Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Google Pushes Openness Over Rooting

Posted by timothy on 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?"

2 of 196 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Developer's Choice by mrsteveman1 · · Score: 1, Funny

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

  2. Re:Developer's Choice by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?