Ford doesn't require you to buy gas from Chevron.

The dumbest thing Apple could do was tie the phone to inferior AT&T. Fortunately the hackers have rectified that mistake

Apple will no doubt continue to try to update the phone locks - and they will continue to be hacked and broken. As the music and movie studios have learned, you can't lock your programs down (thank you DVD John).

After losing my Palm I was about to go out and buy a second-hand iPhone on craigslist this weekend (about $100 cheaper than ebay) but I located it so I now have the luxury of waiting for prices to drop further and upgraded features in version 2.0.