This was surprising to me. AT&T (Cingular) used to be one of the most open US carriers, while Verizon was the most closed. In a very short time, AT&T and Verizon have switched places. Android won't go anywhere on AT&T, it's just another crippled device - nothing exciting about that.
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > I tend to think that AT&T deliberately cripples it's Android devices > to make the IPhone their top product. It might even be part of their > contract with Apple. Not only does it turn off non market installs, it > swaps out all the Google apps and puts yahoo ones in. > > Most users may not care about purchasing apps outside the market, but > it is important to AT&T for one main reason: tethering. AT&T would > like to charge you $20/month for tethering on top of premium plan. > They don't want you to download an app that will give you tethering > for free. Since they can control what apps their users can't see in > the Market, they don't want you going outside the market to get > tethering. > > Nathan > > On Jul 20, 12:25 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > According to my stats from "Radar Now!" VERIZON'S Droid X is kicking > > AT&T's Samsung Captivate > > > > 4,770 Motorola Droid X installs > > 150 Samsung Captivate installs > > > > Could it be that everyone who could possibly want an Android has > > already moved over to Verizon and the only one left on AT&T are iPhone > > users? > > > > In the Captivate's defense, AT&T has basically cut the gonads off of > > the device by preventing non-market apps from being loaded and most > > likely other nasty things as well. > > > > -John Coryat > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- 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.
