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Except that he is very, very late to the party.

First, the result of the "hack" is that you can pay $599 for an iPhone, and instead get a very nice iPod with a very nice video player plus Internet access through WiFi for your money. In other words, the "hack" allows you to lose the phone part of the iPhone.

Second, the easiest way to achieve exactly the same thing is to just activate the iPhone, then cancel within 30 days. Which has been reported on MacRumors days ago.
 
Except that he is very, very late to the party.

First, the result of the "hack" is that you can pay $599 for an iPhone, and instead get a very nice iPod with a very nice video player plus Internet access through WiFi for your money. In other words, the "hack" allows you to lose the phone part of the iPhone.

Second, the easiest way to achieve exactly the same thing is to just activate the iPhone, then cancel within 30 days. Which has been reported on MacRumors days ago.

easier, except until you have to restore and then have to reactivate and then cancell again
 
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