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Low spec phone...

Vmac39

Feb 10, 2014, 4:16 PM
Hmmm....let's see

What about future OS updates? I don't see this phone being updated outside of flashing it, which seems like a lot of effort for a low end phone. Even if you could get a more current Android OS to run on it, it probably will not run very well, because of OS requirements. Despite what people may say about android being able to run their current OS on any hardware, it is not going to run well on these phones.

The other issue is that the services that will be installed on the phone already will probably not run on a flashed version of android, anyway. The way I see it, buy the phone for what it is and call it a day. This move is most likely to introduce MS and Nokia services and apps in low end markets, with the idea tha...
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T Bone

Feb 10, 2014, 9:06 PM
The problem with Windows Phone isn't the OS itself....the OS itself is very good, very intuitive and usable, and very stable....the problem with Windows Phone is a lack of apps, and the biggest obstacle to Windows Phone getting enough apps is the catch 22 set up by Google to prevent Microsoft from being able to use Google services.

Google is being very dishonest and disingenuous here, they claim that they won't authorize Google services because Windows Phone 'doesn't have a big enough market share', they also know that Google services are so important and popular in mobile that not having Google services means that most people will never even consider Windows Phone. Basically, the only way that Windows Phone will ever able to gain mark...
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Vmac39

Feb 10, 2014, 9:27 PM
You are absolutely right. Without Google services, many people will not migrate to WP. Maybe, a law suite is what MS has in the works. Considering they're doing everything possible to get their services to run on both Android and iOS. I'm not sure about Blackberry, but it does make Google look very anticompetitive.

Fifty million users is a large enough base to develop services. Then again, short of WP over taking Android, or even iPhone, they will never consider the user base large enough.
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T Bone

Feb 10, 2014, 9:48 PM
Google used to offer Google services for Blackberry, but shortly after the debut of the first 'Droid' phone for Verizon in 2009 they gradually began pulling them, and now Blackberry is in the same position as MS....with no Google services and Google saying they won't create apps for Blackberry because they don't have a big enough market share.

Google was very free and open before they created their own mobile OS....
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DarkStar

Feb 12, 2014, 9:18 PM
Wait a min. You want to force Google to let Microsoft use their services? Isn't its Google's property and they should be allowed to do what they want with it? That is like saying that HP should sue Apple to let them use OSX.
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