I was under the impression that the law in the UK (and indeed the EU) forbids phone companies from locking phones to networks for more than a year, and if you are already an O2 customer and get one of these phones you can demand it unlocked after your original 12 months are up.
On 17/09/2007, Nic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Ian Forrester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/sep/17/mobilephones.apple > > > > In the light of the amount of "unlocking" or hacking going on. Don't > > you think the rest were actually quite lucky to have not got into > > this deal with Apple? > > They're nuts to pay that much. Apple are nuts to try to control it. > > http://openmoko.org forever. > > > -- > Nic Ferrier > http://prooveme.com - easy, simple, certificated OpenID > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
