alister.gcs@hotmail.co.uk declared for all the world to hear...
> I find it annoying that a company should be allowed to limit
> functionality on a product which they do not manufacture
> simply to force users to be tied to their own services.

In that case then may I suggest in future you purchase all of your
mobiles SIM free and at full cost, and you will avoid such restrictions.

Thus your boss' N95 would have cost upwards of £700 rather than the
figure actually paid which suspect would be substantially lower than
£700.
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Regards
Jon