It’s all over.

The boys at iPhoneSIMfree have won the Great Race. The definitive software unlock of the iPhone has finally been achieved. (Get a whiff of their smugness here.)

Meantime Engadget’s got all the gory details, steps, videos and links over here.

We can expect a tsunami of new iPhone sales activity. With this development, there is now no reason for Apple to not release an official open-line iPhone, which they will likely start with for the Europe round of releases. (Which was the plan all along, I think.)

Meanwhile, the SOLness of AT&T is now total and complete, and his Steveness sits in the darkness of his office, face lit up by the glow of his prototype tablet Mac, quietly cackling to himself.