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Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphone

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Re: Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphone

#21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You probably can't use any proprietary OS on it: Apple certainly would never license iOS, and I doubt W8 would either. Android, Ubuntu Mobile, Firefox OS, Meego, Tizen are more likely candidates.

Windows 8 runs on commodity x86 hardware. Assuming there's driver support, it should work.

Can you buy a licence to run it legally though?

Re: Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphone

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Its an Atom processor? Does that mean it can run any x86 OS?

It's one of the Atom SoCs which Intel doesn't seem to have a public datasheet on. From what I know they're almost but not quite like a regular PC --- they're missing some bits that wouldn't really be necessary on a phone.

Re: Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphone

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post #19

This may be a little OT... but if you want to win me over on a geek focused device... i.e. power users... 3000mAh battery minimum. I know it's not the core intent but personally that grabs my attention as a power user just as much.

If it's successful, soon enough extended capacity batteries are likely going to start appearing.

Re: Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphone

#29
post #19

This may be a little OT... but if you want to win me over on a geek focused device... i.e. power users... 3000mAh battery minimum. I know it's not the core intent but personally that grabs my attention as a power user just as much.

I think the important value for geeks it that you can have different OS in the same phone

Re: Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphone

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post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 8 runs on commodity x86 hardware. Assuming there's driver support, it should work.

Can you buy a licence to run it legally though?

Windows 8? Yeah. You can't buy Windows Phone 8.
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