Thursday, September 25, 2008

Exclusive Contracts for Open Access

An article posted today in TechCrunch discusses Google's new patent for an open wireless world. Where a consumer can take their phone and gain access to the Internet through whichever provider they choose at any given point. Goodbye cell phone contract deals?

This week I was forced to renew my sprint contract for two more years and got stuck with another crap phone.

Anyway the point I was getting to is that Google is all about open access yet they now have an exclusive contract with T-Mobile? I am guessing this is temporary and this phone will be unlocked and sold on Ebay within no time but either way Google looks a little like a hypocrite.

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