During the Mobile2Market session at Mobile Developers Conference (Paris) MSMobiles asked Orange why they locked the MS Smartphone powered phones (the Orange SPV, so that users cannot run any freeware software, but only this software that is certified/signed with Orange. Why do they lock Orange SPV phone, while at the same time they are marketing and selling not-protected Symbian phones!?
Apparently the answer is "basic business issue" ... Read the article on MSMobiles for the complete answer