Droid Incredible finally has root

Right around the time that the Droid X arrives the guys over at Unrevoked have found a way to painlessly root the Droid Incredible. This is pretty huge news. One of my favorite things to do with my original Droid was to hack the life out of it, install custom ROMs and kernels and backups. Now, all this is possible in the Inc.

Huge thanks to the guys at unrevoked for doing this. Now maybe the developer scene will pick up now that more people are rooting their incredibles.

All this is kind of making me think that the Droid X might not be my cup of tea after all. Root will be possible on the X but installing custom ROMs will be almost impossible due to the locked bootloader. We will have to wait and see. I will probably end up with a Droid X and hoping for someone to fix the bootloader lockdown

Is open source mainstream?

The open source movement is going strong. Google is doing great things with Android and Linux is getting into the hands of more and more people.
But, does the public know about open source? Does the average person care that certain companies lock down features that they don't see fit for their hardware or software.
I was an early adopter if android on Verizon and i have to say that open source is a must for me. I have Android on my smartphone and i run Linux Ubuntu on my laptop.
Companies like Apple only want you to be able to see what they want you to see whereas companies like Google think that you should be able to do what you want with your mobile device or other product.
However, the average person may be fine with a lockdown of certain features.

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