On: And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’

[jefftk]

    "The solution, he says, was to tweak the AirPort software
     so that it seemed to be operating in Japan instead of the
     United States."

Great solution, but illegal. Did they get permission or just do it?

[MikeCapone → jefftk]

Better to be a pirate than join the Navy, I suppose...

[sounds → jefftk]

I'm guessing they didn't. (Has the statute of limitations passed or something?)

Now obviously they could claim they shielded the Moscone center and only operated on channel 14 indoors. (The US bans channel 14 due to the frequency being used by satellite.)

I think the FCC might still fine them, if there was a clear-cut case with hard evidence.

[sneak → jefftk]

It doesn't matter. Nobody went to jail and everyone bought an iPhone. Who cares?

[dinkumthinkum → jefftk]

They're real law breakers, aren't they. :)