Ogle Earth reports that the new iPhone being sold in China contains a Maps application powered by Google Maps, "hard-wired to Google Maps' censored dataset for China, where the depiction of China's borders complies with the official propaganda of the Chinese government." More at ReadWriteWeb (via @rmack)
Censored maps are hard-wired on Chinese iPhone 4
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