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AT&T Crippling BlackBerry for iPhone?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the new-sheriff-in-town dept.

0xdeadbeef writes "BlackBerryCool got a tip that not only was AT&T removing GPS functionality from their version of the BlackBerry 8820, they're doing it so it won't show up the iPhone. While carriers crippling phones to stop them from competing with pay-per-use services is nothing new, this might be the first time they've done it to make their other products seem less diminished."

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  1. Q: What do you get when you cross Apple and AT& by SimHacker · · Score: 3, Funny

    A: AT&T

    Yeah, I know: old joke. Used to be IBM instead of AT&T. But this story just proves it again! It's funny because it's true.

    -Don

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  2. Re:USA - rest of world by smittyoneeach · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've found you can find happiness in slavery.--Reznor

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  3. Insult to their customers' common sense?.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...it sounds more like a Raspberry than a Blackberry to me!

    Sorry :-(

  4. Re:iPhone is old tech by OECD · · Score: 4, Funny

    But this is old tech in fancy wrapping.

    Don't fret, I'm sure it suffer the same fate that befell the iPod.

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  5. Re:Wow by Mattintosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    AT&T is upset because the vast majority of people don't want a crippled iPhone. They did costly upgrades to their network in order to lock people into crippled iPhone service in the US, and they honestly thought people would buy a crippled phone with overpriced, crippled service. Now that most of the hype has died down, and it's become clear that most people aren't as stupid as everyone likes to assume they are, they're attempting to make more demand for the iPhone by crippling everyone else's phones too.


    There. Fixed that for you.
  6. Re:sigh... by phreakincool · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, that should be:
    "The new at&t feels alot like the old AT&T."
    They're smaller, but bolder.