Re:My only explanaintion (Score 1)

I live in Alexandria, Egypt. I have a Nokia N95 (and it's quite a common phone here and is sold everywhere). It has built-in GPS and Nokia offers detailed downloadable maps of Alexandria and Cairo. I totally agree with you on why GPS is banned here. To answer your question about why Apple obliged .. it's money talk ... The iPhone will be distributed by Mobinil and Vodafone, the 2 largest mobile operators here, with access to 30 million subscribers. And to "please" the government, they (the operators) have to make sure there is no GPS capability in the phone.