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posted by janrinok on Friday March 14 2014, @01:35PM   Printer-friendly
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.

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: 3, Interesting) by dotdotdot on Friday March 14 2014, @02:30PM

    by dotdotdot (858) on Friday March 14 2014, @02:30PM (#16556)

    According to Ars [arstechnica.com] (providing their link since their source is behind paywall) "Microsoft and Google are both out to stifle any device that doesn't have a firm allegiance to either Android or Windows."

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