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The cat and mouse game continues
Apple didn't even have their doom-and-gloom iPhone update warning out for 24 hours before hackers answered the call.
The iPhone Dev Wiki team has already sent out a statement promissing to have a fix for the "damaged" components in hacked iPhones within a week. The updated software will allow users with modified iPhones to return the device to factory settings so that the killer conflict doesn't arise when attempting to update the iPhone.
Though the group didn't go so far as to directly blast Apple, they did claim that the firmware update issues threaten what they consider to be "a major step forward in the iPhone development."
Expect this to continue on for quite some time. Both sides know that almost no software, particularly for a consumer smartphone, is "un-hackable" and that given enough time and manpower, people will be able to work around just about any lock Apple puts in place. Furthermore, if Apple is to be believed in this, the company does not go out of its way to disable or sabotage other smartphones.
If this is true, and the iPhone dev team can pinpoint the source of the conflict, perhaps some sort of permanent fix for the issue can be developed which would, if nothing else, prevent any future iphone updates from destroying unlocked phones. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.
Still no sign of the killer update. Apple plans to have it out by the end of the week.
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