which t-mobile android phone?

[Alan Dayley]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> Am 16. Mär, 2010 schwätzte Alan Dayley so:
>
>> - The Motorola models are "TVO-ized." They check all binaries for a
>> specific signature.  No signature, the binary will not run.  This
>> means only official builds of OS can be used on those phones.  In
>> other words, don't get one from Motorola if you want to change the
>> software.  I have friends with the Motorola Cliq who love the phone
>> except that they can only update it via official releases, which are
>> slow coming.
>
> Do you mean the OS is TIVOized or also apps? Android Market is working and
> supposedly other apps will work as well.
>
> Official release from Mot or official android releases?

Great questions to which I don't know the details.  I have two friends
who have the Cliq.  Both of them complained that they could not go use
unofficial builds of the OS and so were behind in the Android version
they were running.  So, I suppose that means the OS is locked.

The apps, well, I don't know.  If they are also signed and locked,
Motorola would have to maintain a separate marketplace, which does not
seem likely.

> How would it differ from other Android phones? Does HTC do it different
> for its branded Android phones?

As far as I know all the HTC phones can be rooted and have the OS
replaced entirely, should you want to do so.

Alan