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
#2Of 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.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#3Of course, now that Nokia is assimilated, the Borg needs to move on to the next target.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#4Why 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...
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#5Why 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...
> I can't think of any reason for them not to do this now...
Besides the fact that it would be a total rewrite?
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#6Why 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...
> I can't think of any reason for them not to do this now... Besides the fact that it would be a total rewrite?
A rewrite of a failing product shouldn't be an issue.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#7Why 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...
Because a fork with a metro skin on top isn't Windows?
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#8Of 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.
Funny or not, it would be awesome if phones could boot multiple OS as easily as a plain PC/Intel Mac
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#9Of 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.
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.
Re: Microsoft Looking To Put Windows Phone On Android Devices, Starting With HTC
#10Why 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...
Because then they can't control the toolset like they do currently. Or anything else, really.