iPad Hacked to Insert Verizon MiFi Device

While I don't own any apple products, at least in Australia they come un-locked. Seems like the US is getting the short end of the stick with every apple mobile device.

Good work on getting it to work off AT&T's network.

Interesting! if i was willing to shell out the extra bucks i would likely do something similar!

Apple lawsuit in 3...2..1...

Lawsuit? Nah, they'll go straight to busting down his door and ransacking his house.

Apple and AT&T deserve each other.

Two douche bag companies why separate them?

One is bearable. Having Two is too much.

Its sad that when you pay so much for a device you have to hack it (nice work by the way) to get it on the carrier of your choice.

It's interesting that the article didn't mention the area in which the device was getting those speeds. It could be that there was no 3G AT&T network there, and there was a 3G Verizon one.
Hope he's able to keep his name and location a secret. This has got to be a big apple no-no.

device is no longer apple's property, hacker owns it. why would there be a lawsuit?

could be worse - he could be somewhere like where I am with no AT&T service at all

There is nothing Apple can do about it. He purchases the hardware and he owns ever piece of metal and plastic. He isn't making money off of it. This is the same as all the iphone modding. You can't stop this sort of stuff. Another reason Apple wont do anything is they made their money off the device. No harm done to them.

It was only a matter of time, I am sure there are more to come.

Thats like saying because my fish swims then my dog should swim as well. Software and Hardware are two entirely different things. Just because they are from the same company means jackshit.

Welcome to Corporate America !

You buy it but you still don't own it.

Forgot to say,

Now this guy has pissed Steve Jobs off by saying "hey, you are not giving us the best experience". The brainless Apple Zealots gonna kick his doors down and tear him into pieces.

Wouldn't that be par for the course? Verizon with a better network and broader reach than AT&T? In Charlotte NC, my Droid absolutely destroys my buddies iPhone in every way possible, and Charlotte isn't necessarily the backside of the moon.

You have no idea how short our end of the stick is. I think technically, the iPad in the US is unlocked. The problem is that every network here now uses different frequency bands if not different technologies all together. We have 4 real carriers, 2 GSM and 2 CDMA. The 2 GSMs are basically compatible unless you want 3G data, those are on different bands, so equipment made for one won't get 3G on the other. On top of that, both the US GSM carriers use different GSM bands the the rest of the world, so the only way to get complete global compatibility is for a carrier to use a radio capable of operating on 5 different bands!

Isn't that just about every major metropolitan area?

So, are you telling me ATT lied on their commercial with Douche Wilson, where he downloaded a pic of himself, and the ATT one came in quicker?

"Is Apple actually interested in providing the best service or not?
If it is then why haven't they signed up Verizon instead of AT&T?"

One big answer to that one - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Some very good modding work, though I wonder if the mifi board is going to cause any heating or electrical issues in the ipad.

Very cool though.

I bet that guy builds his own PC, even if it is a hackintosh!

I assume he will have to find another hack to put in an aftermarket battery as well, since Apple has stated to replace a battery you have to send the device in to them and get a different iPad in return.

How many people has Apple sued for buying a retail copy of OS X and installing it on their home computer? I can count the total without using any fingers. 0. They aren't going to sue anyone for modifying their products as long as you aren't trying to commercialize them and jeopardize their business.

Axiotron has been in business for years and the only thing they do is modify Macbooks/Pros into slate style tablet devices. Apple hasn't done anything to them because the company has already purchased a laptop from Apple. If Axiotron was building their own tablets and installing retailing copies of OS X it would be a different story.

Apple doesn't care about people doing stuff like this.

this is cool...i wants it

Must have crappy ATT signal there, around Harrisburg I get up to 1800kbps while my buddies droid on verizon is just over 1000 or sometimes less.

For this guys area, it seems well worth it due to his signal reception but not all areas are the same, such as mine.

Pretty ingenious hack. Props to him.

Apple can't do anything to him. He own every inch of the device. Now if he started doing this as a business that's different.

It really depends on where you're at, what speeds you get. I used to live in an apartment complex in a 'richer' area in town. I would get crap speeds on ATT 3G. I recently moved to the bad part of town and to my surprise I am getting constant 4.49 mbps and 332 kbps (uploads always seem capped at 40 KBps in dayton). I'm figuring the tower I'm connected to doesn't see much traffic, I only moved 3 miles. I imagine ATT service is much worse where there is a highly populated area able to afford data plans, that's one advantage of living in the ghetto, no one's using up the bandwidth

And people actually pay $30 a month for those speeds, what dumb f*cks!

Even worse if it's on a smartphone!

Ok, maybe that was too harsh, nah, not really.

I can't wait till we can pay a single price for data on all devices. The cell companies just rape people, course the people let them get away with it.....

Quite a different matter. The difference between Psystar and this guy is that Psystar sold their "solution", whereas this guy modded his own device for his own benefit and not as a market solution to earn money.

If I buy a device I may very well do whatever I want with it as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. If I want to rebuild my iPad to a toaster or change the screen to an OLED then I am free to do so and Apple can't do squat about it. But if I put in an OLED and start mass producing it for the sole purpose of selling it to the masses then then Apple have every right to stomp me.

Either way excellent mod. Apple should take a cue from this guy and do the proper upgrades for iPad 1.1.