iPhone in Canada baby!

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Originally uploaded by peejaygee

If you're in Canada (like me), you're probably getting tired of waiting for Rogers to finally carry the Apple iPhone. A few weeks ago, I went down to Seattle (about 100 miles south) and purchased a new iPhone from The Apple Store. I did a Jailbreak after I downgraded to 1.1.1 from my 1.1.2 firmware. So for a few weeks, I had a fancy iPod Touch, until someone came out with a software unlock for the phone part. After doing some research, it appeared to me that it was going to be a long-time before it could happen to 1.1.2 OTB (out-the-box) versions of the iPhone. Another option was to purchase something called a StealthSIM, a SIM-shaped very thin circuit board which basically tricks the iPhone to work with your GSM SIM card. I ordered one this week from iphonestealth.ca, a Canadian dealer of the StealthSIM card out of Ontario. I paid about $120, which included Fed-Ex shipping and tax. At first, it didn't work (which was discouraging). However, once I realized that I had to update my iPhone back to 1.1.2 from the 1.1.1 firmware I had previously downgraded to (so I could Jailbreak the iPhone), everything worked like a hot damn! I quickly called a few of my iBuddies (friends with and without iPhones) to let them know that I had succeeded. So, to recap: Apple iPhone $399, StealthSIM card: $120. Total amount for working iPhone in Canada: Priceless.