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" I am glad people are sticking it to the man. Not to piss off Apple Fanboys, but I am royaly sick and fed up off all of these corporate whores putting locks and crap on devices *that we paid for* just so they can enrich their greedy selves. "

" Meanwhile homeland security, credit card companies, hospitals, doctors, social security administration, IRS and businesses claim all the personal information they have about us is safe. Hahahaha "

" I've worked in the Information Technology field for 30 years now. Youngsters like this one really make me feel pretty stupid, which don't normally feel that I am. Kudos to George for what he's been able to accomplish, but understand that individuals like him, aren't the norm. "

" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GO kid GO. We need about a million more of this kid. We need FREE communications with no charges for the use of our phones. Work on that one kid. "

" More likely he'll be working for the NSA using the Patriot act. Way to go kid! "

" Hello to the fine owner of the next apple lawsuit for posting that stuff online "

" I would assume this kid is smart enough to check the legal side of things before openly stating to the media 'Look what I did.' If I was one of his parents, I'd be proud of him. He did this and only broke one, sort of useless in my opinion, part to the phone's software. Kudos to him and the others around the world that helped him. I'd also like to add: PWNT! "

" It's hard to argue that Apple is trying "to corner a market" or "limit free trade" considering there are probably a billion active cell phones out there in and they've just got started. The phone only works on AT&T's network because AT&T was willing to work with Apple on getting the product to market. The visual voicemail is one such example - AT&T had to ignore their existing voicemail system and build this from scratch to work with the iPhone. Shouldn't AT&T and Apple be allowed to reap the rewards for their innovation, at least for a little while? "

" Actually, there's a specific exemption in the DMCA regarding unlocking cell phones. So, apparently, he's in the clear! "

" Not withstanding the countless number of copyright and FCC laws this kid has probably broken in doing this, I'm sure that somehow the Dept. of Defense will deem it a matter of national security and throw him in jail under the Patriot Act. "

" Good for him. I think their sould be a federal lawsuit since this lock is a way of limiting free trade. Sounds like Apple is trying to corner the market by making a device that only can be used on a certain network. Waits for the feds to sue Apple as they did with Microsoft. "

" This is actually a pretty remarkable technical feat, especially for someone 17 years old. The iPhone's a very complicated device with a lot of proprietary parts. It's not really unlocking something that the phone could do anyway - it's making the phone do things it doesn't even have the right hardware to do. My main worry is that he's opening himself up to DMCA violations. It's a crazy bit of legislation. "

" I am sure his parents - who paid an ungodly amount of money for that phone really apreciated him taking it apart and soldering things together on it!! I don't really understand what the big deal is...Apple PUT a lock on it to specifically block this type of usage - sooo OBVIOUSLY there would be a way to UNLOCK it.???? All he did was figure it out... "

" Hello to the next employee of Apple. "