Nokia Fears Carriers May Try To Undermine N900

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia is worried that networks may reject selling the N900 because it won't allow them to mess with the operating system. Nokia has previously showed the N900 running a root shell and it appears to use the same interface for IM and phone functions. Meanwhile, Verizon is claiming that 'exclusivity arrangements promote competition and innovation.' Is it too late to explain to people why $99+$60/month is not better than $600+$20/month?"

Comments

Another one for Nokia

[Jurily]

I know where my next phone is coming from.

If true, this is now the phone to beat.

[Anonymous Coward]

Finally a company gets it! We want a phone we can hack LEGALLY, that doesn't have Steve Jobs giant head staring at us 24x7 telling us what we can and cannot do with it. If they can really keep the carriers from imposing idiotic restrictions of their own, this will be the phone to beat.

Not a 12 month contract

[confused one]

except some carriers require a TWO year contract; so, that becomes:

60*24 + 100 = 1540
20*24 + 600 = 1080

Definitely better off buying the phone outright

Verizon Says:

[Nautical Insanity]

"exclusivity arrangements promote competition and innovation."

The foul stench creeping through your nose right now is the smell of total bare-faced bullshit.

Re:Only patented formats

[Eunuchswear]

Here it says that it won't support OGG,

What is this "support" shit? It's running Linux, If you want OGG just apt-get install it.