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Help g2 not upgradable to new android versions?

I found this in a review on cnet.com:

"It was announced yesterday that the G2 stores key components of the OS in read only memory. The purpose is to set itself back to a factory state if any modifications are made to the OS. Since ROM can generally not be changed without hardware surgery, I don't see how the phone can generally be upgraded to a new OS."

Is this true? It makes sense logically, but how could they screw us so blindly? Seriously bummed if this is true.
 
Have you guys not read any of the dozens of articles posted on the homepage? The g2 was unrootable because of a bug... htc/t-mobile did not do it on purpose at all. They claimed it was a security feature, but the guys over at XDA called shennanigans and proved it to be wrong. A permanent fixed was just implemented within the past few days. Check out the articles on the homepage to check out whats going on.
 
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