I'm passionate about this topic because I despise the way that apple has locked down their devices.

People make false comparisons between android and iOS. Android is a very open platform. It is so open, that hardware manufacturers are free to make their own variation of android which is as locked down as apple's devices. I don't like it, but I think its important to be clear about whose fault it is.

I'll give you 20 to 1 odds against android being 'banned' in the US. I guarantee that android based devices will be sold in the US 5 years from now.

I'm sure you are saying this for a reason, though... do you have further details or links to help explain what you are talking about?

Supposedly it has to do with patent infringement.

https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&safe=off&source=hp&q=htc+banned+in+us&pbx=1&oq=htc+banned+in+us&aq=f&aqi=g2g-b2&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=1300l5542l0l5851l16l13l0l3l3l0l183l1472l7.6l16l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=8f77b0fec98f0da8&biw=1366&bih=692

https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&safe=off&source=hp&q=android+patent+infringement&pbx=1&oq=andr&aq=0p&aqi=p-p1g3&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=0l0l2l44l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=8f77b0fec98f0da8&biw=1366&bih=692

Cool, thanks for giving me a kick-off point. I wasn't able to follow the links, but from reading the links I googled htc apple patent.

This is a total non-issue to android users, and it won't even interrupt the sale of any android devices, much less all of them. Not even for a day.

A specific implementation of a feature will be blocked from sale in April.

So - HTC changed their implementation. Come april all HTC phones sold in the US will ship with software thats completely uneffected by the ban.


I notice that a lot of pro-apple sites make this seem like a major victory for apple. I don't see it.

The first link was about the HTC ban, but the second was about android patent infringements. It's a similar situation.

Similar in the sense that it will have no effect on android sales in the US?

It so weird, there are hundreds of blogs and news articles out there with a headline saying "Anrdoid phones banned" or some variation... but within the first paragraph its made clear that this will have no real effect on the sale of HTC's android devices.

But we already knew that people love dramatic, misleading headlines.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/12/htc-already-has-a-workaround-for-its-us-ban/

Apparently so, lol TY for the link.

Yeah, and gotta love that it ONLY affects HTC devices, not all Androids.
Blegh, everyone trying to sue the opensource community for copywright infringement. Totally fckn bogus.

Just wanted to say, I totally fckn agreed about the comment you left about hating how apple locks it's devices down.
Then again, I hate that several Motorolas are like that as well, and some other Android devices that are out there, but I like that the CORE OS, is as open and allowable as can be while maintaining some degree of security.

Yea how do I post pics from my HTC smartphone onto the mingles2 app when I message a lady? I tried and its now selecting the pic I choose. Any help would be appreciated
David

I guess you meant to say "it's not selecting ..."

You might have a better chance of getting replies if you started a separate thread, unless you find something helpful among the existing threads.