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2011-01-22 , 05:29
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Originally Posted by Mentalist Traceur View Post
Even if it was real, the only way I would accept it is if it had the versatility of the N900. Without having to work my *** off to get past some phone-bricking chip built in to prevent rooting the phone.

Seriously, for all the complaints against the N900 (many of which I agree with), for all the pretty-good stuff that the other phone OSs bring in, I still don't think I've seen something that can make me as satisfied as the N900 did. Three shiny screens and ridiculously cool tech is nice, but not necessarily sufficient for me to truly like a device.
I've decided to call those locked-up, locked-down straightjacket operating systems "kiosk OSes" because they are designed to be used like a kiosk, only in the way the vendor intended, with no user-serviceable parts. You are not the owner; you are the user. The vendor is the owner.

That, in a nutshell, is why I will only ever own an unlocked Linux phone. I'm a creative. I'm a hacker. I want to own my phone.

If only such a beautiful device could be as creative and open in its software as its hardware.
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