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Android Dev Phone 2 available

Android Dev Phone 2 available

Posted Nov 17, 2009 1:29 UTC (Tue) by drag (guest, #31333)
In reply to: Android Dev Phone 2 available by niner
Parent article: Android Dev Phone 2 available

Stuff like that takes time. GSM standard is much more patent-encrusted,
involves DRM, and several major corporations have a vested interest in
keeping it very closed.

So it's not going to be open any time soon. It'll be up to hackers to open
things up, I believe. People like Nokia are going to be so heavily
contracted and NDA'd that they couldn't breath a word on how any of the
stuff really works. Once all the secrets are out in the public eye then
things should move quickly. There is DRM and people (and businesses) are
foolish to trust in the security of the encryption schemes used in these
phones.

They depend on a lot of "omg this is telephony AND radio and that is too
elite for you to get; trust the experts*" type theater antics and
security-by-obscurity to keep things cheap, keep customers fooled, and
avoid responsibility.

* (people that work for above-mentioned major corporations)

oFono is very interesting, of course. The GPLv2 licensing is promising,
especially.

So is OpenBTS. Different sides of the same coin, I expect.
http://openbts.sourceforge.net/


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