The Apple iPhone is the newest and hottest mobile product on the market today, and the interest shown in hacking and unlocking it is growing every day. While many hackers (a common term for reversers) involve themselves in the scene for moral reasons, many others do it simply because they believe there could be a payoff. Obviously we all have to eat, but the lack of interest in the hacking scene as a community has been steadily declining since the turn of the millennium and it seems now that hackers are only interested in money.

Where wikis and forums used to play host to supportive communities of hackers helping each other to achieve success there is now a huge number of leechers who are interested only in selfishly using the hard work of others will not pay off. These leechers whine and complain when something isn't released or completed in a time frame that they agree with, they create theories and rumors, and then happily take the completed work without a word of thanks, a dollar in payment or a word in support.

In years past many hackers found themselves in a position of value to established companies. Some were able to land lucrative positions as security advisors and programmers for world-renowned software companies. It seems that those stories have spread very quickly because that seems to be the main goal of most hackers these days. Little do they know that security experts and programmers come a dime a dozen in 2007 - the chances of you landing a job with Google are very, very slim!

1. Geo sees that, if he released it in this community, he would have to share the associated 'fame', making that dream job seem very distant.

2. Geo, in realizing that there is no cushy job awaiting him, decides to sell the hack itself directly to a company.

Rumors have been circulating that Geo may have simply stolen the code from the dev team at large with the intention of making a quick buck. Whatever the truth is in this case, whatever happened to the days of hacking in order to stop corporations from limiting our choices? A hack like this is sorely needed to allow the rest of the world to enjoy the iPhone without allow Apple and friends dictate when and where.

The simlock business is very big and has produced one of the largest and most sophisticated hacking scenes in the world today. The GSM unlocking business alone is a multi-million dollar industry and the hackers who participate in this scene are of the highest caliber.