When you create unlocked cell phones, you create access to more software, as well as to control over the software your cell phone originally came with.

If the benefit of unlocked cell phones was ever questioned, Apple's hiring practices reinforce the awesome-sauce of the unlocked cell phone software market.

Alternative app-stores are often filled with the dreams of inovators, who see room for improvement in features that lag, bug, or lack. Apple's two latest hires, for instance, both proved themselves with software and ideas that were sucessful in the unlocked cell phone app store before they were hired—and those features are now integrated into iOS 5.

In comparison, locked cell phones often restrict what software you can have, sometimes having a root kit to undo certain changes you may make with each update.

Need more room for apps? With unlocked cell phones you can delete those pre-installed programs that you never use, so that you can have the software you want instead of ads.

If you're looking at the iPhone 4 or 4S, or used iPod touches, make sure you check out unlocked cell phones first. They might help you get more out of your phone: memory, customization, and speed!