chris_blunt@spamfence.net declared for all the world to hear...
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:00:31 +0100, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com>
> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Do they really sell them for £700 in the UK?
>
> I just bought a new SIM free N95 in Hong Kong for HK$6,850. That's
> about £435.

Not quite £700 but in that ballpark:

http://www.expansys.co.uk/
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Regards
Jon