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[/img]This one was all rather rumory to begin with, but play along if
you don't mind a pile of unconfirmed reports to start the day. A few
weeks back it was said that Apple was working with Gemalto to create a
non-removable, software-reconfigurable SIM that would be built right
into European iPhones, saving a number of headaches for users and,
more importantly, for Apple. This decidedly unconfirmed report was
supposedly enough to get European carriers all worked up in a tizzy,
angry that, among other things, customers would never need to actually
interact with those carriers themselves -- all actions, including
activation, could be handled right through the App Store. Now, for the
final layer of unconfirmed reporting in this delectably speculative
layer cake, we have word from The Daily Telegraph that Apple has
apparently given up on this plan and will continue to ship hardware to
Europe with honest to gosh SIM cards, just like it always has. In
other words: carry on, nothing to see here.
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