7 Reasons Why Keeping the iPhone Locked Down is Stupid and Arrogant
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| But, even with all this power, or in spite of it, Apple has still decided to
| keep the iPhone locked down. Which is stupid. And arrogant. So, without
| further adieu I present to you the 10 reasons why locking down the iPhone is,
| well, stupid, and arrogant.
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/7-reasons-why-keeping-the-iphone-locked-down-is-stupid-and-arrogant/
http://tinyurl.com/28yt6o
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Google Using OpenMoko For gPhone?
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| A friendly penguin has told us at Phoronix that Google is looking to team up
| with OpenMoko for their "gPhone". Google will not be using the FIC Neo1973
| GTA01, but they will be bringing the open-source OpenMoko platform to their
| own hardware, which looks to be manufactured through HTC, and making a few
| changes along the way.
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http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NTk1Mw
OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand
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| OpenMoko, the first Open Source cell phone, has sold out the entire planned
| production run for the device's developer preview after unexpected demand.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/8/6/24279
iPhone matures the "free your phone" movement
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| This is why FreeTheIPhone.org project is born, but even better, why OpenMoko
| project exists. While some are trying to free the locked down device, others
| are creating a free unlocked device from the start, and a whole software
| framework to go with it.
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http://www.mobiliberty.com/iphone_matures_free_your_phone_movement
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