Comment Re:A more interesting question (Score 1) 397
If we keep feeding the monsters, this is the kind of garbage we have to put up with. There are clearly enough of us that want to be able to buy a device and actually own it and be in control of it that we should be able to get what we want. We're pretty close with the android dev phone (not the one from t-mobile, it's still locked down).
Now we just have to win over the networks so that we can actually use the damned thing. I'm holding out for a device that will work on a network that has 3g in my area (St Louis). Though I'm still annoyed with the whole 5GB limit on EVERY 3g plan.
I have high hopes for 4g (WiMax/LTE) but I know I'll be disappointed. I have slightly higher hopes for WiMax because the ones pushing that aren't quite as deep in bed with the content providers... so it's a possibility that they'll only cap if the network requires it (which it likely will early on, but shouldn't after a few years). Though time warner has a big stake in clearwire now, so who knows.