AT&T hopes for a single OS
Hey, just wanted to see what others thought about this, or if you haven't heard about it, you might want to see this.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154978/atandt_hopes_f ... »
I found this lying around on gsmarena, and it's probably been on here too. Apparently AT&T hopes to standardize on a single OS for AT&T branded smartphones. Now when I heard this I went nuts. The article goes on to say that WinMo looks like its getting the boot, and Symbian looks to be the ideal OS to keep around. Granted I love Symbian and all my phones are Nokia's, how is it fair to the customer to not offer them choices?? They honestly can't be serious about limiting choices because it's too difficult for them to have multiple OS's on t...
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/154978/atandt_hopes_f ... »
I found this lying around on gsmarena, and it's probably been on here too. Apparently AT&T hopes to standardize on a single OS for AT&T branded smartphones. Now when I heard this I went nuts. The article goes on to say that WinMo looks like its getting the boot, and Symbian looks to be the ideal OS to keep around. Granted I love Symbian and all my phones are Nokia's, how is it fair to the customer to not offer them choices?? They honestly can't be serious about limiting choices because it's too difficult for them to have multiple OS's on t...
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You will ALWAYS be able to buy an unbranded unlocked phones. So if they do go to one smartphone interface you will still be able to go buy something different. They are wanting to streamline the user experience to make device transitions more user friendly. Atleast it isn't CDMA then you'd be uber screwed.
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True. You know, after seeing AT&T release the iPhone untouched, I figured, surely someone like Nokia would be able to get the same treatment, but I'm still waiting for that to happen. I'm not gonnna hold my breath though. AT&T is bending over backwards for someone who never even had a name in the cell phone industry. Such crap. Guess I'm sticking to unlocked phones unless they happen to release the E71 untouched, which from the looks of some photo's, is just like the 6650.
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