
According to an article by Noam Cohen on the NY Times, the iPhone 3G Egyptians are not equipped with GPS since this is a “military power”, according to the local government. If you look at Apple Egyptian dedicated all’iPhone, not known fact no mention of this technology. The request by the Egyptian government is based on the fact that use a GPS provides accurate details of places and thus facilitate the discovery of military bases and strategic sites, according to Ahmed Gabr, blogger of Gadgetsarabia, wrote in an email to American journalist .
Gabr, for its part, has Acuista its 3G iPhone through eBay and therefore have a standard model without the “impairment” Technology like those sold in the Western world. It is not the first case in the history of Egypt (and elsewhere) in which the government “puts brake on technology.”
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