anti-freedom

Yet more reason to avoid iPhone, just confirming how locked down it is and how dependent its users have to be on Apple.

Gizmodo blogger Brian Lan says: "You heard that the new firmware bricks unlocked iphones? Get this: Apple just confirmed to me that running any third-party app at all voids the warranty, and you won't be covered if your iPhone bricks for whatever reason. The reasoning is that Apple cannot distinguish between other third party apps and those that have been confirmed to combine with the new firmware to cause iPhone Brick-itus." -- Read more