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Tethering Apps Being Banned From Android Market – So uh, this is what an open handset and network look like?

In: Communication|Computer|Hardware|Site Feeds|Software|VoIP

31 Mar 2009

According to developers, applications that allow tethering for Andriod-OS-based phones are being pulled from the Android Market for violating the Developer Distribution Agreement. That seems to run contrary to earlier comments by T-Mobile suggesting they wouldn’t really care about tethering applications, and of course runs contrary to Google’s claim of an “open” handset development system. This isn’t that big of a deal, since users can still avoid the Android Store and install tethering apps on their own — but the move does seem strange — especially considering Google and company had been leaving the apps alone up until this point. Maybe T-Mobile had a change of heart, or perhaps Google lawyers are just worried about T-Mobile contract technicalities? Either way, banning useful applications doesn’t seem very “open.”
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