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iPhone: Europeans Wary of Apple's Attempt to Maintain Network Control
Keith McMahon submits: There was an interesting revelation by Charles Dunstone, CEO of Carphone Warehouse, in the annual results webcast yesterday regarding the iPhone. That is, in order for the iPhone to function correctly there is a requirement for Apple (AAPL) servers to be placed deep in the operator's network.
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This also guards against the standard European market tricks of unlocking and reflashing phone operating systems to get around operator device tie-ins. If Apple has a non-GSM, non-standard way of authenticating the device then operators will be much more comfortable in subsidizing the handset sale price than the equivalent Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung or Motorola devices.
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[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2007-06-06 13:46 ]
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Posted: 2007-06-06 14:45:53
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