I agree with you, and as a would-be Android dev and ADP owner I want them to succeed too. They had to do something, knowing it would be broken. They could have done a little bit more than install into a private dir. But it wouldn't have taken any longer than it has to break it, and the results would be pretty identical from a user's perspective. I think the Pre is DOA though
From a technical perspective this comes about from the app DRM just being about protected folders which developers can access, Google needs a more solid solution.
There is no more solid solution. ADP phones got root, and the OS is fully open source (no HDMI-like "protected path").
End of story.
What about folded optics? Minolta had a camera like this with a 45 degree mirror behind the lens and the sensor down one side a few years ago. Gives longer focal length in a slim body. Don't know if any of the camphone companies are doing this though, there's probably not enough empty space in the case.
After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.
