Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “...
by rimantas on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @04:40AM
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So Nexus One is not discontinued after all?
Re:Developer Joe Hewitt Tears Into Android’s Definition Of “...
by davidw on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @04:44AM
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http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-one
"The Nexus One is available for sale in the US to registered developers" - and my guess is that that's not a particularly high barrier to entry.
Also, being in Italy, it gives me a "buy from vodaphone" link. Unlocked phones are much more common here in Europe, so apparently they're still selling them here: https://offerte.vodafone.it/nexus-one/
So put your money where your mouth is and buy from those who don't do that. You have that possibility with Android: Nexus One.
> The fact is that there are no Android forks worthy of the name and never will be so long as hacking is required to install it
I installed Linux for the first time in 1996, downloading a bunch of Slackware floppies over a 28.8 modem (IIRC), and it certainly took some hacking to install. Granted, the vast majority of people out there aren't like that, but it's kind of odd on a site called 'hacker news' to see people who seem oblivious to the hacker spirit, and what a group of motivated people can accomplish, given time.
The reason there are no (visible - I'm sure there are a few minor ones out there) forks of Android is because Google is doing a decent job, and mostly racing ahead of where forkers would be going on their own.