Microsoft to release Android-powered Nokia X2 handset

Post by bunderbunder » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 4:48 PM UTC

zanny wrote: post #109

bunderbunder wrote: post #103

What this says to me as a developer in the Microsoft ecosystem (admittedly, enterprise side and not mobile): "Four years ago we had you writing all your apps using Silverlight. Two years ago we chucked that out the window (ahahahaha) and told you to switch over to WinRT. Now we're going Android. We hope you've got the message by now. But in case you haven't, let us restate it in plain English: Dear developers, GO THE…

I think the real message is: "Hey, we're a company. We have things. That doesn't mean users use our things, or that developing for said things is going make you money or a userbase. That requires looking at the market and seeing where users are." They create the supply side. If there is no demand, blindly working in their tools is just a silly mistake. I think it has been plainly demonstrated nothing Windows Phone of…

Post by sirkneeland » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 4:52 PM UTC

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rbanffy wrote: post #74

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The interesting news are the implications of Microsoft distributing the Linux (and the Android) kernel under the terms of the GPLv2. What happens to their patent portfolio they allege Linux infringes on?

Unfortunatey they created a subsidiary called Microsoft Mobile that sells the phones. The subsidiary does not own the patents, so no patents gets licensed. Qualcomm uses the same loophole.

Post by sirkneeland » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 4:55 PM UTC

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> I doubt they are burying it, I rather assume they are just going to continue with it I'd love to agree but still it hurts ,when one looks at the specs,dont you think?and if that phone is really successfull, what's next? this phone obviously cant run Windows Phone apps,so why did I get all these IDEs and Sdks on windows to produce apps for Windows Phone? I'd like MS to make it clear what is the strategy here.

I'm pretty sure this is the remains of a Nokia strategy of not getting too deep into Microsoft. The release of X2 should probably be viewed in a similar light as the release of the N9, which was a platform that basically got axed on release by Nokia, because of Elop wanting to change direction to Windows as the main platform. But that decision came too late to halt the release of the N9, just like the finalization of…

Post by Oletros » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 4:56 PM UTC

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Hmm, just wondering. Why do you think windows phone is better than android? Android is easy to hack about with, custom roms, the source is open and out there (most of it anyway)and generally has great usibility.

Usability. I strongly disagree that Android has much of that, and I suspect that a great many Android users simply don't know any better. Windows Phone really is that much better. Rant: My first smartphone was a Lumia, and then when it broke i went to a Sony Xperia (with a rather clean Android 4.3 on it). I never even realized how well-designed WP was until I went to Android. Examples: - Operation. Nearly all of WP i…

Post by josephlord » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 5:00 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #74

DCKing wrote: post #15

Microsoft releases a phone running Android, Microsoft releases hardware running Linux, pigs are flying and hell is freezing over etc etc. The real news is that this is not just an Android phone, it's a really good Android phone. It has a front facing camera, a decent SoC, enough RAM, what appears to be an IPS display (according to some sources), likely very decent build quality, and a price that is likely to dip belo…

The interesting news are the implications of Microsoft distributing the Linux (and the Android) kernel under the terms of the GPLv2. What happens to their patent portfolio they allege Linux infringes on?