Convert a SIM To a MicroSIM, With a Meat Cleaver 302
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An anonymous reader writes "This morning, my shiny new iPad 3G 64GB arrived from the USA! The only problem was, it had an AT&T MicroSIM and as yet there is no such thing in the UK. So what's the solution? Get a chopping board, a meat cleaver, and a pair of scissors — simples!"
I hear that a file is better... (Score:5, Insightful)
I've heard advice from others that a file is actually better, as it works better for removing the controlled amount of material and things like rounding corners.
From Office of Making Things Unnecessarily Small (Score:3, Insightful)
What exactly is the point of MicroSIM anyway? To make it easier to lose?
Re:From Office of Making Things Unnecessarily Smal (Score:2, Insightful)
Locking customers in.
Re:That's certainly... (Score:2, Insightful)
Cutting edge technology.
This person puts a new meaning to the term "hacker."
Or an old meaning.....
Re:That's certainly... (Score:5, Insightful)
Except that the page footer says "Made on a Mac" with an Apple logo. "Sent from my iPhone." "Sent from my iPod." Who cares? Their products insert advertising. I hate Apple for that crap.
Re:That's certainly... (Score:4, Insightful)
Did the guy write it himself? No? Then the product inserted it. I didn't claim it was hidden from the user.
Re:That's certainly... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:That's certainly... (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah so?
Blackberry does it on their devices, Hotmail does it, Android phones do it. So you hate all of them too?
Re:No, seriously (Score:3, Insightful)
Your attitude would have stopped every human technological advance from fire through to space travel.
The risk of any experiment is failure. The reward is knowledge either way. I mean come on, he was risking a SIM card, not life and limb here.
Re:That's certainly... (Score:4, Insightful)
Never mind, apple lovers dont need to be factual when taking shots at android - big Steve said so.
Re:That's certainly... (Score:4, Insightful)
but doesn't that mean we can just hate on both Apple AND Blackberry now?
Re:No, seriously (Score:1, Insightful)
No. I think he knew exactly what he was doing.
From the article:
"Above is a picture of the SIM cards - as you can see, they vary a lot, but the only parts that matter to us are the contacts which are common to the MicroSIM and SIM. Electronically, the SIM and MicroSIM are the same so we can cut the rest away and not worry (so long as we are careful)."
Re:No, seriously (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:No, seriously (Score:3, Insightful)
I think it was a little more calculated than pure luck. It is pretty much a known certainty that a SIM/Smart card is going to have most of the silicon applied to the back on the contact area, it's just cheaper to make them that way.
Worst case scenario? His "lack of judgement" forces him to call vodafone and request a replacement Sim. They normally arrive next day. Given the choice between no internet and playing the low risk game of butcher the card, I think the butchery would be my preferred option.
Re:That's certainly... (Score:3, Insightful)