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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. Verizon too! by dimer0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Comon, this isn't just AT&T. My *Verizon* 8830 phone has been "crippled" for about 2 weeks before the iPhone came out.

    I called Verizon and inquired why my phone doesn't have the GPS turned on, and after getting to some 'data expert', I was told that the reason is Blackberry won't turn over some API or something to allow Verizon to enable this.

    Now, I doubt that's really the reason, but again - this isn't some AT&T and/or Apple stunt.