Motorola is going to be a version of thin Android smartphone, the Razr release with a unsecure bootloader. That made the manufacturer well known on the own blog, but the post has now been removed. The variant is aimed at developers.
The Motorola Razr Developer Edition will first come out in Europe, according to the deleted blog post, which is still in Googles cache. The ontwikkelaarseditie has an unsecured bootloader, enabling developers without a lot of effort a custom rom on the device is flashing. The original Razr has a secure boot loader and in november in Europe. Via the grey import, it is also in the Netherlands available.
The Developer Edition will except the boot loader does not differ from the regular Razr. The Razr is an Android smartphone with a Super Amoled screen of 4.3″. The screen has a resolution of 960×540 pixels. The phone runs on a Texas Instruments Omap4430-soc with a clock speed of 1.2 GHz. The gpu is Imagination PowerVR SGX540. The largest part of the housing of the Razr is 7.1 mm thick, making it the thinnest smartphone is that, until now, has been released. The back is made of Kevlar, the strength to ensure.
The security of bootloaders and the anger of users, a fact that was in the past year reason for a lot of changes from the manufacturers. Sony Ericsson and HTC made a tool that allows users to create their bootloader could be unlocked. Samsung, the biggest manufacturer of Android hardware, has never had security on its bootloaders. Motorola itself has in the past, a “custom rom” kill switch ” for phones.
