Ohter problems - you can't make or break calls (oops, "setup" is proprietary). Calendar has such dependencies on sync that it just flat doesn't work. (I heard rumours that contacts may be the same way.)
The really sick thing is, HTC has already made non-google versions of these apps. But - thanks to the android licensing - they're closed source too.. 2009/9/26 Cédric Berger <[email protected]>: > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 01:49, Jim Ancona <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sep 25, 7:16 pm, Zanshin <[email protected]> wrote: >> > It does, in fact, mean they can't make custom ROMs. The Google apps >> > are part of the core authentication and sign-in framework. Without >> > those, the Android platform doesn't work. >> >> Not true. I'm running Android, built from the open source tree, on my >> Openmoko Freerunner without any of the proprietary Google apps. See >> http://code.google.com/p/android-on-freerunner/ for more info. >> > Yes, Google apps are not completly necessary for Android. > But it is also true that Android without Google apps looses a lot of > interest. Also because a lot of third party applications rely on these apps > (ie Maps API). > Though of course I fully understand this is Google right to choose not to > freely distribute these apps which are their added value... > > > And what Disconnect wrote > " Seriously, this isn't a case of "oh, just stop distributing gmail". > This is - as ryebrye said in JBQ's thread - a case of "AOSP doesn't > work AT ALL without tons of proprietary crap". > " > is, as I understand, more true for a phone like the HTC ones. > > Freerunner was meant from the start to be as open as possible, so all > drivers for example were available, with sources, for adaptation to android. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
