O2 Considers Unlocking iPhones

I can not vouch for it, but here is the article & link, & true or not I still fail to be impressed by the i-phone, & yes I have tried one!

During a trip to Paris, Nathan Oventhal used his iPhone only to take photos, and not email, internet or voice calls, yet was still billed by AT&T some $550 for accessing 20MB of data, which apparently is the equivalent to 10 high-res pictures or 10,000 pages of text, reports the LA Times.

Oventhal of Santa Monica asks…”How on God’s green earth did I use 20 megabytes? All I did was use the camera.”

Apparently when Oventhal used his iPhone a second time while in France he was faced with a text message from AT&T which stated that his international data usage was “very high”, on his return home he contacted AT&T and a rep said he’d run up $550 in roaming charges while abroad.

Apparently according to the rep, as Apple sends software updates to iPhone users routinely, when Oventhal switched on his iPhone to use the camera the update happened and thus a fairly large charge for roaming.
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2009/10/07/iphone-routine-update-leads-to-550-roaming-charge/

According to the original LA Times article, his roaming was switched on, and his handset downloaded his email merrily while he was on the move. Seems like he didn't understand that while email was being received, he was in fact using his internet connection.

There's an interesting angle there that they found several iPhones in their office which have never been used for roaming, have the roaming switched on. They're concerned that AT&T might have updated the software to change the default from "Off" to "On".

Thanks sockatume for that clarification.
I was interested, particularily after that episode when I think it was Amazon managed to delete books off customers e-readers after they had bought them.
It seems to me to be wrong that a manufacturer should be allowed in any way, to control what I do.
Once I have bought a phone, a computer, or an e-reader it is mine. I should be able to choose who I deal with & when & why.
I do realise that if you have a contract phone, then Orange for example, would be able to control me to the extent that I should use them for the duration of the contract, but afterwards it should then be me in control.
It's back to who is in charge, & does as far as I am concerned start to impinge on our freedoms.