Phones have been making headlines a lot recently. My cell phone made my personal headlines last week for “Most ridiculous bill ever,” but that’s beside the point.
Last week, a New Jersey teen, George Hotz, hacked Apple’s iPhone to prove that it can be interfaced with other wireless networks. As a bribe — I mean, reward — for his ingenious hack, is trading him a car for his phone. Not that he won’t be able to hack another iPhone. I’m sure Apple will be sure to put tracking devices on any iPhone anyone he has ever met purchases.
The same wireless network Hotz hacked into using the iPhone, T-Mobile, has been rewarded the honor of most dropped calls in a recent JD Power report. Sad news for AT&T, though: They have yanked their “fewest dropped calls” campaign since the company is falling near the bottom of a “Best cell service” report by Consumer Reports.
I guess I’ll pay that T-Mobile cell phone bill gladly, knowing that teen boys can hack my network using their iPhones while having fewer dropped calls than other networks.
-Lindsay Goodier, NewsOK.com Editor