"Apparently, if you get your iPhone + iPhone-specific subscription plan from Orange in France, your iPhone often receives SMS that the iPhone never shows. These SMS appear normally if you use your SIM card with another telephone. According to the french version of The Inquirer, these SMS are here to check the SIM card is used inside an iPhone..."

For french readers: http://formats-ouverts.org/blog/2007/12/05/1420-ces-formats-qui-ne-montr...

Apple's recently released a software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone, but if you were hoping to port or develop original open source software with it, the news isn't good. Code signing and nondisclosure conditions make free software a no-go.

"Last week, we announced 5 reasons to avoid the iPhone. This has been met with a lot of excitement and some great feedback. Some important questions were raised in this feedback. So, here is an opportunity to help get some answers, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak [...] Take these three easy steps to give Apple our iPhone Challenge: ... " --

"The 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G:

** iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a tax to Apple, who becomes the sole authority over what can and can't be on everyone's phones.
** iPhone endorses and supports Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology.

"I've published a second article for the Free Software Foundation about Apple's iPhone, looking at the measures Apple uses to control iPhone users and prevent developers from writing free software for the platform. It turns out that this is a good example of why updating the GPL was important, and why it's a good idea for developers to use the new version (GPLv3).

Will the use of Linux void the manufacturer’s warranty of your computer hardware? This is one fear that prevents some people from making the leap to Linux, which is why it is on my Top 10 List of Linux FUD Patterns. The short answer is, it depends; however, there are steps that you can take to increase your probability of receiving service under a warranty.

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One thing about the Free Software Foundation: there's seldom any doubt where they stand. Take the blog entry they recently posted: "5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3G." You can't come away from it thinking that there are pros and cons to the iPhone. Rather, if you agree with them, you shouldn't even consider putting an iPhone in your pocket. But how well do their arguments stack up?

Here you have it. Linux running on the iPhone. Yes, it's only the first port, but it's the iPhone running the Linux OS, controlled with a USB keyboard running off the iPhone multi-purpose port thanks to the reverser engineering of Apple's hardware drivers by iPhone Dev Team member planetbeing.