GRRRR

[revdkathy]

It’s not often the bear growls. But I learned something today that made me angry. It appears that some of the n900s being sold by Vodaphone are carrying a branded, locked and otherwise knobbled version of the wonderful, open, free maemo firmware. I just can’t quite make up my mind whether I’m madder at Vodaphone for doing it or Nokia for letting

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totally agree!!

[anonymous]

I gotta say i total agree with everythin ur i had a samsung tocco o2 contract be4 i got my nokia n900 and it was awful the most painful experience of a phone ever. bt i will say in someones defense wether its nokias of vodafone, my nokia n900 on contract wit vodafone is not brand, not locked and i can do everything that i wanna do without being forced to go on a vodafone website. this may be because i got mine from carphone warehouse and if wot ur sayin is rite then my advice would be to do the same, i wouldnt want vodafone to limit wot is such an amazing fone.

Yes

[arkanoid]

the whole idea is that you get your phone from the *operator* is flawed (or just plain evil). and those people who keep whining about subsidized phones (no phone should ever cost $500+! etc etc) usually do not really understand that is plain stupid to surrender your independence this way ;-)

[anonymous]

Wooo! I totally agree with this!! But you keep talking about some provider called Vodaphone which I can't find any info about on the net. ;) cos it's Vodafone!

[anonymous]

I bought mine on Vodafone through Carphone Warehouse here in UK and my firmware isn't branded and the phone isn't carrier locked either as it worked with my old O2 sim :) I'm guessing yours isn't from Voda UK then?

I hate branding..

[anonymous]

Which is why I have a 1month rolling sim-only contract and pay for my phones out right :)

Cheaper in the long run I think, plus you don't have a load of rubbish in your phone.