Comments on: What If You Could Choose Your Mobile Phone’s OS? http://thenokiae75.com/2009/05/05/what-if-you-could-choose-your-mobile-phones-os/ Software, Apps, Games, Themes, Tips, Tricks, and News for the Nokia E75 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex C http://thenokiae75.com/2009/05/05/what-if-you-could-choose-your-mobile-phones-os/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Alex C Fri, 15 May 2009 11:16:28 +0000 http://thenokiae75.com/?p=308#comment-56 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. 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.

]]> By: Eliot Estep http://thenokiae75.com/2009/05/05/what-if-you-could-choose-your-mobile-phones-os/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Eliot Estep Fri, 15 May 2009 10:04:16 +0000 http://thenokiae75.com/?p=308#comment-55 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. 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.

]]> By: What If Sony and Nokia made a phone? | Nokia E75 Blog http://thenokiae75.com/2009/05/05/what-if-you-could-choose-your-mobile-phones-os/comment-page-1/#comment-34 What If Sony and Nokia made a phone? | Nokia E75 Blog Fri, 08 May 2009 10:53:37 +0000 http://thenokiae75.com/?p=308#comment-34 [...] actually make the step forward in installing whatever OS you might like, as I said in my previous What If ? [...] [...] actually make the step forward in installing whatever OS you might like, as I said in my previous What If ? [...]

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