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iPhone Antitrust and Computer Fraud Claims Upheld
LawWatcher writes "On October 1, 2008, a federal judge in California upheld a class action claiming that Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service provider agreement for the iPhone violates the anti-monopoly provisions of the antitrust laws. The court also ruled that Apple may have violated federal and California criminal computer fraud and abuse statutes by releasing version 1.1.1 of its iPhone operating software when Apple knew that doing so would damage or destroy some iPhones that had been 'unlocked' to enable use of a carrier other than AT&T."
and slashdot readers seem to state pretty strongly that the iPhone is lame and not nearly as good as open moku ^W ^W android
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These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
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No wait, that's not communism, but still, you're a communist.
I think his point was that Apple's main method of dealing with problems is to lawyer up, because they feel they are invincible in court. Maybe a couple losses will break that philosophy, and Apple might actually start to think before they act. Apple's main problem is that they think that until Microsoft dissapears, no one can touch them (i.e. see their response to Psystar's anti-competative lawsuit). Apple needs to realize that just cause they aren't the top player (except for the iPod and iTunes) doesn't mean they can get away with anything they want to.
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Apple also has patents on their side. Many of the features ATT has are actually Apple server products, other companies aren't authorized to use those features.
I think iPhone is just fine and the wrong target.. the real target should be all the other horribly disabled phones being sold for full price and crippled not to work with other carriers.
Apple was MOST straightforward about the process from Day One. Prior to this they had sold ZERO cell phones. They chose one company that would give them the IP protection they needed and their customers "Apple's version" of good service. It's not Apple's fault the rest of the market is so awful. AT&T sells lots of other phones, it's only this one Apple phone that is exclusive.
"These phones CAN work on all those networks."
Okay... I'll make you a bet. If you can software unlock an iPhone to run on Verizon's CDMA network in, say, a week, I'll pay you a thousand dollars.
If you can't, you pay me a thousand. Deal?
I'll even go double-or-nothing for Sprint...
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