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+-   Apple disables Egyptian iPhone GPS on Tuesday December 09 2008, @02:16AM floydman

Submitted by floydman on Tuesday December 09 2008, @02:16AM
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floydman writes "Apparently the Egyptian government is paranoid about its community using GPS devices, to the degree that it demanded Apple would remove any GPS functionality from its iPhone 3G. They claim that "GPS functionality should be limited to military purposes". Egyptian blogger Ahmed Gabr brought this issue up in another article , and talks about how this does not make sense, since Google maps and the like can be used. I also happen to know for a fact that most of the modern cars in Egypt have built-in GPS systems."
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