iPhone Unlocked? No, no, and NO!

David Pogue, a well known Mac critic for the New York Times, has answered everyone's, including my own, number one question: Will the iPhone be 'Unlocked'?
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The Ultimate iPhone Frequently Asked Questions

Wow. Predictably, the torrent — and I do mean torrent — of iPhone commentary from the citizens of the Web is practically outflooding spam this week. Most of it comes from people whose shirt fronts are practically drenched in drool. Plenty is negative and bitter.

Another huge category is iPhone questions. Never mind that many of these questions either (a) have been answered by Apple, either on its elaborate, interactive Web site or the free video of Steve Jobs’s speech, or (b) come from people who fantasize about fitting the iPhone into their own particular wish lists.

(My favorite sarcastic comment, which was a response to these responses, which were in response to my last blog entry: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, but can you use it underwater? And can you recharge it using solar power? And does it have an optical scanner that detects your eyeball movements so that you merely have to look at a name in your contacts list and blink in order to choose and call him? Apple, you have a long way to go…”)

Anyway, here it is: the ultimate iPhone Frequently Asked Questions list, complete with answers.

ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS:

Can it be used with anything but Cingular? –No.

Is it an “unlocked” phone, so I can use it with a carrier other than Cingular? –No.

Will there be a non-Cingular version? –Not within the first two years.

Can I put my T-Mobile SIM card in it instead of Cingular? –No.

But what if I keep asking? Then will it be available beyond Cingular? –No.
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SOURCE:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/the-ultimate-iphone-frequently-asked-questions/
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Be sure to check out the rest of the list on his blog, PoguePicks.

It looks like I won't be getting my iPhone for at least 2 years, if at all! Or until someone figures out how to unlock it, or if my company switches from T-Mobile to Cingular :-P (which I really hope they don't do, the years I spent as a Cingular customer left me with some bad tastes)
And do I really want the iPhone after reading this frightening list of this it can't do? I may want to wait 2 years before I spend $499 on a phone that can't do much of anything. For $499, it should have GPS, Voice Dialing, Flash support, Outlook/Exchange support, and the ability to add your own software. Until these key features are added, I'm sticking with my MPx220 Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone, Palm T|X, and iPod w/Video. :)