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FCC says hello to Samsung Galaxy S | Android Atlas - CNET Blogs

the galaxy S has got the go ahead from the FCC Sunday! Looks like AT&T is a go!

[KevinWI]

Too bad AT&T screws up Android on their devices.

The Motorola Backflip featured a severely crippled version of Android that had Yahoo locked as the default search provider, the Google Experience apps were hidden in favor of AT&T bloatware, and the phone didn't allow third-party non-Android Market apps to be installed.

The Dell Aero (AT&T's next Android phone) was reported by those who got review copies to be very similar.

So, although the Samsung Galaxy S looks like the heir to the Android superphone throne (G1 -> Droid -> Nexus One -> Galaxy S), I'm a bit disappointed it's going to AT&T. And AT&T is my own carrier and I'm jonesing for an Android phone bad. But I'm not going to be buying one if it's a locked down iPhone-like experience.

I covered this work. I hate when people shill for their own crap on forums, so I won't link to it here.

[Duvi]

You'll probably be able to root and put your own custom rom on them anyways. Not too much of a worry for me.

[KevinWI]

You'll probably be able to root and put your own custom rom on them anyways. Not too much of a worry for me.

Yeah, that's always a possibility.

Plus AT&T is allegedly aware of the backlash against their modifications to Android, so they might free the Samsung Galaxy S up a bit.

I might get a Nexus One anyway (since I made another thread about it ), but darn, that 4-inch screen on the Galaxy S will be sweet.

[JRSCCivic98]

Verizon should have picked that handset. They always pick the ishtty ones for some reason.

[anon(12291)]

Verizon should have picked that handset. They always pick the ishtty ones for some reason.

I think it's because Samsung didn't want to redesign the phone for CDMA networks.

[Joeybear23]

Couldn't find any details on this device other than the 4" screen and 1 GHz processor...

[Joeybear23]

okay... I guess there are no specs out there.

[ItnStln]

Any word on if AT&T is getting this? It's a nice looking device.

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[garrett]

too bad its going to ATT.... they have the most craptacular network of all.