On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:35:29PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> We are not their target market.  But there aren't a lot of companies
> catering to our needs.  

Just as with my in-house IT support, I don't expect or want to be
catered to, or for the most part even supported.  I just want to be
left alone to do whatever I want, up to the point where I break stuff
for other people.

> When I was looking for a new AT&T smartphone last month, my two options
> were an iPhone or a Motorola Backflip.  You know what?  The Backflip
> through AT&T is *just* as locked down as the iPhone.

And that's just as problematic.  Having competition who exhibits the
same bad behavior doesn't make the bad behavior OK.  [Though I believe
it's not the competing hardware vendor who is causing the problem in
this case, but the service provider.  Same difference, sadly, given
that the devices only work (completely) properly with a compatible
service carrier.]

FWIW, my understanding (which may be partially wrong) is that if you
download and develop with Android's SDK (available for all 3 major
desktop OSes), it makes it possible to upload applications to your
phone directly and test/use them. Whereas with Apple, things are more
complicated, platform-dependent, and may even cost you a yearly
subscription fee.

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