Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake::Satya Nadella wrote off Microsoft’s Nokia phone business acquisition and now says the company’s exit from mobile was a mistake.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake::Satya Nadella wrote off Microsoft’s Nokia phone business acquisition and now says the company’s exit from mobile was a mistake.
I really wanted window 10 phones to take off. Their development into their now defunct projects such as Continuum and Munchkin in my opinion could have jump started and sustained smartphones as a legitimate productivity PC. Imagine having a cellphone you can dock anywhere and have a full blown windows OS to do things on…. That’s where they were heading.
Alas, the best we got is Dex and stage manager both being cellphone OS solutions for work PC tasks.
Canonical also tried this a few years ago with their Ubuntu Touch crowdfunding and failed. Even released some convergent devices but that didn’t sell much. My impression is that although the concept is cool it is simply not appealing for the general audience
People want software and a functioning phone. Linux, in all its glory, is not for consumers.
The only hope we had was Microsoft, but that’s a joke in itself.
So unless someone wants to try to take on Google, and toss billions at it, it’s just one shitty android form after the other.
Android is Linux.
Why are people downvoting ? Yes I love Linux too and all, but be honest. It is not relevant in the mass desktop market. That didn’t make it more easy for Ubuntu touch.
Because people like to downvote.
Linux on Desktop is fine, because it’s had a long time to mature and improve.
The problem is that Linux mobile software is very immature, so it isn’t ready for a general audience yet.
Android is Linux
And why do we need waydroid in order to install android apk on postmarkedOS?
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Android does use the Linux kernel, they’re right, but the userspace is completely different and what I was referring to.
I was referring to standard GNU/Linux or Busybox/Linux, not the heavily modified Android.
Imagine a Lumia with one of these new Snapdragon 8cx cores in it that slides into a lapdock. Plenty of power for like 90% of people