I'm looking at the Cyanogen mod rom to see if this will allow me to avoid the Google lock-in altogether, and what disadvantages it comes with if this is the case - i.e. which Google apps would stop working.
Gmail, Talk and Latitude are no big deal, but Maps would be. On Mar 23, 2:13 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----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.
