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On the PCs, you could at least uninstall the "value added" software bundles. Or if that didn't go well (we all know how these uninstallers work), you could at l
by pilif 16y ago
On the PCs, you could at least uninstall the "value added" software bundles. Or if that didn't go well (we all know how these uninstallers work), you could at least buy another copy of Windows and install that after wiping the installation clean.
On the smartphones, you have to go the dubious route of using security flaws in the firmware to install a custom ROM, on the way invalidating your warranty.
That's why I was so happy about the Nexus One as that came (mostlly cough Amazon MP3 cough) "pristine" out of the box and you can even officially install a custom ROM image (still invalidating the warranty though, but at least the procedure is officially sanctioned and thus probably continues to work even as the firmware gets updated).
Too bad Google won't do a Nexus two.
- vetinari 16y agoGoogle won't do phone retailing. (Honestly? No wonder, they are exceptionaly bad at it). That does not mean that there will be no developer phone. N1 was actually third developer phone (after ADP1 and ADP2). There surely will be fourth.
- pilif 16y agoI really hope so. I don't see myself ever getting one of these void-your-warranty-to-make-them-bearable phones.
- evilduck 16y agoIt doesn't always take security flaws to flash a phone. I have a Samsung Moment, and you can put any ROM you want on it via hijacking their official updater (the only security flaw being that they don't checksum what they allow you to upload to the firmware).
- illumin8 16y agoThis, I think, will be the major downfall of Android. Similar to the destruction of the Windows brand by letting OEMs install trialware, shovelware, etc, the carriers will do anything to make an extra buck. This is why Apple put their foot down and refused to let the carrier touch the software on the phone. And rightly so... In the carrier world we'd all have trial versions of Norton Antivirus that ask for your credit card number when you're trying to make a call... Watch, it will happen with Android. The carriers have just figured out how to write Android apps, and Google is doing nothing to force them to keep their phones clean.
- ams6110 16y agoWho will the two characters be in the Apple commercials? With PC vs. Mac we had the Bill-Gatesy looking guy straight out of accounting, and the cool laid back Mac guy. Who will it be for the Android vs. iPhone commercials?