Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.
Which in plain speak means that you can unlock your phone for the use of doing extra cool stuff on your smart phone that you couldn't do with the manufacturers restrictions still in place via the firmware/software. For example: Custom ring tones on your iPhone. (iPhones have a TERRIBLE choice of stock ring tones. However you can buy song excerpts from the iTunes store, but I'm guessing not everyone wants a song for their ring tone...)
So now you dont have to feel guilty about modifying the smart phone that you own, for honest purposes. Hooray.
So now you dont have to feel guilty about modifying the smart phone that you own, for honest purposes. Hooray.
This brings up an interesting question however. To what extent does a company still own their technology even after its been sold to a third party?
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