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“Our research shows that for many years, poor sales of Windows-based phones stem from a deep and stable lack of consumer interest for the product,” Ferragu wrote. “Despite numerous and repeated efforts of manufacturers (Nokia, but also Samsung and HTC) and Operators to develop an alternative to Android and Apple based on Windows, and despite the launch of numerous phones based on Windows with strong features, reviews and marketing support, the operating system remains cornered to less than 5% market share in smartphones.” Despite new developer opportunities, WP8 will never catch up with iOS or Android.
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Never is a really long time - once people thought nobody would ever surpass AOL + Netscape on the internet.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: Despite numerous and repeated efforts of manufacturers (Nokia, but also Samsung
and HTC)
From what I have seen in the local market for Windows based phones, if that is there best effort then we would all be still stuck with brick phones.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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We've just been sent a shot of the next Kindle Fire, Amazon's Android-based tablet that's expected to be announced next week after the current model "sold out" earlier today. We're being told that a "pair" of Fires is likely — a 7- and a 10-incher — though it remains unclear whether both models will be introduced at the same time. We're not sure which model we're looking at here, but the scale of the keyboard suggests that seven inches is more likely. A new tablet is coming, and this is the Prime suspect.
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Zoomzum[^]
Quote: the android development is the most recent topic for discussion and there are a lot of ways for the same. Some of the most common and used ways for studying android development are either buying and selling android books or even by visiting various sites that can provide essential information on the same.
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Mozilla, who are renowned for their successful internet browser, are entering the mobile race, developing a new web-centric OS that will directly compete with Google, Apple and Microsoft.
Refer here...[^]
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If it cannot handle a printer-driver, it's not an OS.
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Well Android can (I can print from my phone, if I ever felt the need), and it's it's based on Android it may be able to.
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No, the kernel is only part of the operating system. The shell is also part of the operating system.
Ever hear of anyone running a computer on "just Linux"? (i.e. not Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.). Of course not, because Linux is a kernel, and the kernel on it's own is useless. Linux is not an operating system, it is only one part of an operating system.
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But Android IS an OS already! How are they going to compete with Google when Google could pull the rug out from under their feet?
edit: frankly, it reminds me of all the rentacoder postings for "I want someone to develop a new OS that will compete with Windows XP. It must be written in Visual Basic."
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ekolis wrote: But Android IS an OS already! How are they going to compete with Google when Google could pull the rug out from under their feet?
Yes, Android is an OS already, but it doesn't mean you can't build on top of it. That is what Linux Mint does with Ubuntu, builds on top of it. Over time it has been diverting more and more from Ubuntu, which is probably what will happen with the new Mozilla project. It's a starting point so they don't have to 're-invent the wheel'.
But, of course, that being said, there has been much debate as to how 'open' Android really is, so we'll have to wait and see how Google responds, especially since they have their own OS project.
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone - Bjarne Stroustrup
The world is going to laugh at you anyway, might as well crack the 1st joke!
My code has no bugs, it runs exactly as it was written.
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That article is from about a year ago, which is about the same time they announced Boot2Gecko.
I wonder how the two relate, because AFAIK Boot2Gecko was meant to be its own derivative from Linux (called Gonk).
Edit: uhmm, code examples in this page import stuff from an "android" namespace, so I guess this is the same project.
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I've been a pretty active participant with the proceedings of B2G (Now FirefoxOS) since around January; You're right about it having it's own kernel called Gonk!
This thread seems a little misinformed about FirefoxOS' relationship with Android:
Android devices are, for the foreseeable future, far more common than a any device that runs FirefoxOS (there being only one device currently that is built for it), so they've essentially built a compatibility layer to allow select devices to have FirefoxOS installed on them instead of Android (See:Samsung Galaxy S2 & Nexus S).
The kernel they use is not Androids, nor are it's primary systems based on Android; the project in its intended form (i.e. installed on a device that was manufactured to use FirefoxOS as its OS) runs just a kernel and the web browser; all apps are HTML+Javascript+CSS and run within that space.
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Other shark in the tank...
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I am that girl in your class that just wouldn't stop talking. Also known as Iris Classon, a hyperactive and very passionate developer, distance runner and mountain biker with a love for weightlifting and fitness. Welcome to our continuing series of Code Project interviews.
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Andrei Alexandrescu, author of The D Programming Language and Modern C++ Design, explains that learning how to learn is more important than learning anything else. They're not experts in something as much as experts in becoming experts in something.
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Hang on, my knee just jerked something awful after I saw, "Andrei Alexandrescu, author of The D Programming Language". I think the blog (or at least your quote of it (I haven't read the article yet, but I will)) needs some punctuation.
Walter Bright is the author of The D Programming Language; Andrei Alexandrescu merely wrote a book about it.
Andrei Alexandrescu, author of "The D Programming Language and Modern C++ Design" ...
OK, I feel better now, please return to your normal broadcasting.
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Backwards compatibility, and compatibility across Linux distributions is not a sexy problem. It is not even remotely an interesting problem to solve. Nobody wants to do that work, everyone wants to innovate, and be responsible for the next big feature in Linux. So Linux was left with idealists that wanted to design the best possible system without having to worry about boring details like support and backwards compatibility. Meanwhile, you can still run the 2001 Photoshop that came when XP was launched on Windows 8. And you can still run your old OSX apps on Mountain Lion. Supporting Linux on the desktop became a burden for independent developers.
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"What went wrong?"
Nothing.
It's still the best free operating system. Is Linux dead on the desktop? I think not, if World of Warcraft is supported, if DropBox is supported, if the G15-gamers keyboard is supported. Playing Monkey Island, using a DOSBox.
No, it ain't as versatile as Windows, but that's the added value that Microsoft delivers. Yes, for some people, that's worth the investment. Since money is cheap, everybody does that investment without a second thought. Still, that ain't an argument to proclaim that Linux took a "wrong" turn.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Nothing
Right. And 2013 will be the year of Linux on desktop.
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Which part did you fail to understand? Apologies for the rudeness.
I never claimed they'll be replacing Windows, nor did I say that their market-share would grow.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
modified 31-Aug-12 6:06am.
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There is a joke icon on his post, I don't think you needed to justify yourself.
Compensating your downvote as I agree that you had a point.
BTW, change "they're" to "their" before you get the grammar police on your butt. (Hey DD, where are you?)
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Two good points - will do.
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I have a vitual bridge I will sell you.
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