The word is that on January 4th, Nokia plan to release an OTA firmware update which will install Symbian on all N900's being used on any UK network apart from Vodafone. Anybody who bought their N900 from MPD will have a 21-day grace period in which to sign up for a Vodafone contract, after which their handset and SIM card will be automatically locked to Orange.

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