Another point is that the iPhone does NOT expose your location without your
knowledge. In fact anytime a turns on that can do location based things, a
little dialog pops up that says “[APPNAME] would like to use your location.
Do you want to allow this” so I'm not really sure where they get that whole
“without your knowledge” thing.

Also, Fairplay has NOTHING to do with the applications. That is all the
media DRM. The applications are limited though so they are right about
that. But they are limited only in what can(not) be approved by the App
Store people. As long as an app is approved, it will be available.

The FSF does a decent job of cutting through most FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, &
Doubt) but it's articles like this one that really bug me because it creates
FUD as well. While I'm not here to say the iPhone is the best phone on the
market (in fact, far from it), it is a decent one. The FreeRunner they
mention, I researched thoroughly (and even attempted to get a review unit
when I was on Power of Information), the problem with the device is that
it's limited to GSM (no Edge, no 3G) and at last check was only available
when purchased with a development kit. So the phone isn't even available to
purchase except in a development edition. Doesn't sound “consumer ready” to
me. But I do like the idea behind FreeRunner and the company creating it.

And while I'm not hear to defend all of Apple's policies and technology, I
do think the iPhone is a nifty device (always have). It has flaws, some of
which are being addressed in the 3.0 OS update. But even then it's still
not perfect. And as long as the content makers want to “protect” their
content, there will be DRM, regardless of Apple or not.

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