Recently being the watch word. Mike Jennings at PC Pro Reports:
On Friday, I eased the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro from its box, turned it on, and was greeted with a message urging me to set up McAfee WaveSecure before I’d even set up the phone with my Google account. Delving into the app drawer revealed more unwanted software, with a host of apps neatly summarising Android’s perennial fragmentation issues: alongside the official Market, the Xperia Mini Pro comes loaded with four different app stores. There’s also other McAfee apps installed as well as a Popcap Games trial and a selection of media management tools.
Sony Ericsson isn't the only one. HTC and Samsung are all coming with pre-installed software and demos. Unlike Windows, you cannot uninstall the unwanted software. This crapware comes hard coded into the phone's OS.
Short of rooting your phone and installing a clean version of the OS (which is going to violate the warranty) LauncherPro is your best option. LauncherPro will let you hind unwanted apps and reskin your UI.
Until Next Time
Mike
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