The Nokia E75 is a Symbian phone an there for it comes with a preinstalled version of Symbian. But what if you could install a different OS ?
To be more specific, I mean what if you could install a different OS just like you install a Windows. That would be just awesome, if you ask me. And it seems the logical 
way that phones should evolve. Just imagine an E75 with Windows Mobile or Mac OS.
Since freedom, nowadays is the main topic of discussion, I think that having the OS of your choosing is the best way to emphasise that. Thus giving you the opportunity to choose what applications to use, because some applications are not available for all systems. So if you installed Android, than you could install applications for it.
Moreover, having such freedom with a phone can make the choice of phones easier. Then you would only have to look at the requirements for the OS you might want. And buy your phone accordingly to whatever OS you might like your phone to have. Or how about running multiple operating systems on one phone.
How cool would it be to start your phone and you can choose which OS to run. It gives you a better feel of each one and makes the choice a lot easier. Plus if you cannot find an application for one you can run it on another. You can use one for work and one for fun.
To conclude, choosing your own OS is a great improvement to the world of mobile devices especially with so many popping out in the last two years. Hope this doesn’t remain just another what if? and soon I will be talking about this a reality .
[...] actually make the step forward in installing whatever OS you might like, as I said in my previous What If ? [...]
It’s unlikely that this will ever be a reality, unfortunately. In the corporate world of mass consumption, everything that is released to consumers is extremely carefully considered and planned, with profits playing a big part in this. There is simply no way Nokia would allow you to install (legally, of course) Windows Mobile on one of their smartphones…unless they partnered with Microsoft. Apple especially would never allow this. Basically, it’s all about money and that is the reality, unfortunately.
We already do have the freedom to choose our phones, and for me, the choice is made by what OS the phone runs. Once you’ve selected your OS, find the form factor that fits you. The choices are all there for mature OS’s: candybars, sliders, full qwerty’s, side-slider, flips, etc.
The only OS that does not have many choices is Android currently, but this will begin to slowly dissipate as more models are released.
Yes I know it is about money and Apple will never go for this. When you buy a netbook you can choose which OS to run. Whether it is Linux or Windows you can still choose.
What I was aiming for is that Nokia should only make the hardware and leave the software up to buyer. Basically, the phone manufacturers today give you a phone that can only run a specific OS instead of giving you a choice. So where is the freedom in that? You have to buy their phones to run their OS. They are not telling you what to do, but they are limiting your options. I think that in a few years they will make this a possible, more like they should.
Anyway, buying a phone nowadays is hell, because there will always bee something that your current OS can’t do and makes wonder if you made the right choice.