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A note to both Apple and iPhone customers on the v1.1.1 update

October 01st, 2007 | Category: Mobile Technology

We’re in a unique position here at Engadget, serving the technology community, while simultaneously interacting with and trying to make sense of the moves of the companies our readership patronizes. Apple’s latest iPhone firmware, as you’ve probably heard, locks out third party applications, consequently preventing owners from using their device on networks other than AT&T — so it’s easy to see why this is being viewed as a hostile act, with thousands ready to storm the Cupertino castle in order to get their hacked iPhones back the pre-v1.1.1 status quo. Make no mistake about it, whether you care about the iPhone or not, this 150MB software update is uniquely controversial and causing a rift — if not an outright adversarial relationship — between Apple and untold thousands of its core customers, who’ve used Engadget comments, blogs, and any other sounding board at their disposal. So, may we have a word with both parties?