http://smstextnews.disqus.com/Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanaticsenWed, 21 May 2008 09:00:06 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/3g_apple_iphone_will_be_subsidised_.html#comment-502260Here here, Julian!smstextnewsWed, 21 May 2008 09:00:06 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/3g_apple_iphone_will_be_subsidised_.html#comment-502148I think what we want is for the iPhone to do so well, Nokia realises that it must spend time and money getting its wonderful wizardry available via single click/point type and click style interfaces. When the big boys realise that the standard competative model rewards fully usable functions, then we will move into the post normob era.juliancoolingWed, 21 May 2008 08:36:59 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/3g_apple_iphone_will_be_subsidised_.html#comment-501908I don't think there's been any suggestion that option will be going away - just that the networks will additionally be able to offer subsidised prices with new contract sales...bensmithWed, 21 May 2008 07:29:32 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/3g_apple_iphone_will_be_subsidised_.html#comment-501676Nahhh we want the masses to adopt the iPhone, don't we?smstextnewsWed, 21 May 2008 05:45:02 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/05/3g_apple_iphone_will_be_subsidised_.html#comment-501627Noooo!, subsidising the handset would be bad! at the moment I can walk into a shop and leave with an iPhone without a contract, jailbreak it, unlock it and use it with almost any SIM card I want!<br><br>I quite like that freedom.danlaneWed, 21 May 2008 05:12:24 -0000