[tlug] Rooting the Android phone rocks! (Also: screw Docomo!)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Dave M G writes:

 > Can't help but wonder if the lack of an update has anything to do
 > with the profit they make from me switching phones...

Don't wonder.  The answer is either "yes", or "if they haven't figured
that out, do you really want a product that you use a zillion times a
day connected to a company that clueless?"  Regulated oligopolies are
great, aren't they?

 > Now, not only is my HT-03A running 2.2, allowing me to have the latest
 > features, it's a heck of a lot faster, too.

I wonder if that works on GooglePads.  There's one for 17,800 yen but
it's Android 1.5.