For quite a while now I’ve been ranting to anyone who will listen about why I feel cellular providers are crazy for allowing open platforms on their network. I was shocked when, seemingly without trepidation, providers like T-Mobile and Sprint opened their networks to phones from HTC and Samsung running Google’s Open Source operating system, Android.

What’s the big deal you ask? Well, from where I’m standing it would seem that historically cellular providers wanted to maintain a good bit of control over devices on their networks. Some providers limiting functionality to BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices depending on your level of service, while others such as Verizon installed their own Java based software platform on every phone.

Enter Android.

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