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Re: File Complaint with FTC against Verizon for locking GPS on Omina (& other phones)

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Originally Posted by iconoclast View Post
...Whilst Samsung advertizes the i910 on their websit as having GPS, Verizon decided to lock it or operate it only their software. We the consumer paid for the phone as it was being sold by Samsung. If the GPS was not going to be available on i910 then Samsung could have simply omitted it just like they did for the video conferencing camera on their i900 product but they did not.
So legally we the consumer paid for the GPS but cannot use it unless we purchase the VZnavigator.
Small problem with your Logic.

You didn't buy the phone from the Samsung Website. You bought the phone from the VERIZON website. The Verizon website does not advertise the GPS to work with other programs.
Since the phone is "Verizon Branded" they have the right to modify it as they see fit.

sux... but completely legal
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