Apple, a message posted to the iPhone forum on the Hackint0sh Web site, from someone claiming to represent the iPhone Dev Team (a group that unlocked the iPhone), said the group would answer the firmware update with a tool of its own. This tool will prevent any unlocked iPhone from being “bricked,” or incapacitated, when the future update arrives.

“We will provide you with a tool in the next week which will be able to recover your ‘nck’ counter and ’seczones’ and even enable you to restore your phone to a factory-like state if you are really [determined] to update your phone,” said someone known as “Sam”.

Let the iPhone wars begin!

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And you know, when this happens, I probably wouldn’t even be surprised.

Just look at what you can do nowadays with it - pay your bills, manage your social network, do bank deposits, sms your friends, shop and god knows what other features I still have yet to discover.

To think that when the first cell phone came out, it weighed heavier than my overnight purse, extremely ugly and came only in one color *hey after all, accessorizing the cell phone is what made it a hot commodity*. Pretty soon, we won’t have any need for social interaction of the old fashioned kind - person to person.

I am so busy that the first gripe of my friends is that I don’t keep in touch often enough *at least once a year is a godsend to them*. Yes, I am bad….. bad…. bad ….. The mobile world is really suiting me very well. My friends are so impressed that I keep daily tabs on Facebook.

My secret? Well, I have it all forwarded to THE cell and I make the expected comments such as LOOKS LIKE FUN , WISH I CAN GO or BLOGGED ABOUT WHAT I DID TODAY without having to leave my comfort level. Isn’t that just absolutely horrible? What happened to our social skills of picking up a phone and conversing with someone?

So, to the makers of the Apple iPhone and whatever future mobility technology that is in the process of development, here is my wish list of the features I would like to see on my phone:

1. Do my laundry *of course*

3. Lock my house remotely whenever I forget

4. Teleportation to the beach at any given time *preferably somewhere in the Bahamas*

4. Instant messaging response of *don’t bother asking* back to my husband for every sms that starts with *can you*

I don’t ask for much, but these would be very nice.

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SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced it has completed its acquisition of Modulus Video, Inc., a privately-held company. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Modulus Video is a leader and innovator in MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) compression systems designed for delivery of high value video content in the IPTV, cable, broadcast and satellite marketplace. Modulus Video has partnered with Motorola for over two years bringing high-quality encoding solutions to key customers around the world.

This acquisition complements Motorola’s recent acquisitions of Broadbus, Kreatel, Tut Systems and Netopia in the creation and delivery of an integrated, end-to-end video delivery system for multiple network architectures.

Modulus Video will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola and will be integrated into the Motorola Home and Networks Mobility business. Motorola intends to maintain Modulus Video operations in Sunnyvale, California.

 

Source: PRNewswire

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