This could be critical if they make any headway in enterprise. Look at it this way: if MS figures out the "Killer App" for enterprise phones, they can easily have an IT department do a migration of their Android-based phones to WinPhone8.
Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
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Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#22If you're familiar with the what happened between Be Inc. and Microsoft back in the 90s, this is pretty hilarious.
(Be wanted OEMs to sell computers that dual-booted Windows 95 and BeOS. Microsoft retaliated by cutting off those manufacturers from the normal OEM discount on Windows licenses.)
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#23This would be great for me as a user. I am not a big fan of the android UX but they got the apps I want. So I can use Windows phone for day to day use and only when I want the app that windows doesn't have I can go to android. Of course having to boot would suck but maybe that can be made faster.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#24Of course they mean release the same hardware with Windows pre-installed. Would be funny if Google developed something like UEFI if mobile opened up to multiple operating systems.
not sure why drivebyacct2 is dead, but his comment was useful > UEFI+SecureBoot can be implemented on ARM devices. And already is in almost every case, it just isn't turned on except for, as an example, most Verizon/ATT variants of phones.
drivebyacct2 has been dead for a long time, but he frequently makes insightful and informative comments.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
A rewrite of a failing product shouldn't be an issue.
Except that Windows Phone is currently doing very well in some regions. For instance, in the largest European economies they currently have 10% of the smartphone sales. And quarter over quarter growth is good. It's only a small chunk of the pie, but numbers that start to matter. For reference, the share of the iPhone in these economies is currently around 16%. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/30/us-cellphones-e…
they are doing so well they are going for the dual boot scheme, how does MS kool aid taste ? Windows Phones are a disaster, that cost Ballmer his job.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#26Even if I am an Android long time user I would love to have an easy way to experiment with two OS on the same device. I'll be then able to end up using the one I like the most. Competition is great.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#27This would be great for me as a user. I am not a big fan of the android UX but they got the apps I want. So I can use Windows phone for day to day use and only when I want the app that windows doesn't have I can go to android. Of course having to boot would suck but maybe that can be made faster.
I am having a hard time imagining what functionality you are missing in Android that Windows is providing? Not trying to defend either one of both, just being curious.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#28Microsoft wants your phone to be a PC , then the embrace - extend - extinguish walk will be on, with all the dirty tricks,racketeering and blackmailing MS can do like it did for over 2 decades with it's OEM 'partner'.
And MS wonders why it has such a bad reputation now.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#29Why doesn't Microsoft just fork Android like Amazon did, give it a Metro interface (it could look exactly the same as WP does today)? I can't think of any reason for them not to do this now...
That would be great if Android would be a far better OS than WP8 which comparing the performance/hardware requirement ratio on both OSs doesn't seem to be the case.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#30There's enough interesting IP out there for running Android apps on other OSes that I could see MS adding that as a subsystem on WinPhone, but it looks like this is more about dual-boot. I find dual booting a phone to be silly, but could see the draw in having an Android VM for app use in WinPhone.