Bitshift

Those of you wanting an iPhone, but refusing to give AT&T your money (like me), your wait may soon be over. The fine folks at iPhone SIM Free are just days away from letting you give them an undisclosed sum of money for what is supposedly an idiot-proof, over-the-network iPhone unlock. The fine folks over at Engadget took them up on their offer to unlock the iPhones of various news sites that volunteered, and they have confirmed that it's legitimate. The Engadget crowd have an iPhone successfully using a T-Mobile SIM in the US, with everything but visual voicemail working.

This does not require the hardware hackery that Geohot's hardware unlock requires, so those of you incapable of SMD soldering, and/or unwilling to crack open your precioussss will also be able to enjoy using the network of your choice (as long as your choice happens to be GSM. In the US, that means pretty much just T-Mobile at this point.)