Re: Apple are the anti-google.

["Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, they did it -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7017660.stm

"An Apple software update is disabling iPhones that have been
unlocked by owners who wanted to choose which mobile network to use."

it also appears that Apple's update is removing ring tones and music
not bought through iTunes.

on an interesting point, my colleague is having hell with her itouch
order - the Apple store in Glasgow (launched to great fanfare on the
apple website) were out of stock, and told her to order online - they
told her that it would be dispatched on launch date... Apple's
support people are now saying that the Apple stores are "not
affiliated with Apple in any way": they are claiming that the stores
have nothing to do with Apple, and they won't honour what the staff
in store have said...

buyer beware!