iPhone digger

Apple Inc., IPhone mobile phone maker warned that damage to the handset that opened the lock (unlock) illegally. The company will release new iPhone software and update it illegal handset be damaged.

Since its release on June 29 last, the iPhone fairly phenomenal sales. Steve Jobs, Apple founder boss said until the beginning of this month has sold a million units.

As the popularity of the handset, the hackers also becoming interesting to tinker it. Only a few days ago after the release, the hackers had announced his success to break the lock the iPhone.

The iPhone is sold with various restrictions, which is not sold outside the specified market and equipped with a lock that can only be used with a SIM card from AT & T gets exclusive rights.

Apple officials said they had found many cases uprooted handsets without permission were damaged in the software. At the end of this week, Apple will release new features the iPhone, which would be bad if the owner of the handset that the software update.

"We do not intend to destroy a broken phone, proactively, but unfortunately some of this new program will cause damage to the iPhone software," said Phil Schiller, Apple Senior Vice President. "We will not be responsible."

John McLaughlin of Uniquephones.com in Northern Ireland, has made software that will rip off the iPhone lock. But he was frustrated to sell or distribute. Warning from Apple, he said, "trade scary tactics."