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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 Jaruzel on Friday March 14 2014, @04:10PM
I don't get this?
As of Jelly Bean, Android can connect to Exchange ActiveSync (for Mail, Calender, Contacts, and Tasks) AND honour all the admin restrictions (such as remote wipe, encryption, and forced pin etc.) that the Exchange Admin cares to enforce*.
There is no technical requirement to use a Windows Phone to access your Corporate MS based data, which is one of the reasons that Corporates are NOT taking up Windows Phone in droves, there's simply no need.
So, I really can't see the driver for an OS-dual-boot phone - the BYOD argument doesn't stand up.
Unless, and I've just thought of this - people don't want to have work AND private data on the same device - which I'm not sure dual-boot solves anyway because I can see a lot of Corporates having a soft policy that discourages the private use of a business device.
(I work for a Corporate, in IT, and have been very close to the BYOD initiatives, and the mobile data rollouts, so the above is bit more than just an opinion.)
-Jar
*Also it must be said for completeness, that iOS fully supports Exchange ActiveSync as well.
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(Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday March 15 2014, @06:59PM
Ios has done all that active sync for years.
We have an mdm to manage devices (ios and mac), push out software, update mail settings, update VPN connections etc.
Microsoft should have bought out rim 5 years ago. Nobody wants windows on their phones