Android, Phone Home
Linux on your end table: The New York Times reports that T-Mobile plans to roll out Android-based home phones next year, as well as other devices, including a tablet computer. Read the full story here.
An excerpt:
- A T-Mobile spokesman, Peter Dobrow, declined to discuss the specifics of any future products but confirmed that T-Mobile had plans for several devices based on Android.
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- Google maintains some control over Android, even though the software is open source, meaning other companies can alter it to suit their needs. But so far, only the T-Mobile phone, made by the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, uses the software.
Full disclosure: I have been a satisfied T-Mobile customer since it was Voicestream. I have no plans to replace my wired home phone with either VoIP or a home cell phone. The wired phone exists for one reason only: backup for possible-I-hope-I-never-need-one 911 calls.
Plus, the telemarketers call that number, so I don’t have to answer it.
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