Verizon Won’t Offer Free Tethering But Droid Hackers Might (Updated)

November 13th, 2009 admin

Updated 8 p.m. EDT: Google has released the source code for Android 2.0 , according to Android developer Cyanogen. In TV ads, Verizon is trying to sell its new Google-powered phone by highlighting everything the “Droid Does” that the iPhone doesn’t. But the Droid will be able to do much more than Verizon is telling you. For example: free tethering, iPhone-like multitouch and CPU overclocking. Similar to the jailbreak community hacking the iPhone , there’s a group of Android developers determined to grant any Google-powered phone free access to every feature imaginable. And they’re able to accomplish this task more legitimately than underground iPhone hackers, since Android’s source code is completely …


Originally posted on Wired

 
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