IPhone 4 "one computer" and "chained to iTunes"

Hello,
I have been reading reviews of the iPhone 4 and there have been two things mentioned that I want to clarify - that the iPhone 4 can only be "paired" with one chosen computer and that the iPhone 4 is "chained" to iTunes!!!
There was no further explanation of these points.
Can anybody help?
Regards

All iPhones and iPods are the same, you can only sync it with 1 iTunes library at a time. What this means, is that if you sync your iPhone with computer-1 and then sync it with computer-2, it will erase all music, video, and app content from the iPhone then sync the music, video, and app content from computer-2 to the iPhone.
The iPhone can only be managed by iTunes to add music, apps, videos, and so forth. So if that's what you mean by chained, then yes. iTunes does a great job though, and you can import any music you have into iTunes and then sync it with your iPhone. Just because you can only use iTunes to manage your iPhone doesn't mean you have to purchase all music and videos from iTunes, you can still import your own stuff in.

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