On Nov 7, 11:02 am, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems that too many people have believed the media hype, or were
> under the incorrect impression that T-Mobile's G1 would be completely
> open and free. *Android* (made by Google and the community) is open
> source and free for use, but the T-Mobile G1 is somewhat locked down,
> which is what T-Mobile wanted.
>
> Perhaps take this issue up with T-Mobile, it's not really an Android
> issue.
As the freedom of the press is sometimes said to be the privilege of
those who own it, the openness of Android is primarily for the benefit
of those who can build their own hardware. It would be nice if
somebody came out with an Android based handset which lets users boot
whatever image they want to install. The T-Mobile/HTC G1 isn't exactly
that. In all fairness, the G1 provides a larger than usual sand-box
for application developers to play in, with far less restriction than
we are used to from US mobile operators - but wanting to install your
own OS may be pushing it a bit...
Bernhard
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