Thu, 09/27/2007 - 06:06 — Johnny Mosrite (not verified)
The bricking may not be hype. I met with one of the iPhoneDev team this week, he is concerned that Apple really could make these things unhackable, and in the process potentially brick them. They do have ARM's trustzone technology inside remember.
I'm holding off for at least 6 months - the last things I need in my life right now are an expensive brick or a working phone but no ability to update iTunes and hence (I suspect) no way to access the store if I don't update.
The bricking may not be
The bricking may not be hype. I met with one of the iPhoneDev team this week, he is concerned that Apple really could make these things unhackable, and in the process potentially brick them. They do have ARM's trustzone technology inside remember.
I'm holding off for at least 6 months - the last things I need in my life right now are an expensive brick or a working phone but no ability to update iTunes and hence (I suspect) no way to access the store if I don't update.