rolf wroteI don't think they will reinstate the warranty. It seems that Apple like to assimilate hardware and software into the same thing.
It's good they made this legal, I think it is outrageous that you would be restricted by law about being able to modify a device that you bought yourself.
I also think its good that phone companies are forced to legalize this, but remember that this blocked phones we get from companies are also very cheap. So, how are the phone companies supposed to keep selling cheap new cellphones if the end user is allowed to just buy them and use another network? I don't think this might be so great for us as end users.