Firmware update may break hacked iPhones

So it appears that Apple will be upping the ante on the iPhone hacks:

"Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed,"

Lest we N800 users get too happy, we should note that every N800 update has resulted in a wipe of all installed apps. But still at least we are allowed to install apps on our devices.