iPhone Restrictions

This Slashdot Story is talking about the restrictions on the sale of iPhones, as well as the restrictions on WiFi access.

For WiFi, it appears you have to sign a contract that locks you into an EDGE data plan. Ouch! It may still be simpler to carry your laptop around.

The real question is, why is apple doing this? Are they getting a lot of money from wireless vendors? A phone, afterall, is just a phone. They could have sold it, you slip in your SIM CARD, and away you go. This alone would have made the iPhone a huge success, but it seems they’re trying to cripple it. A lot of people are complaining about custom iPhone apps being Safari “webpages”.