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1) The ability to store and run apps from the SD card.
2) The ability to use user-generated themes.
3) Tethering.
4) The ability to close resource hog programs when you're done using them. (Hello, even WinMo's got that.)
5) More freedom of programs. (i.e., command line apps.)

So, more or less the same reasons people jailbreak iPhones.]]>Feb 25th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/google-blocking-paid-market-apps-from-dev-phone-1-users/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/google-blocking-paid-market-apps-from-dev-phone-1-users/Feb 26th 2009 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/google-blocking-paid-market-apps-from-dev-phone-1-users/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/google-blocking-paid-market-apps-from-dev-phone-1-users/
you can download software for free, and if you feel rich or feel pity for the developer, just wire a couple of bucks to him.
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I bet its just an accounting/financial/legal thing.]]>Feb 26th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/google-blocking-paid-market-apps-from-dev-phone-1-users/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/google-blocking-paid-market-apps-from-dev-phone-1-users/Feb 26th 2009 11:44PM