"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
news:46872be4$0$16365$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
> At 30 Jun 2007 13:41:26 -0700 Randall Ainsworth wrote:
>
>> You must have a hacked phone. It's no secret that Verizon cripples
>> their phones so that you have to pay them for transferring ringtones,
>> wallpaper, etc.
>
>
> Apparently it's also no secret that the iPhone is almost equally
> crippled. According to engadget.com, who's playing with 12 of them, you
> can't tether a computer to an iPhone via bluetooth or cable, can't
> transfer files via bluetooth, and can't even use it as an iPod until it's
> activated with AT&T (so much for unlocking it! It only allows emergency
> phones calls and no other functions if a non-iTunes activated SIM is
> inserted.)
>
> I'm surprised Verizon passed on the iPhone- it's crippled almost to
> Verizon spec and beyond!

the bluetooth is actually crippled beyond verizon spec. :P