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Originally Posted by scottjl
well. if i jailbreak i can sideload apps. so it's a wash. you don't think the other carriers will follow in AT&T's footsteps if AT&T is successful at it?
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Yeah, I never cared about the "if I jailbreak /or if I root my device" argument. In the end we're professionals trying to use our products to be productive. And that means being able to call tech support in case we need issues resolved. (Which is why i said "but that is not an option" for me in my last post)
Hard to tell, Verizon and Sprint have been marketing "Open" solutions for some time now. Locking out their phones really goes against their philosophy. And AT&T well their AT&T.
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Originally Posted by scottjl
there were mentions made of the X going into a completely restricted mode that required motorola equipment to "unbrick". in any case, building any sort of self-destruction is not very consumer friendly. as for root/jailbreak, expect motorola to close the holes as they are found as well.
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Understand we are not talking about jail breaking or rooting a device here. We are talking about applying source code to a kernel model compiling it and re-installing it on a phone.
While I am quite cable of doing so, I will never be doing that to my phone, that is VERY risky. But I will give you this one, just because I don't like any restrictions.
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Originally Posted by scottjl
you have a choice with the iphone. don't buy one. that is always an option. if the increasing number of rumors are true the iphone will be coming to other carries in the US as well. and now, if you're willing to go over the border and spend some money, you can buy a completely unlocked iphone in canada. i expect you'll be able to in the US as well as soon as AT&T's exclusive period is over.
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Dude if I'm going to go through that kind of effort I might as well get something that's worth the work.... like cuban cigars
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Originally Posted by scottjl
well, so did apple with iOS 4, some 1,500 new APIs. doesn't mean they are more "open", just allowing more access via restricted methods.
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Okay so my last sentence was very vague. What I mean is they have release the source code to their OS, not just the API.
Historically Google has been a huge proponent of Open Source and has based much of their success on using open source and contributing to Open Source, unlike SONY, Amazon and Apple.
But fair enough, though historically Google has always been an huge Open source contributor, any company can change direction in a heart beat. But why argue about tomorrow when we have plenty of discord in our present day. And my tomorrow is free of war and discord.
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