Google Pushes Openness Over Rooting

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Posted by timothy on Saturday December 25, 2010 @01:00AM from the but-rooting-sounds-so-cool dept.

jamlam writes "The Android developers blog has a comment from their dev team on the recent 'rooting' of their Nexus S phones. It contains a call from Google to handset manufacturers to open up their phones to give users choice. But will this ever happen in a market dominated by lock-'em-down cellular networks?"

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Re:Developer's Choice (Score:2, Funny)

by mrsteveman1 ( 1010381 ) writes: on Saturday December 25, 2010 @01:56AM (#34664224)

Yea they got their foot in the door, then flung it open and knocked over all their users.

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Re:Developer's Choice (Score:5, Funny)

by noidentity ( 188756 ) writes: on Saturday December 25, 2010 @02:15AM (#34664280)

What good is your old phone without a contract?

Reworded: Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is your old phone if you... can't... speak?

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