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Originally Posted by SporkLover
Not sure what you are getting at...... was this ever in dispute? Thats quite a bit of Freedom still. My only point about the SDK, was that it's code was Close Sourced. Meaning the Open Handset Alliance controls it... you can't modify it.
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U don't modify an SDK. It is a tool that helps U create Apps for a certain OS.
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Originally Posted by SporkLover
You don't have to be a company with hardware to overhaul Android. The Open Handset Alliance sells an Android Dev Phone that is unlocked and loaded with all of the open source Android code. $400 is what it takes.
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So what's the point of buying it for 400 if U don't have a device to put it on?
Definitely no question on how free is Android as an OS. No question on that. But the freedom Android is talking about is not being able to completely takeover an owners phone for his way, his rule. The freedom Android is talking about is to be able to install Android OS on any device in the gadget universe. Whether it's an old device or new. As long as the the device meets the minimum requirement. But the problem is, we're not there yet. In the future, yes. But not at the moment. So as of the moment, it is clasified a theory.