Thread: Sygic announces world-wide turn-by-turn navigation for Maemo
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2010-02-08 , 21:57
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#303
Originally Posted by russo_br View Post
@hopbeat,

Agree, all mobiles and other devices had their system cracked to enable unauthorized copies... iPhone has jailbreak and most Symbian apps have cracked versions.

I won't lie telling that I've never installed something like that, but with time I know realize that this can only hurt our own devices future, which we invested a lot of bucks to get it. I sincerely hope that Nokia makes Maemo the most uncrackable mobile for paid apps, since that would attract many developers. Until now the only succesful case I am aware is Sony PS3, which is still unbreakable....
Impossible.

To do that, they'd have to eliminate root access, or cryptographically sign the kernel for device-specific factory deployments (like RIM). That would render the device useless for its current target market. I guarantee that 90% of its current users would abandon the platform if Nokia did that, and I'm pretty sure they know it.

I wouldn't worry that much about DRM support. If the phone starts to gain popularity, people like me will start writing proprietary apps and selling them.

There's an opportunity for a fresh start here.