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The only reason the ARM based tablets will have a locked boot loader is that they will be sold through telco's that demand the lockdown in order to sell or support the devices.

Umm, no, _Microsoft_ is demanding this. http://www.phonenews.com/microsoft-demanding-arm-oem-linux-windows-8-19713/

Again, Apple has never remotely killed an app.

The RD is an amazing thing. Apple has never confirmed remotely killing and app, that is correct. (Apple seldom confirms anything, including admitting to widely reported issues unless really pressured on it for a long period of time). But there have been several reported and documented cases of Apple remotely killing an app - as in not only removing from app store but stopping an already installed app from working. fx1 fx2

2) Apple has yet to remote pull anything.

This is wrong.

Apple first used it in 2009..

here's another from 2010

I aslo dont see why I should pay a ransom to be able to do what I want with my property, that is exactly what Microsoft is asking me to do.

Apple first used it in 2009. for nudity (to us Australians who aren't afraid of the human body, this seem pants on head retarded).

here's another from 2010

So it seems your information is a bit out of date... and completely fabricated.

http://www.phonenews.com/did-apple-flip-the-ios-kill-switch-on-ndrive-11579/

Here's one that they remotely killed.

It is still in question, and likely to stay there. Apple doesn't have a history of giving details about stories like this.

But isolated reports I don't really agree with.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=960079
http://www.phonenews.com/did-apple-flip-the-ios-kill-switch-on-ndrive-11579/
http://www.slashgear.com/ndrive-gps-app-disappears-from-apple-app-store-kill-switch-the-culprit-0893419/

are just the first three links I clicked. All of them have people saying that the app was wiped from their iDevice as well as people who say it wasn't on theirs.

Umm, it's not exactly hard to find news on this.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATTs-5GB-Wireless-Broadband-Mystery-Cap-92746
http://www.phonenews.com/verizon-wireless-limits-its-unlimited-broadband-access-data-plans-2840/
http://www.betanews.com/article/Sprint-says-5-GB-per-month-should-be-enough-for-most/1211916952

Um, that happened almost a year ago, dude. linky.

An anonymous reader suggests that there is a convoluted but possibly cheaper route to an new, unlocked iPhone.

Very recently. Notice the linksynergy links that must be used, or it won't work.

An anonymous reader suggests that there is a convoluted but possibly cheaper route to an new, unlocked iPhone.

Oops, wrong thread! The above post belongs in this thread: News: There's a Sucker Converted Every Minute . "What's the best tech scam you've heard of lately?"

I have a specific goal in mind. OpenMoko just seems to say "tons of possibilities and it's open", but for people who have no clue about development, "tons of possibilities" just means "this is not for me".

A truly open platform's killer apps don't need to be entirely new ones. They just need to be unmolested by the legacy carriers' greed/stupidity/business models. For example, a true push email service - one which does alert you about new messages but doesn't kill your battery through polling - does not need to be a $$/month line item. With OpenMoko it can - and will - be "free" on top of one of the affordable data plans. Same deal with location-aware services, since there's no restricted API between the developer and the GPS functionality.

OpenMoko costs $450/$600. You can get a Symbian/WinMobile smart phone with open API for less than that.

Ah yes, open APIs and timely firmware updates. The joys of being a user of smartphone platforms dictated by operators.