Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Oct 2010 12:23 UTC
Catfight! Get out your mobile phones and start filming, because two important personalities in the mobile world just got into a catfight. After the presentation of Apple's (once again) stellar quarterly results (what's with the low iPad sales, though?), Apple's CEO Steve Jobs went on a bit of a tangent regarding Android (among other things). Google's Andy Rubin, the father of Android, responded in a pretty fun way via Twitter.
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Member since:2005-06-29
Also, access to radio is limited due to some US law.
I find that particularly interesting because one can import just about any Chinese Android-based phone into the U.S. and hack away to their heart's content, without fear of boot ROM locks and illegally obtained radio firmware. Granted, you won't have access to the Market and official Google apps, but if you're wanting your own custom Android phone you'll find alternatives to those or compile your own anyway.
Short of buying an N900 (and as much as I like my Android, I still want one), it's as close to a truly open phone as you can get right now.
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2010-01-12
You realize that the Android world have both types of phones? Completely open (e.g. the OpenMoko Android port) and not that open (Motorola). You are free to choose whichever you like. And I am perfectly happy with this and so is Linus Torvalds (hint: GPLv3).
Also, access to radio is limited due to some US law.