AT&T just released first Android OS Cell Phone on their network called Motorola BackFlip. Motorola BackFlip is cool phone but due to AT&T application restrictions , they decided to remove feature called “Unknown Sources” which is not cool at all . When I first got my G1 (T-Mobile) 2 years ago, there wasn’t many applications in Market App Store, so I started installing “unofficial apps” just because I love to install apps that make my lifestyle easier, which apparently AT&T does not allow for their customers.
Many are still wondering why did AT&T remove “unofficial sources” from the menu? Is it because people could root their phones? Jailbreak? Tethering?
Motorola Backflip is the only phone so far reported that has “Unofficial Sources” menu option removed. Which leaves us to wonder, if AT&T is going same steps Apple does…pretty much full control of everything you do on device you bought.
To me that is like buying Salami at the market store that’s still wrapped and it says “ Eat as Is , Do not Unwrap!”
Anyway, you can still install unofficial applications on Motorola Backflip with a hack from XDA-Developers forum, but is that really necessary ?
Oh and not to forget to mention, AT&T installed bunch of apps that are not removable,…at least that’s what I heard.
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