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strider_mt2k
04/02/09

In reply to Google's G1 Tethering Move Sets Precedent For Carrier-Specific Android App Markets
I just had to use some non-approved techniques to open up tethering on my Verizon i910 Omnia.

If we're paying for the connection and staying within the limits of "unlimited", then who's to say what device can be connected to it and how?

It's nothing but a way to wring a few more bucks from the customer and it's unfair.
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Evodico
04/02/09

In reply to Google's G1 Tethering Move Sets Precedent For Carrier-Specific Android App Markets
The lead photo doesn't make much sense.. comparing illegal jailbroken iPhone apps to normal Android apps? Bah. We're equally screwed in the iPhone universe. Worse, actually, as at this point tethering is illegal period, regardless of carrier. Also, the iPhone App Store is carrier and country specific as well, creating an uneven experience (same goes for iPods).
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strider_mt2k
04/02/09

@Evodico:

I think they are showing the lack of sanctioned tethering as an inability of the devices to be able to "talk" to each other, not to make any comparisons or draw any similarities to jailbreaking and non-sanctioned tethering apps.

Pretty sure, anyway.
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Evodico
04/02/09

@strider_mt2k: Don't know. I didn't see it that way. I mean "Want to talk about it?" suggests one consoling the other, while "Shut up" and the choice of apps on screen not-so-subtly showcases what one can do and the other is bitter about.

That's just me.. and I love my (jailbroken) iPhone, but I also like to keep it fair when bashing the competition. You know, apples to apples, etc.
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strider_mt2k
04/02/09

@Evodico: I can see that, sure.

Maybe it's just my familiarity with Gizmodo's style that made me see it like I did.
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