At 21 Jun 2008 13:49:13 +0000 Larry wrote:

> > If Nokia would only stick a phone in it, it
>
> That would certainly be the end of it. There would be no developers,
> no software, no bluetooth, features would all be crippled and it
> would be another carrier-controlled web appliance......just like
> iPhone, controlled by "them", not us.

I'm talking about an unlocked GSM device. Look up Nokia's "N95" Larry. Or
Communicator series, or S60 series. Nokia sells plenty of unlocked,
uncrippled carrier branded handsets. A radio is a radio. With WiFi and
bluetooth, a cellular (GSM) radio is all that's missing.


> I wouldn't have bought one.

Honestly, that's not my concern! ;-) As I said, it should be an option-
i.e. an N801 or 811 with cellular, 800 or 810 without.


> I
> don't want a WebTV appliance I'm not allowed to use the way I see
> fit, and that's exactly what it would become........another iphone.

No, it wouldn't- Nokia sells both carrier-branded and non-branded devices.