The agency that everybody adores to abhorrence rarely disheartens its customers. From poor call service to poor customer service -- remember the "e-mail our CEO and we'll take your sorry arise to court" fiasco? -- Our friends at AT&T seem to have a real ability for keeping their customers' interests last (see also: bait-and-switch-style data plans, recent). The carrier's relationship with Android is no exemption.
After being with Android longer than any other major U.S. carrier, AT&T lastly reveals its first android presenting, the Motorola Backflip, earlier this year. While the company apparently welcomes Android, however, it botched to actually grip the platform's open nature.
Android, as those of us who use the OS know, stands out from other smartphone substitute due largely to its open and highly customizable constitution. You want something on your phone? You install it. No banning, no porn ethics lectures, no need for a manufacturer's arbitrary blessing -- it's your device, and you use it the way you want.
With the Backflip, AT&T basically took the Android software, takes off its fundamental principle, and hit a price tag with the word "Android" on the back. Now, with AT&T's latest Android venture -- the HTC Aria -- the carrier's up to its old actions again.
News Source: blogs.computerworld.com