On 02/22/2011 09:51 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: discuss-boun...@blu.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@blu.org] On Behalf >> Of David Kramer >> >> AT&T modifies >> their Android phones so you can't install software from anywhere else > What would be the motivation for AT&T to do such a thing? Does this > statement warrant a fact-check? > You can install software from the Google marketplace, or you can develop an application using the SDK and install it on the phone. Additionally, I have installed an app using the QIC code on an application's web site. However, AT&T Androids come with some applications preinstalled, such as Yahoo search, but I now have Google Search as the default search and Dolphin browser as the default browser. I am running on Android 2.1 on a non-rooted Android. For instance, to install Opera, you go to the Opera web site, http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/, and scan the QIC code, but that brings up a browser in the Android, but as I mentioned, I have installed apps directly from the QIC code. Additionally, while the AT&T Navigator app is installed permanently on my Android, I was easily able to install Google Maps with full navigation capabilities.
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