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Re:Google: carriers should give Android users freedom to unl... by iamdave on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @02:36PM (#2029002)
Correction: Phone producers should sell their phones detached from the teat that is a dedicated carrier and let users decide which network they want to use it on.
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Re:Google: carriers should give Android users freedom to unl... by riobard on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @03:08PM (#2029144)
Should make a law to completely forbid subsidiary of mobile phones from carriers. The current situation is so harmful to the long term development of mobile Internet and mobile devices.
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Re:Google: carriers should give Android users freedom to unl... by iamdave on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @08:47AM (#2031282)
A lot of the problem in enacting such a thing is that manufacturers have completely bought into this as a way of life. Take the Samsung Galaxy S lineup, four practically identical phones on four different carriers, with four different names with four different types of lockdowns and preloaded software ontop of Android.

I can't think of a single reason why that makes sense, yet I have a Galaxy S in my pocket right now.

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