[OSM-talk] What phones do OSMers have?

[john at jfeldredge.com]

Some phones are set up so that only apps digitally signed by the carrier can be installed.

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Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] What phones do OSMers have?
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Date  :Tue Jan 04 11:44:06 America/Chicago 2011


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you look at Android from the view point of the end user or the
> hacker, it's quite closed. DRM, binary drivers, and the mobile
> operators occasionally blocking tethering applications.

How are mobile operators blocking applications?  You mean blocking
them from the store?  Blocking them from the phone network?

They can't stop you from installing an apk, can they?

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I'm definitely going to have to look into Maemo/MeeGo/WebOS, to see if
it's any easier to develop for than Android.  I do have some problems
with what hooks the Android OS does and doesn't provide.

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