Google announces Android for Work

I tried to find any info about license or repos and couldn't find anything. Unlike Samsung's Knox, which is FOSS, how can this be even remotely secure if it is closed source?

Seems that Google is full on the "Extinguish" phase with Android.

edit: amazing that I'm being downvoted for stating facts yet nobody replies to me.

Re: Google announces Android for Work

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Post by narrator » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 8:58 PM UTC

Looks like they are going after Microsoft on a different front. Especially with the notes and outlook integration. Can they provide enough of a productivity boost to get people to dump the windows ecosystem? Will IT managers be comfortable with cloud managed systems?

Re: Google announces Android for Work

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Post by api » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 9:02 PM UTC

So we're all going to code, write, etc. on four inch screens?

Seriously why hasn't someone made a smart phone that "transforms" into a larger screen form factor when connected to a monitor? I could see Android phones doing this. I could never imagine iOS doing it-- Apple would never cannibalize Mac like that, and iOS is too jailed for anything "real."

Of course apps would have to support it. But those that didn't could pop up in little windows in "desktop mode." That would be fine.

Google should dump ChromeOS -- which I never understood -- and do this instead.

Re: Google announces Android for Work

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Post by empy » Wed, Feb 25, 2015, 9:04 PM UTC

api wrote: post #9

So we're all going to code, write, etc. on four inch screens? Seriously why hasn't someone made a smart phone that "transforms" into a larger screen form factor when connected to a monitor? I could see Android phones doing this. I could never imagine iOS doing it-- Apple would never cannibalize Mac like that, and iOS is too jailed for anything "real." Of course apps would have to support it. But those that didn't cou…

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