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[Jerry Feldman]

On 02/22/2011 09:51 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On Beha=
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>> Of David Kramer
>>
>> AT&T modifies
>> their Android phones so you can't install software from anywhere else
> What would be the motivation for AT&T to do such a thing?  Does this
> statement warrant a fact-check?
>
You can install software from the Google marketplace, or you can develop
an application using the SDK and install it on the phone. Additionally,
I have installed an app using the QIC code on an application's web site.
However, AT&T Androids come with some applications preinstalled, such as
Yahoo search, but I now have Google Search as the default search and
Dolphin browser as the default browser. I am running on Android 2.1 on a
non-rooted Android. For instance, to install Opera, you go to the Opera
web site, http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/, and scan the QIC code,
but that brings up a browser in the Android, but as I mentioned, I have
installed apps directly from the QIC code. Additionally, while the AT&T
Navigator app is installed permanently on my Android, I was easily able
to install Google Maps with full navigation capabilities.

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