SIMs are great - I don't like SIM-free phones like Verizon ones that require somebody at Verizon to switch the service to a different phone. With GSM you just switch the SIM yourself. Of course it would also be nice to be able to use different devices without having to physically switch the SIM (like use the GPRS connection in a laptop or PDA). Anyway "SIM-free" is misleading as you are using it, because you are actually complaining about locked phones that will only work on one network. And BTW it's not so hard to buy new unlocked phones on the net if you are willing to pay unsubsidized prices for them.
As for Jobs, I think he negotiated a lot of unique stuff that cannot typically be negotiated with a carrier. It's too bad the phone still costs $500-600 even with a contract. Makes me wonder what the real manufacturing cost is; is the hardware that super-duper or are they just wanting to have even better margins than they get on ipods? On 2/26/07, Sam Kome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We should paper the world with (something like) this rant ahead of the wide release of Neo1973. The fettered masses really don't get it yet. Covers 8 myths which drive folks to buy locked phones and/or 2yr contracts: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Its_time_to_buy_SIM-free_phones.php "How would Apple fans react if the latest Mac computer was exclusively locked to a particular ISP, was only available to people who live in that ISP's service area, and people had to sign up to a 2 year contract with that ISP? The Apple fans would be mad as hell, so why on earth are they having to put up with exactly the same restrictions on a portable, pocket-sized Mac computer called the iPhone?" "How is it that Finland, a poorer, lower-density country without phone contracts, and with a law banning locked phones, developed far better phone coverage than America, the land of locked phones and 2 year contracts?" Sam Kome UX Team Member www.motricity.com view corporate video NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information of Motricity. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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