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Not to be a buzz kill, but I think that's the first thing that will be carrier disabled. The downside to Android's openness is that carriers are open to disable
by ROFISH 16y ago
Not to be a buzz kill, but I think that's the first thing that will be carrier disabled. The downside to Android's openness is that carriers are open to disable features that they don't like. And they certainly have been pushing against "dumb pipe" since there's still plenty of money in selling "minutes".
- zacharypinter 16y agoI suspect that you're right. It's one of the reasons I was enthusiastic to buy the Nexus One directly from Google, and was disappointed to see the idea fizzle. I really think it'd be for the betterment of all of us if wireless phone companies became commodity wireless internet providers. Sigh...
- dminor 16y agoPerhaps, but Verizon's LTE will be a "dumb pipe": https://www22.verizon.com/opendev/faq.aspx https://www22.verizon.com/opendev/faq.aspx It will be interesting to see what happens.
- ESchmidtSeesYou 16y agoWhat leads you to believe that Verizon or any other carrier wants to become a dumb pipe?? A decade of contrary statements to the press suggests otherwise.
- dminor 16y agoI doubt they want to, but the device openness on that spectrum is mandated by regulations.
- w1ntermute 16y agoJust because any ODI-approved device will be allowed on their network doesn't mean that they have to sell/subsidize devices that are free to use the data connection for calls.
- spot 16y agoso buy the rooted/rootable android device from hacker-friendly company X, and run it on VZ's LTE network.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoThat's not something the carrier can disable. The Google Voice APK is a side loadable app. The only way VZW/ATT could kill it is if they sniffed the traffic from EVERY SINGLE PHONE and tried to block access to the SIP endpoint. ... which isn't feasible or possible on the scale you'd be talking about.
- henryci 16y agoThere are plenty of vendors who would kill for the chance to sell a box to Verizon that blocked all traffic on the ports that this would use.
- adambyrtek 16y agoWhich would certainly reignite the whole net neutrality debate.
- e1ven 16y agoSeveral phones don't allow non-market apps.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoBy several do you mean 2 from AT&T? And that can easily accept sideloaded apps regardless of AT&T's desires? yeah...
- brisance 16y agoOr the carriers can simply choose not to preinstall Gingerbread on the new phones.
- tomjen3 16y agoThats not really that bad though - you can still buy phones that can be rooted. Or just not live in America :)
- stanleydrew 16y agoOr get a Nexus One, which you don't need to root. Still the best phone in my opinion.