*Hackers go crackers* I just got back from a pretty amazing event. A large company called YTL has, in under a year, invested £400,000,000 in building a new super-speed telecoms network in Malaysia, promising *WiMAX speeds* nationwide. Neat, yes, but why does it matter particularly to me? Because, having evaluated iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and more, YTL has chose to standardise on Android. The company has had its own custom-built handsets produced to take advantage of the WiMAX speeds, and each one has free software at its core. In fact, achieving the same with *iPhone or Windows Phone would be impossible* because they are so locked down by Apple and Microsoft. As far as I know this is the biggest concerted roll out of free software for years, so if you're in Malaysia, pick up a "Yes" phones and let us know what you can do with it.
On a related note, this issue we've got a a great feature on hacking, and this is something I really want to encourage. If you're running a Linux phone or laptop, chances are you carry ut wuth you everywhere, so why not have a go at *scratching your own itches* and contribute to the greater open source good? *Paul Hudson* Editor [email protected] Linux Format UK Edition January 2011 -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
