iphone vs ipod touch....HELP...
Hey all,
I want to buy either the iphone or the touch. I don't need the phone features now...since I travel alot. I was going to wait until a pay as you go plan comes out. But then the ipod touch arrived. I was about to nab one...
because I like the wifi feature. Its like having a laptop in your pocket. To surf the web and check email etc.
BUT then... all this news about "hacks" and ways to "unlock" the iphone started appearing on the web.
It got me to thinking. If I could buy an iphone...and unlock it without having to buy into a phone plan...then I could use it like an ipod touch...and then some point in the future, I could activate the phone portion.
Cause if I buy an ipod touch, and then decide I want a phone...of course I'd have to spring for a new iphone.
I was wondering if anyone knew if this was possible, what the limitations are etc.
I don't mind just getting an ipod touch now...they are AWESOME....but just wanted to know if i could kill two birds with one stone.
Thanks :-)
I want to buy either the iphone or the touch. I don't need the phone features now...since I travel alot. I was going to wait until a pay as you go plan comes out. But then the ipod touch arrived. I was about to nab one...
because I like the wifi feature. Its like having a laptop in your pocket. To surf the web and check email etc.
BUT then... all this news about "hacks" and ways to "unlock" the iphone started appearing on the web.
It got me to thinking. If I could buy an iphone...and unlock it without having to buy into a phone plan...then I could use it like an ipod touch...and then some point in the future, I could activate the phone portion.
Cause if I buy an ipod touch, and then decide I want a phone...of course I'd have to spring for a new iphone.
I was wondering if anyone knew if this was possible, what the limitations are etc.
I don't mind just getting an ipod touch now...they are AWESOME....but just wanted to know if i could kill two birds with one stone.
Thanks :-)
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If its too difficult, maybe i should just get the ipod touch 8 gig for now and just get an iphone later when I need it.
Right now it's kind of complicated... but there is group who is making a GUI based version of the unlock software which should automate everything to the point of just clicking/touching "unlock".
Where do you get the software to update the iphone so that you can unlock it for wifi use without having to sign up for a phone contract?
If its too difficult, maybe i should just get the ipod touch 8 gig for now and just get an iphone later when I need it.
if i understand correctly, you ned to sign up for a contract to unlock it via software. thats what i did.
if i understand correctly, you ned to sign up for a contract to unlock it via software. thats what i did.
Nope, thats not true.
That was before... you would either make a new contract and cancel OR put a fake SSN and take the pay as you go option but actually use your other sim card, not the one that came with the iPhone.