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Originally Posted by iconoclast
I did consider the fact the GPS is not really locked but works with VZN. However, that is the only application it is allowed to works with that is against fair trade.
It is true the we bought the Phone from Verizon as in the US Verizon is the only re-seller. The same transaction can also be initiated from Samsung's Omina website. Anyone reading the description of the phone is duped into thinking they are also buying the GPS functionality.
The question is not if GPS works but who owns it
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How is that against fair trade? I would like to see the basis for this argument before I file any complaint....
if ur merely saying it is against fair trade because you are forced to pay for VZ Navigator then this is a waste of time, but if there is some language somewhere stating "that if a phone is advertised with GPS then it must be allowed to be used with any and all GPS software" then I think ur idea would be better received...
All of Verizon's WinMo phones have been sold the same way for the past couple years, with the GPS locked to serve VZ Navigator, this is NOT a new issue, a phone sold with Verizon's badge belongs to verizon, when there is a problem u send the phone to Verizon not Samsung...GPS is not a stand alone program/feature created by Samsung and sold to Verizon, it is built into the phone and Owned and operated by Verizon Wireless...
We may not like it and it may not seem fair...but its Legal...good luck