[Nottingham] Google unbeatable? Absolute power corrupts?

[Matthew Tompsett]

Most phones with App Stores require an account to be made before apps can be
downloaded using the store. iPhone's App Store requires this and Nokia's Ovi
Store are well (the Ovi account includes mail and other services like
Google, not sure about Apple). So this is certainly not unique to Google.
However with an iPhone you cannot install Apps from outside the App Store
without Jailbreaking ... with Android you can download .apk files
individually from external sources. So the Android way is a bit less
restrictive than the Apple way, you can still install apps without a Google
Account.

Matt
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