Guys - I am also trying to be a voice of sanity here. I would NOT simply believe that this story is true in it's stated form. It is possible that AT&T will neuter the GPS functionality but I doubt it has anything to do with iPhone. First of all, the iPhone does not have a GPS chip so how would this at all avoid competition with the Apple product?
Think about this: The 8800 has GPS that is not crippled in any way. It works fine. Now AT&T is going to launch the 8820 and leave Wi-Fi working but take away GPS? Makes no sense.
Sometimes the motivation for crippling GPS is to simply spur more TeleNav subscriptions. The carriers want to make more money off you, and this is one way they think they can do it. Problem is, T-Mo will gain ground on everyone because they have 1) lower prices; 2) they understand BlackBerry really well; 3) they do not cripple GPS.
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