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wmarone	2010-06-16 , 17:19
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Originally Posted by danramos

I bought a Motorola Droid, btw, not an N1. And I bought primarily as my PHONE--not as a replacement for my N800, although I'm quickly finding it to be a very capable replacement for many of the things I had used the N800 for.

Sorry, a DROID. Good to hear it's working out for you.

I don't understand your hostility argument

To gain control over the device to the extent that you can on the N900 (closed bits not withstanding) you must root the device. This usually involves finding an exploit, which will likely be patched later. This is true for all Android devices save those sold by Google directly.

crippled the OS through its tivoization and utter lack of attention to community concerns with its OS's.

Well, "tivoization" describes Motorola's bent with every non-DROID phone they've released. TrustZone checking signed bootloaders checking signed kernels which check signed filesystems. Even with the difficulties that are present with the N900, it's nowhere near tivoized.

And IIRC, in ignoring community concerns I hardly think Nokia is alone (I don't recall Android implementing any sort of open governance, for better or worse.)