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arguably Android 2.x is the first real good "open" alternative -- even though it's not nearly as open as people like to think I'm not sure what you mean by tha
by orangecat 17y ago
arguably Android 2.x is the first real good "open" alternative -- even though it's not nearly as open as people like to think
I'm not sure what you mean by that. My Nexus One is rooted, unlocked, and runs any software I tell it to, including custom ROMs based off of the Android open source code. Yes some carriers lock down their Android phones, but that doesn't make Android itself not open any more than TiVo makes Linux not open.
- jsz0 17y agoJust in the sense the phone the average customer buys off the shelf may be just as locked down as an iPhone and that Google does allow carriers/handset makers a lot of power over users. (stuck with Android 1.5 on my HTC Hero for example)