Read Om’s comments. He seems to think that the iPhone just won’t be available without a contract, period. If that’s really the case, then Apple can add this to the list of dumb mistakes they’ve made over the last 12 months, along with charging thirty cents more for songs that are already available inconveniently for free and conveniently for ninety-nine cents.  Is Apple’s head getting too big–or are they getting beat around like a buoy tossed in a sea of angry old-guard establishments like EMI and Ma Bell?