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janrinok
on Friday March 14 2014, @01:35PM
from the is-that-the-sound-of-desperation-that-I-hear dept.
from the is-that-the-sound-of-desperation-that-I-hear dept.
skullz writes:
"Hot on the heels of Microsoft easing up access to the Windows Phone OS are rumors of dual Windows / Android phones, able to boot into either OS.
- Huawei Confirms Dual-OS Android-Windows Smartphone
- Huawei Might Launch Dual-OS Android-Windows Phone Handsets Too
The narrative so far is Android for personal use, Windows for BYOD to the office. I can see a company locking down a Windows Phone install so it can connect to Exchange and the company wifi but what would the two OSs share? Contacts and pictures? Would a bit of malware on one OS be isolated from the other?
It used to be that you would dual boot your Windows box with Linux, now that trend has reversed itself for your mobile. How far we have come."
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(Score: 2) by Vanderhoth on Friday March 14 2014, @02:27PM
I read another comment on some site that I agree with, It's probably so MS can count phones that have Android, as a dual boot option, as Win phones to boost their adoption numbers. Basically it's like selling PCs with windows pre-installed, you count it as a windows sale whether the user goes home and immediately formats it or not.
Basically, it'll look better on their quarterly report and make them feel like they're winning a losing battle.
"Now we know", "And knowing is half the battle". -G.I. Joooooe
(Score: 1) by dast on Friday March 14 2014, @02:33PM
The only reason I could see having a dual boot phone with Windows would be if my employer only supported Win Mobile phones on their infrastructure, but I wanted to use Android at home. At that point though, I'd just carry two phones. Why infect a perfectly good android phone with Win Mobile?
(Score: 2) by Vanderhoth on Friday March 14 2014, @02:42PM
Blackberry already has that functionality for the enterprise BYOD space. I know BB isn't doing well lately, but to my knowledge they're still top dog for Government and Business because of that.
"Now we know", "And knowing is half the battle". -G.I. Joooooe