Apple puts refurbished iPhones on sale
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| The handsets presumably come from the stock of devices returned by original
| buyers because they didn't like the handset, the AT&T network it connects to,
| or because the thing didn't work and were replaced.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/21/apple_offers_refurb_iphones/
Customers can sue AT&T, after all
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| A federal court in San Francisco has decided that AT&T's wireless contract
| is "unconscionable".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/20/court_slames_att_wireless_contract_clause/
Related:
This phone is not a slice of Apple
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| The imitation runs a version of a Linux operating system that is commonly
| found on Motorola phones. It also has a stylus.
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| [...]
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| A visit to the Baniyas Square store by Gulf News revealed the phone to be a
| Chinese-made touch-screen, running a Linux-based operating system.
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http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10146099.html
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
Googlephone could be powered by Linux and free of charge
http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1573.html
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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