I definitely would like to know the answer to this. If it is true I would consider this just as important as if someone said the battery can't be charged more than 200 times. THe rumor may be a mistake but it certainly is an important one as there was an older HTC phone that didn't get unlocked and no one ever managed to get around that as far as I know.
I've posted a question in the support forum and sent an e-mail to HTC. I think if we can convince Engadget to post an article HTC would difinitely respond or possibly if enough people send e-mails or call HTC we might get a definiteve answer -
http://community.htc.com/na/htc-foru...oid/f/138.aspx
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