you dont have to root your android phone to use apps. there are very few apps that need root to work, a couple of them are cpu overclocking ( yes i can overclock my t-mobile g1) and tethering which newer versions of android phones now have built in.
they are not jailbreaking android for apps, they do it to circumvent the carrier phone limitations. for example AT&T limits the backflip to only android market place apps, this is not android's doing this is the carrier's doing. The carrier essentially owns a custom flavor of android, they do with it what they wish. So jailbreaking is undermining the carrier layers.
As a consumer and not an expert, I chose Android over iPhone because I paid $99 for a Motorola Droid with 16gigs of memory. I pay $130 a month for service on my wife's Touch Chocolate, my son's text flip phone, and my Droid. Plus, I can do everything with my Droid, an iPhone can do.
you dont have to root your android phone to use apps. there are very few apps that need root to work, a couple of them are cpu overclocking ( yes i can overclock my t-mobile g1) and tethering which newer versions of android phones now have built in.
toytunergt 1 year ago
they are not jailbreaking android for apps, they do it to circumvent the carrier phone limitations. for example AT&T limits the backflip to only android market place apps, this is not android's doing this is the carrier's doing. The carrier essentially owns a custom flavor of android, they do with it what they wish. So jailbreaking is undermining the carrier layers.
mrbit10 1 year ago
As a consumer and not an expert, I chose Android over iPhone because I paid $99 for a Motorola Droid with 16gigs of memory. I pay $130 a month for service on my wife's Touch Chocolate, my son's text flip phone, and my Droid. Plus, I can do everything with my Droid, an iPhone can do.
GlockNinja 1 year ago