-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/23/10 07:45 , Phil wrote: > No, I must disagree with you on this point. > > I bought an unlocked Nexus One that I received just over a week > ago. I could not do anything with it until I had gone through a > registration/ activation process which included the mandatory > opening of a Gmail account. I don't use this new email account and > I've turned off all synchronisation with it, and I couldn't find a > way round this. Having an already active SIM with data makes no > difference. > > If I try to delete this account from the phone I am told that it > is required by some applications and the only way to remove it is > to reset the phone to factory defaults... and therefore go through > the registration/activation process again. Trying to putting all the comments together, it sounds as - at the minimum - the thing is cumbersome and probably function of the model, the locking state and possibly the country.
Now, concentrating to the real point: activating a GMail account specifically for the phone and disabling the sync is not a big deal. This is a very important difference with Apple, as in the end Phil and I were able to use the phone as we wish. The problem is that we are technology-savvy people and aware/concerned about the privacy issues. But I bet that most "common" people at the end of the process find themselves with using their existing GMail, or they create a GMail account that they'll tend to use also for their email, and the synchronization active, without completely understanding all the implications. It's true: nobody forces them, but the process clearly drives to a specific direction and is not doing anything to make people fully aware of what they are doing. So, in the end: Google is much better than Apple, but still below the good behaviour that I'd like to see. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuozHcACgkQeDweFqgUGxcBcgCeOZkv+QV2/cCFMuY13fYKA9i1 1SgAoJuKnDjbBQF4TkkP1l5sexUmf/6T =AlGg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
