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And Android (to a lesser extent). While I was in China, I was blocked from buying any apps as paid apps aren't available there. Even dialing a VPN wasn't enough - the phone knew where it was.

With the amount of stuff(TM) that we buy digitally now, this is becoming a huge problem.

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Android goes off the country of the SIM card that's in it, last I checked. So either you can pop in a foreign SIM and make your purchase over WiFi (this worked for me even with an expired SIM), or use an app such as MarketEnabler to spoof your SIM carrier code.

What about Android devices without 3G? Like all WiFi only Android tablets or Galaxy S players?

Oh, really? That's the first I have heard of Apple using geographical location to disable features, rather than using the location that issued the credit card linked to the account.

Come to think of it, last year in Shanghai, I did buy a GPS map app for iPhone using my US app store account... is this something new (and lame) that Apple is doing, or did you mean something different?

EDIT: Oops, sorry, I guess I should have read your comment far enough to get to the second word where you clearly indicated you are talking about Android... :-p

Android.

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