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korbé
2009-10-01 , 15:28
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1 million.
The number of HTC G1 sold in U.S.A by T-Mobile.
Source [In French]
Yet it is equipped with Android, an OS that HTC's competitors can also install on their smartphones.
And this Android, except for some drivers and 4 applications softwares, are FOSS.
These 4 applications softwares proprietary are:
- gMail --> replaceable by a FOSS e-mail client.
- gTalk --> replaceable by a FOSS IM Client.
- Google Map --> require much work, but replaceable by a FOSS Map Software.
- Adroid Market --> replaceable by a package manager (ex: PackageKit) to provide FOSS softwares.
So we can say that the HTC G1 was sold with an OS almost pure FOSS to 1 million copies.
There are exist even "100% FOSS version" of Android.
If HTC can it, Nokia can it.
PS: Some people ask for an example with numbers, it is.
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