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Read here how operators make sure that even the iPhone sucks as a vehicle for services.

But here enjoy some comforting musings on how (some) social networks are destined to turn into nomadic war machines that will help us to bypass the walled gardens maintained by operators to rip us off.

The first signs of a mobile hive mind are certainly there, and they are manifold.

BTW - Google today announced acquiring Grand Central. Must be good news for InterTalk - Microsoft and Yahoo will be tapdancing on their doorstep.