I'll be the first to admit that I am a bit of a novice in the android arena.
What I would like to bring to your attention is that there may well be very good reasons as to why some pre-installed apps can be hard to change. I'm trying to import some devices into Australia, many of our regulations are based on the US and Europe. If you change some of the key software on a phone you may very well make it illegal to use that phone. One key example would be the requirement we have to be able to dial emergency numbers even when the screen is locked. Someones life may depend on this functionality being intact. I have no idea what the legal ramifications would be of making software available that did not maintain this ability. However selling, giving or even loaning phones with emergency dialing no longer enabled would certainly be an offense. ( Not saying you shouldn't replace these apps - just be careful) ...brucko On Aug 29, 3:53 am, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 24, 9:09 am, Ran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What is the benefit of working with ADP1 over the other Android > > phones ? > > Just to expand on what others have said: > > Cost seems comparable betwen a dev phone and a retail phone at full > retail or plan price + termination fee, so it's really more a of a > technical question. > > Reasons for a dev phone > > -sim unlocked (some such as tmobile may? do that if you pay full > retail or eventually on a plan) > -can change linux and system libraries > -can change pre-installed applications > -tmobile myfaves application sends periodic sms which costs money on > any other network > > Reasons for _not_ getting a dev phone > > -only one older dev phone model generally available at present > -dev phones can't buy paid applications from the market (including > your own) > -if you sell apps, you need to restrict yourself to the capabilities > of your users phones (and test on such a device!) > -various preinstalled proprietary applications missing (+/- depending > on your interest) > > The not being able to change preinstalled applications is in my mind > the least anticipated, and most annoying, problem. There are many > areas where very small decisions of questionable wisdom in default > applications really hamper the user experience (even in the using it > just to make calls sense), but these can't be very readily changed on > a retail phone, particularly the parts most closely involved in the > telephone functionality. > > As of this moment, I believe most of the retail phones are probably > still shipping with an easily rooted linux kernel, but that probably > will get closed up (already fixed in google's tree) and they will be > limited until another hole is found. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
