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Originally Posted by Thesandlord View Post
Why is everyone so afraid of a phone? Because it will "lock them down" ?

What if the were all sold unlocked, with an empty SIM slot. Problem solved.
Hardly. There are all sorts of stupid ******** carrier nonsense to be complied with, not to mention an insane number of international, state, and local regulations, with the end result being a lot of resources taken away from making Maemo awesome into making it comply with lots of stupidity.

No thanks, I'll stick with my non-cellular-hindered platform, thank you. If you want a phone, please go buy a phone.
 

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