Nokia Fears Carriers May Try To Undermine N900

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia is worried that networks may reject selling the N900 because it won't allow them to mess with the operating system. Nokia has previously showed the N900 running a root shell and it appears to use the same interface for IM and phone functions. Meanwhile, Verizon is claiming that 'exclusivity arrangements promote competition and innovation.' Is it too late to explain to people why $99+$60/month is not better than $600+$20/month?"

Re:I thought about getting a refurbished nokia...

[Anonymous Coward]

If it will get me a sweet phone cheap, I'd wipe baby seal blood off my phone. I don't care. I'm an American. We don't care about shit except reality television, pop music, fast food and huge gas guzzling cars

Re:Perhaps it is.

[oh2]

The lack of competition in the US is funny from a distance. In Sweden we have 4 major carriers with their own nets, plus a number of virtual carriers that buy capacity from the majors. And Sweden is a horrible socialist country where the bad guv'mint decides everything for us...or something...

Re:If true, this is now the phone to beat.

[Anonymous Coward]

If, "cheesybagel", you're a fatass American, then yes. It does.

Re:I thought about getting a refurbished nokia...

[Anonymous Coward]

i love how prejudice is tagged funny around here. maybe if we hang a black man or an infidel that will get the real laughs.

Re:Nokia isn't a FOSS software firm...

[Anonymous Coward]

Complete FUD. Go and look at where the N900 comes from, the N810 which is from N800, in turn from N700. They're all linux devices that use Debian's apt-get for package management, and getting root is part of the system. So please cut the bullshit and get back to jerking off over the S. Jobs photo you keep on your iWank.

Re:"keeps the board in cocaine and blowjobs"

[Tetsujin]

I'm coming to the conclusion that "competition and innovation" can only mean for "keeps the board in cocaine and blowjobs". From the number of times we see anti-competitive and anti-innovative measures hailed as promoting those same qualities, it seems clear that they can't mean it literally.

By this stage, I think "cocaine and blowjobs" is about the only credible interpretation remaining.

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