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The Android Dev Phone 1The Android Dev Phone 1Posted Dec 30, 2008 0:58 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)Parent article: The Android Dev Phone 1
Hopefully more unlocked phones will start coming into the market. The cool thing about this 'developer' version is that there is no checksum check built into the bootloader. With T-mobile subsidized phones your stuck using signed firmware images.....
Most of the Google oriented services can probably be replaced by other applications; I expect. Having a IMAP email client would be wonderful.. maybe something that can take a Exchange plugin from the OpenChange folks would make these phones a much more attractive item for business types.
Who knows. Android may be the first introduction to running a open source operating system that many people will run into.
Also you should be able to run Debian on one of these things, as well as run Android on the OpenMoko phone or the Nokia n810. Koolu, a Freerunner reseller, has a beta Android version that you can run on those phones.
Then there is a company in Australia that has a Android phone out on the market, which may be interesting.
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Personally I am going to wait a bit. I just bought a Sony Ericson phone and in a couple months I'll probably be in the market for a smart phone to hack around with. This way I can use my SIM card from my current phone in my 'hacking' phone and thus have a escape route if I end up bricking something or don't have things working quite right.
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The Android Dev Phone 1 Posted Dec 30, 2008 10:56 UTC (Tue) by nedrichards (guest, #23295) [Link] The current version of k9 mail (the friendly fork of the default IMAP/POP client) has some rudimentary Exchange support. It's a pretty constantly developed (and improving) piece of software.
The Android Dev Phone 1 Posted Dec 31, 2008 11:39 UTC (Wed) by pcfe (subscriber, #31671) [Link]
you could also ask your mobile provider for a secondary SIM, some do it (if you're lucky only for a one-time fee to pay for the card). The beauty of this is that both phones are logged into the network, both ring when your main number is rung, both send out the main number when calling or texting, but the new SIM can also be called on it's own number. I find this easier and cheaper than getting an new SIM with a separate number.
The Android Dev Phone 1 Posted Jan 3, 2009 7:47 UTC (Sat) by csamuel (✭ supporter ✭, #2624) [Link] The Australian phone in question is the Kogan Agora, an unlocked Android mobile made by an Australian company with no ties to carriers (they usually make LCD's). I've just ordered their Pro model (AU$399, just over US$280 according to Google) which is due to ship at the end of the month. According to the specs on their site it will do:
They claim to do overseas orders too.
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