Viable alternative phone OS to Android/iOS?

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Brontez

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #1

Does it exist?

 

blackpeople

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #2

i had a windows phone, biggest pos ever

 

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Brontez

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #3

Loved my windows phone, but windows mobile appears to be dead so time to move on

 

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TheVoiceOfReason

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #4

What, like a java-based flip phone?

 

amRam

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #5

For a full featured smartphone? Nope.

 

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EyeZ

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #6

You could probably make one out of a rasp. Pi if you were determined enough.

 

cael

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #7

webos - dead
windows phone - dead
ubuntu phone - dead
firefox os - dead
blackberry 10 - dead
tizen - dying
sailfish - dying

 

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T-Dawg

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #8

I hear Nokia is the latest thing

 

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Brontez

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #9

T-Dawg said:

I hear Nokia is the latest thing

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They are going with Android now I think

 

Brasstax

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #10

Clamshell

 

Edofnor

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #11

i wanted 2 ditch the old moto and try windows phone but the fags @ verizon won't sell the in-store display lumia even tho they're discontinued

#Sad!

 

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Ztir

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #12

i wanted windows phone 2 be a thing but it is not a thing

 

lemon

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• Oct 4, 2017

• #13

i would post in this thread but im not at a computer

 

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Brontez

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• Oct 5, 2017

• #14

Windows phone was f'king awesome but Nadella seems unable to understand anything other than cloud and is determined to kill off all their consumer products

 

amRam

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• Oct 10, 2017

• #15

Bump!

2019 maybe .... Librem 5 Purism

I'll ditch Google in a second, when a viable alternative comes along.

 

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nigafool

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• Oct 10, 2017

• #16

webos would have been the best but the only thing that matters are apps

not sure how anyone breaks into this one now

 

amRam

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• Oct 10, 2017

• #17

nigafool said:

webos would have been the best but the only thing that matters are apps

not sure how anyone breaks into this one now

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Nobody will break in with mass market appeal for that reason. But if they can move enough units to enterprise and nerds, it might be a viable business.

I'm clueless when it comes to this shit, but isn't Android kinda open source? Could they legitimately make a google maps or YouTube application for a Linux phone?

 

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Dangerdoggie

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• Oct 10, 2017

• #18

my phone from the future can emulate both android and apple ios

 

cael

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• Oct 10, 2017

• #19

apple can't even make a good google maps clone, what makes you think some freetards will be able to hack something good together?

no one is ever going to break into the market because the people who complain about not having a 3rd option are the same people who go out and buy android/ios phones

 

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• Oct 10, 2017

• #20

amRam said:

Nobody will break in with mass market appeal for that reason. But if they can move enough units to enterprise and nerds, it might be a viable business.

I'm clueless when it comes to this shit, but isn't Android kinda open source? Could they legitimately make a google maps or YouTube application for a Linux phone?

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I recall Ubuntu saying they were making a phone/phone OS some years ago. Guess that never came to fruition.

As an aside, palm's -- and later HP's, i guess, technically -- webOS was really freaking cool and also linux-based. I had a pre+ and loved it. Took a glance at wikipedia just now to see what HP ended up doing with it and apparently, through a series of unfortunate events, it will continue living on in LG's new smart fridge? (WebOS - Wikipedia). What a terrible way to go...