interesting that the 2 x devices that get all the air time (android and i-phone) also use buckets of nokia technology to make them work. It seems, from an outsider's perspective, that you can't even buy a phone in the US without being locked into a contract with a telco. Google (through the companies that use their OS) and Apple are recognised brands that are quite happy to let their product wear some carrier's branding. That way they still sell their products and also save money on marketing by letting the carriers do all the advertising (after all, these companies are all in it to make money. They're not here for anything else) The US based tech sites are mostly funded by advertising. who in their right mind would assume that in a capitalist environment, they would actually do anything as silly as bite the hand that feeds them? That's got nothing to do with nationalism and everything to do with business. just my 2 cents