Android As A Computer OS? - Android

I got to thinking... Android is awesome, and what if Google decided to develop a whole new OS specifically designed for a PC? I mean, Android is a phone OS, and with the introduction of Honeycomb it is the very first real tablet OS. They also have Google TVs that run the same OS concept. The next step would be to take over the desktops and the laptops, yes? I think it would be great to see. Ofcourse they would have to adapt a lot of things to make it work and feel like it was made for a computer, like how Honeycomb is doing now in the tablet world.
I can see this happening for sure. If it became a reality and got a stable release... would you think about dropping your Windows and Macs for it? I probably would! I love Google and everything they do. I want the complete Google experience for all my devices!
I wonder what it would be called? Google PC, Chrome PC/PC Chrome, Project Google, or just OS Google/Google OS? I haven't the slighest idea what it would really be called. Lol.
Thoughts? Ideas? Let 'em out!

Google has a hell of a lot to do before they can even compete in the full-blown OS. Mac has a foothold in the graphics design, while Windows has the PC gaming market secured aside from the usual office productivity stuff. Linux is trying (have been for decades), but can't really compete and thus relegated to a small niche market. The way I see it, if Google does enter into the OS fray then they'd just get some of the Linux share which isn't that big to begin with.

Google already has an os http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS i was in the beta and it is really good but not at a level where I would drop ubuntu and Backtrack
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50-3 said:
Google already has an os http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS i was in the beta and it is really good but not at a level where I would drop ubuntu and Backtrack
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Well I'll be darned! The latest stable release was only a few days ago. I know I remember seeing something about a Google OS once before awhile back, and I couuuuld have done a Google search like I always do, but I wanted to post on the awesome xda forums before I did that! Cool thanks!
And I guess I was close at guessing the OS name huh? Lol.
Also, I saw Google Chromebooks at either CES 2011, or Google IO 2011. The Chromebook uses the internet as an OS. Apps, movies, writing up a text document... all done over the internet with web apps, unlike Windows which you can do this natively through the desktop itself. This concept seems like a neat idea... everything is done from the internet instead of the desktop.

theo80 said:
Google has a hell of a lot to do before they can even compete in the full-blown OS. Mac has a foothold in the graphics design, while Windows has the PC gaming market secured aside from the usual office productivity stuff. Linux is trying (have been for decades), but can't really compete and thus relegated to a small niche market. The way I see it, if Google does enter into the OS fray then they'd just get some of the Linux share which isn't that big to begin with.
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They have the potential to pull it off though. They are going through the same thing with Honeycomb tablets. Everyone seems to think the iPad is so amazing, but the OS is that of a iPhone, thus making it a ridiculously oversized phone. Honeycomb is the first to change that, and it will take time to perfect, but it will get done. And since Android is taking over, I can see them perfecting the Google OS for computers in due time. And when the time comes... I'm pretty sure it will have a nice impact, again considering Android is taking over and Google itself has always been boss status.
It won't happen in a day but it will happen. Windows did not become a household name in a day you know. Many people put the idea down and knocked it until... you guessed it! It became a hit, and it was all along. People just would not accept it at first.

Check it out.
http://www.android-x86.org/
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Anyone have any experience with chrome?
My laptop is getting old and I might look into putting chrome on it
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Love it.

Seems to me that the Google os is just opening up Google chrome browser and doing everything from there. Would love to see android on a desktop though. The status bar would be cool to see on my laptop!

Mister J said:
Seems to me that the Google os is just opening up Google chrome browser and doing everything from there. Would love to see android on a desktop though. The status bar would be cool to see on my laptop!
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That's what I was looking for. Because yes, Chromium OS, everything is done over the internet. I am looking for an actual desktop OS that makes use on the touch screen PCs. Seems logical and a good idea to me.

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Chrome os sucks. I got my cr-48, first chrome laptop made. And it sucks. I rarely use it. I take it to school to type documents and that's it.
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Chrome os sucks. I got my cr-48, first chrome laptop made. And it sucks. I rarely use it. I take it to school to type documents and that's it.
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Indeed. It is pretty much a web OS that has no actual desktop. I wish they would make a real desktop OS like what Honeycomb is to tablets. They need to make that happen on the PC world with the Android Market and all.

Theres this company developing what they call the bluestack google a search for "bluestack" to find more out mroe about it. you can run android in ur pc with it. due for alpha soon

Rejinderi said:
Theres this company developing what they call the bluestack google a search for "bluestack" to find more out mroe about it. you can run android in ur pc with it. due for alpha soon
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Wow thanks! I signed up for the alpha testing. This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! I'm getting my new beast AIO touchscreen PC very soon and I cannot wait until I will be able to boot up Android right along side Windows. What an awesome combination. This makes Windows even better compared to poor Mac. Android is the king, and bringing it to Windows PC's blows my mind. Lol. ^^
Thanks for to heads up!

diablo2224 said:
Wow thanks! I signed up for the alpha testing. This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! I'm getting my new beast AIO touchscreen PC very soon and I cannot wait until I will be able to boot up Android right along side Windows. What an awesome combination. This makes Windows even better compared to poor Mac. Android is the king, and bringing it to Windows PC's blows my mind. Lol. ^^
Thanks for to heads up!
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woah.. new touchscreen pc how i wish i have that. lucky you haha. np

Rejinderi said:
woah.. new touchscreen pc how i wish i have that. lucky you haha. np
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Heh, yeah. It's a custom built PC with the best parts available to me.
The video for Bluestacks read me like a book when it said something like "Do you have a touchscreen PC and would like to run Android on it?" I am currently waiting for my custom built all in one touchscreen beast machine PC to be delivered in a few days. I wanna load Bluestacks up on this baby as soon as it becomes available.

It would be great if Android apps just ran natively inside Linux instead of having to use a crappy emulator from Google.

I want to be the first to make a custom rom for PC lol
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something to think about

google buys motorola.
motorola has webtop(ubuntu booted inside android)
google has chrome os(basically chrome, thats it)
stock webtop is just firefox
chrome os webtop?
just think about it
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jokersax11 said:
google buys motorola.
motorola has webtop(ubuntu booted inside android)
google has chrome os(basically chrome, thats it)
stock webtop is just firefox
chrome os webtop?
just think about it
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That would be pretty awesome.
jokersax11 said:
google buys motorola.
motorola has webtop(ubuntu booted inside android)
google has chrome os(basically chrome, thats it)
stock webtop is just firefox
chrome os webtop?
just think about it
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Oh God I hope not! The Jeddaks would start a war if they did! Cloud computing has a major drawback, you need the internet for it to work. Not to mention it is fairly limited. They would be better off to partner with Canonical and build a proper release for webtop capable phones.
I agree however, if it's goggles baby it could happen, and not just to motorola. This could be a later stepping stone to make android more appealing. Built in chrome os for docked android phones. While I wouldn't care for it, the general public might. Plus you did read about the chrome team creating a version of chrome for android. It wouldn't take much to later implement a large screen version with hdmi plugged in. They wouldn't have to make it chrome os to give us the same functionality.
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Oh God I hope not! The Jeddaks would start a war if they did! Cloud computing has a major drawback, you need the internet for it to work. Not to mention it is fairly limited. They would be better off to partner with Canonical and build a proper release for webtop capable phones.
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Chrome OS on outdated photon 4g
Ok so I have a new Galaxy S4 and a perfectly fine photon 4g that is collecting dust. I want to be able to use my photon 4g for only lapdock related content like surfing and such... The problem is, as many have seen, is once you hit 2.3.5 you are pretty much stuck. What I want to do is wipe the phone and put chrome OS on it as I only need lapdock functions to work and I don't care if it has a Sprint Radio or not. This way I can still use it with more current applications that webtop won't or can't support. Has anyone else thought of this idea or is it even possible? The hardware supports it, the screen is made for it and the battery life would be crazy for it as I have a bionic lapdock that works great for it.
Please let me know if I am crazy to even think to try this project as I am a new to posting on here...

Poll : Do you want to run Android *within* WebOS as a card?

All,
As you might have seen in thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288155&page=17
The Chroid release never really got past 0.1 alpha and appears to have died..
Shame as I see a real need for this, like many others I really like WEBOS, its not perfect but works fine, battery life is AWESOME and the native touchpad apps are well writtern..
However with the general android cm7/miui progress/webos now opensourced Im not surprised some developers dont think this is a worthwhile project.. so i thought we simply need to convince a developer its a worthwhile project
Also perhaps maybe someone from opemmobile would contribute towards an opensource project? or themselves re-invigorate this, they originally planned a webos port... (see http://openmobileww.com/smartphone.php)
So to start with I thought Id start this POLL thread, if your interested vote, would you pay for it? $5-$10 sounds reasonable? or more?
Please keep this thread simply for the poll, for general chit chat use the original thread above.
edit : Just to be clear, Im not skilled enough to make this happen but I thought starting this thread, waiting to see the replies we should be able to rouse the interest of a "skilled" developer...
edit : This link is to OpenMobileWW who demo'd ACL on WebOS as a card and looked awesome http://news.mobileroundup.com/2012/01/ces-is-open-mobile-what-webos-has-been-waiting-for/
I'm definitely interested in such an app. I used a Palm Pre- for a couple of years and really learned to love WebOS. I constantly switch back between it and CM7 or one of its flavors depending upon what I want to do. I use WebOS for my email and work, but switch to CM7 for games and other apps. $10 is more than reasonable (I'd pay up to $50 but I think that's too high to sustain a market).
I'd be interested, and I'd be willing to pay $5, maybe $10 depending on how well it emulates within webOS.
Please delete this post, I missed the part about not posting in here. My apologies.
Krunk_Kracker said:
I'd be interested, and I'd be willing to pay $5, maybe $10 depending on how well it emulates within webOS.
Please delete this post, I missed the part about not posting in here. My apologies.
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No worries.
i like webos faar better than android.. new to both but no contest really..
the advantage for android is apps apps apps..
it would be great if there was any way that android could function as a card..
would android still have to boot up as a card or would it be instant like a webos
function..
the android os makes TP way more functional-- wireless non-hp printer support..
games.. on and on..
thanx
could you maybe be thinking about this backwards? What you actually want out of the android window is quickly getting to the android apps right? wouldn't it work faster to do what crackberry is doing and just making the android market work within the webos?
getting android apps working within WebOS is what we're after here,, not getting the Android OS working within WebOs.. thats different
I would definitely be interested, I like webos's smoothness but android has sooo many apps, I would prolly pitch in more than that , its a really good idea, and I think anybody can spare 10 bucks
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I voted for yes I would pay. I want to explain that a bit. I love XDA and the developers here are amazing. This lot can do things most users only imagine, and more often than not, for free.
On that note, I like WebOS too. Its smooth, little slow but intuitive. I cant find my way around an Ipad but 10 seconds on my touchpad, my very first WebOS device, I have wifi running and was bookmarking XDA. If Android ran smoothly in a card there would be no turning back.
I cant wait to see what happens, lets make it happen!
I love webOS so much more than Android but I'm running Android due to Netflix, etc.
#sentfrommycm7desirehd
Same here if I could I'd rather use WebOS than Android but I still have problems with things like YouTube being slow, and videos stutter, etc.
i'd pay for this
google music would be so good with this
Although I like both systems, I would like to see an effective Android app on a card. I have much more experience with Android but Webos just seems nicer to work with.
I would pay a reasonable price for this, $10-20 bucks.
Mike T
Is this running the android os in a card, or running android apps in a card?
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How much work would it be/how much would it be worth to get X11 working on android or to make surfaceflinger etc. work on webos?
I'm already invested in android, I wouldn't mind paying $10 or more to get android apps (or all of android, including apps) on webos. It'd be more sensible even than paying for SPBShell
How many touchpad users have stuck with webOS d'you reckon?
Well as good as X-ron/Cyanogen & MIUI are on the touchpad I still find WEBOS to be so much better as a tablet OS. Maybe it's just the ability to flick cards away just makes android seem a tad clunky at this point. So long as an Virtual Android isn't expensive I'd probably pay for it... unless ICS is amazing
Honestly my first intention for my touchpad was to root it with android. However, i find myself not even using android on it. I love the webOS interface soooooo much more than andorid, but I hate that it lack the apps. This is where my rooted nookCOLOR comes in. I can count the amount of time I have actually booted into android on the touchpad besides for setting it up to mirror my nookCOLOR settings.
I do like webos but I feel like its like a sexy chick wearing a chastity belt.. looks good but you can't do anything with it.. I don't think I've logged into webos once in the last 3 months.. there's no reason to. Android I s way more functional.. for me at least. Android in a card would take the chastity belt off this biatch.. :-D
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antho_ie said:
Well as good as X-ron/Cyanogen & MIUI are on the touchpad I still find WEBOS to be so much better as a tablet OS. Maybe it's just the ability to flick cards away just makes android seem a tad clunky at this point. So long as an Virtual Android isn't expensive I'd probably pay for it... unless ICS is amazing
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What? As opposed to simply pressing home and not having to worry about the app anymore?

Windows Phone Port

I want to try Windows 8 on the S3. Everyone knows it is possible but nobody knows who is working on it nor when it will be available.
I dont think people will bother in porting Windows Phone 7.5 but when Windows PHONE 8 comes out then people will try.
But what about the full beta OS of Windows 8?, just like in the past people were porting Ubuntu over to Android Handsets.
Lets be honest Windows Phone 8 (if it is what it claims to be) will leave Android and Google dead in the water.
Personally, I'm more than happy with Android. If you really want to make this happen though, good luck, but if you are only trying to start a flame war, then please do so somewhere else.
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Maybe look at Samsungs new ativ s handset, very similar specs to s3, same size screen, nice looking phone.
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maybe windows 8 is the future
you know guys, i think android is the best mobile OS and indeed it is, but some times i am thinking maybe the future will be for windows phone, it is just a feeling, but if we look back to the 90's when windows 95 came out, a lot of people were saying it will fail, it is stolen it is, it is ...etc., but look now, windows is every where.
Microsoft now is taking the right track of developing the windows phone OS, even if we don't like it they are doing a great job and this job will take them some were.
Oh please. You haven't even seen it and you claim it will be better than anything else.
well seen as windows 8 is all closed source getting to to even boot would be a nightmare!
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well seen as windows 8 is all closed source getting to to even boot would be a nightmare!
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Finally some sense!
Getting wp8 to boot on the S3 will be a mammoth challenge, getting it to the point of a daily driver will be impossible.
No sources, no fun.
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Good luck making W8 even run on this specific hardware.
That is, even you could even access the source to begin with, considering it being closed-source. Also, good luck making it public since Microsoft will go Apple on your arse.
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Good luck making W8 even run on this specific hardware.
That is, even you could even access the source to begin with, considering it being closed-source. Also, good luck making it public since Microsoft will go Apple on your arse.
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Will 'go apple'! Love it :laugh:
not the best
Dr.Paul said:
Oh please. You haven't even seen it and you claim it will be better than anything else.
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i didn't say it will be the best, but Microsoft is a smart company. and you can know a little about it by visiting youtube and searching for windows phone 8.
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Will 'go apple'! Love it :laugh:
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I bet they're willing to go thermonuclear war on this, if you catch my drift.
Phh.....it will have its fans, but seriously, am i that retarded that i cannot hit icon and i need four times bigger "widget" to do it.....im just going to stick with android for now....no offense i have win8 installed since consumer preview, but i think it just doesnt offer enough to be used by me (closed source is biggest con)
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Phh.....it will have its fans, but seriously, am i that retarded that i cannot hit icon and i need four times bigger "widget" to do it.....im just going to stick with android for now....no offense i have win8 installed since consumer preview, but i think it just doesnt offer enough to be used by me (closed source is biggest con)
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You probably are able to use the search button as well unlike the Win Phone posters who cannot be even bothered to read yesterdays i want win phone post .
jje
I honestly couldn't think of a worse OS for a mobile device. I liked windows os when i had xda's from years ago. then i had iphone and loved that, then moved to android which to me will be the best os for years to come.
the latest edition of windows phone, with tiles . . . . rubbish idea IMO!!!
At least with android you can have what you want where you want and have a good old desktop experience.
Android all the way i say!!
To the OP . . . good luck in your quest to run windows phone 8 on your gs3. :laugh:
Paul.
If you ask this it feels like you say "Let's port iOS to SGS3." Android is the best OS ever. Not because I'm saying that no because everyone says that. And WP8 is even weaker. Which Smartphones will get that? Nokias, Xingxings or other that. Android is #simplythebest! Sorry bout that but this had to be!
Pozdrav
Croatia1
wait ativ s release then go buy it
WP 8 version of s3
corporate tosh....just like Apple
Open source= anarchy in action= freedom
Enjoy your Windows/Apple slavery....personally I like my freedom
Where there is a will there is a way. If the HD2 can have Android and Windows Phone 7.5, then the S3 can certainly do it aswell.
And to those who think that Windows 8 will not be good and it is just another lame Microsoft attempt etc..
Imagine a day where you could flash ROMS and edit system files without a PC. You think Mobiles will ever allow you to flash another mobile??
Not in the next 10-15 years at least. Mobiles are largley entertainment and communication based.
Where as productivity and production-power will always remain with WINDOWS PCs. Hence, ''WINDOWS'' - Mac is a overated system which will never find a place for Mobile developers.
Why? Because of the price and the lack of customization. -- JUST LIKE iOS.
Windows 8 and Phone 8 will change the surface of Mobile in such a way that it will kill of Apple and then (sadly) Droids.
Android is cool and customizable OS but can be more unstable and insecure then any other.
At least with Windows there is security --- whether on a Phone or PC.
TechMayhem said:
Where there is a will there is a way. If the HD2 can have Android and Windows Phone 7.5, then the S3 can certainly do it aswell.
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Porting android to a new device is relatively easy, because we have access to the source, hence android on HD2. Porting a closed source OS, windows 8, to a new device is a magnitude harder and illegal to boot.
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Where there is a will there is a way. If the HD2 can have Android and Windows Phone 7.5, then the S3 can certainly do it aswell.
And to those who think that Windows 8 will not be good and it is just another lame Microsoft attempt etc..
Imagine a day where you could flash ROMS and edit system files without a PC. You think Mobiles will ever allow you to flash another mobile??
Not in the next 10-15 years at least. Mobiles are largley entertainment and communication based.
Where as productivity and production-power will always remain with WINDOWS PCs. Hence, ''WINDOWS'' - Mac is a overated system which will never find a place for Mobile developers.
Why? Because of the price and the lack of customization. -- JUST LIKE iOS.
Windows 8 and Phone 8 will change the surface of Mobile in such a way that it will kill of Apple and then (sadly) Droids.
Android is cool and customizable OS but can be more unstable and insecure then any other.
At least with Windows there is security --- whether on a Phone or PC.
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Strong hopes for ubuntu, can we build it?

As a long time fan/user of ubuntu based desktops (in reality ive only been using it since i believe fiesty fawn on and off of course) Im very excited to see this
Now, im having trouble seeing it stand out above the crowd, we've seen mobile os's come and go over the years.
Anywhom, to any dev's wishful thinkers, Do you think it will be possible for us to eventually build it for our photons?
I dont see it happening right away, but as someone who appreciates what ubuntu is about, and has been doing, i think its something worth working on if possible.
Hopefully its no flop like that firefox OS thing, looked and felt like a plastic doll house from china.
I guess we will find out more as it progresses, but, Im excited to see if it is a possibility.
Essentially looking at the basic system requirements, it seems the photon could run it somewhere between starter, and high end, so, who knows.
Lets get cookin! (obviously not yet)
I saw that as well and as a recent adopter of Ubuntu myself, I'm very interested to try this.
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It's not a Mobile OS as the world knows mobile os's. It's Ubuntu 12/13 Desktop for ARM with a "Phone" desktop environment. On official Ubuntu phones, you plug it into a display (TV/Monitor) and it switches to Unity Desktop.
The best way to think of it is Ubuntu Desktop ARM. From there you get the idea as to how big this really is. There hasn't really been anything like this since the Zaraus C3000 from 8 years ago.

Greatly disappointment (930)

Just need to tell my story and need to vent it out there hahah,
Bare in mind im coming from a android
Fist i was really excited when my lumia 930 was delivered,fired it up and just wow!!! Nice built quality,great design,love 8.1, a little chunky and heavy but mehh i can live with it!
The first few days i was flabbergasted about performance,resolution,media playback,photo quality i loved every moment of it,butttttttt after a few days i would
Try to share a vid or pic with whatsapp for example...it constantley fails,ok ill use we transfer for that no problem,........browser doenst fully support some sites so we transfer didnt work that wel,
The lack of a good file explorer was greatly disapointing considering its a windows phone....come on man its freaking windows!!!! And i was hoping on a file tree similar like win7 pc
No movie playback app only the one provideed by microsoft that doesnt let you skip per secend but per some what seconds....i mean...ftw and i constantly have to cut/paste to let the movies be visible in it or use a 3d party app (moliplayer) and paste vid in my camera roll......
I really like the OS and how it handles some things butt the lack of good coded and full fuetured apps is a realllll deal breaker for me,so i factory reset the lumia and threw it in a corner and back on my xperia z again until win10 drops and hopefully the development on the apps will be much greater so that every fueture and so on will work great,
Sorry to spam u guys butt if you guys have some good tips for me i will be truely be greatfull, i know i have android in my blood since it launched so im a little spoiled fueture wise
Sorry if i posted wrong thread please move to proper thread and let me know please
Thanks for ur time
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I am really don't like Windows phone bad support nothing in app store:thumbdown:
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So beside the wrong forum section, what's the point of this post ?
To share my disappointment on this realy great device and hoping that someone can give me.tips how to make it more to my needs
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demon2112 said:
To share my disappointment on this realy great device and hoping that someone can give me.tips how to make it more to my needs
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Wait for windows 10. All I can say. If that doesn't excite you , or provide the features that you need, then go back to android. But Microsoft is really pushing it to new heights. Wait and see as they say
If only app development would be more suitible,likr apps that work better that would make a real diffetence
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Does someone know a launchdate on wp10? Even microsoft is dodgy on it
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You and me Both Bro...
Man I completely agree with you. Jay here, and my story is the same as yours , I have been a long time fan WinMO for like a decade str8, then i hopped on the Green machine for a long while, and about 5 months ago I switched to WP8 with the HTC One M8 for Windows just for something new ,and I feel like I have a Palm Pre in my hand, the OS is super stable and smooth, But there just no one backing it, Even HTC is discontinung their own apps, Its just sad, Everyone is jumping ship for this platform, and I cant wait to go back to android in about a month, Summed up in 2 words Lesson Learned!
I have the l930 and a HTC m8 (android) but the only one I have in use is the l930. All apps I need are available for Windows and the system experience is much more polished and fluid. Apps are sometimes not good as on Android but its enough for me.
Pictures taken with the 930 are the best pics I have ever seen on phone.
Much much better as on my m8...
If ms can close the app situation windows can really be a competitor.
Please remember this is my opinion and experience and yours can be different
Wauwwww how the hell does microsoft not be a shamed of this outlook app and office hub sjizzle i have a pdf i need to download and send forward,i "downloaded" it but i cant find it anyware on my phone only in a stupid pdf reader and must upload it to onedrive and share a link in a email?omg microsoft please,if you guys holding on to this kind of coded apps and dont give people some freedom with files ect. Ect. Then it will all be over soon with wp i think
demon2112 said:
Just need to tell my story and need to vent it out there hahah,
Bare in mind im coming from a android
Fist i was really excited when my lumia 930 was delivered,fired it up and just wow!!! Nice built quality,great design,love 8.1, a little chunky and heavy but mehh i can live with it!
The first few days i was flabbergasted about performance,resolution,media playback,photo quality i loved every moment of it,butttttttt after a few days i would
Try to share a vid or pic with whatsapp for example...it constantley fails,ok ill use we transfer for that no problem,........browser doenst fully support some sites so we transfer didnt work that wel,
The lack of a good file explorer was greatly disapointing considering its a windows phone....come on man its freaking windows!!!! And i was hoping on a file tree similar like win7 pc
No movie playback app only the one provideed by microsoft that doesnt let you skip per secend but per some what seconds....i mean...ftw and i constantly have to cut/paste to let the movies be visible in it or use a 3d party app (moliplayer) and paste vid in my camera roll......
I really like the OS and how it handles some things butt the lack of good coded and full fuetured apps is a realllll deal breaker for me,so i factory reset the lumia and threw it in a corner and back on my xperia z again until win10 drops and hopefully the development on the apps will be much greater so that every fueture and so on will work great,
Sorry to spam u guys butt if you guys have some good tips for me i will be truely be greatfull, i know i have android in my blood since it launched so im a little spoiled fueture wise
Sorry if i posted wrong thread please move to proper thread and let me know please
Thanks for ur time
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By the way I have been using WP for many years, yes there are still some missing apps, but if you look around there are always good alternatives (in some cases better than original in fact) are available. I only recently sold my Lumia 930 as I already have Lumia 1520 as my daily driver, and couple of other Lumias at home.
a) I can share pics on Whatsapp no issue at all, so I'm not sure what may be the issue at your end. I'd recommend uninstall this app, and then reinstall and see whether this helps.
b) There are few very good file explorers, apart from Microsoft's own File Explorer app, lately I've been using Briefcase and it seems to be a very decent alternative.
c) I've used beta version VLC for many months, and recently it has been released for all WP users, so you can download it from the store. Also Windows 10 for Phones will support MKV right out of the box.
Other good alternatives for: a) MetWeets > Twitter official app; b) 6tag > Instagram official app etc.
If you need any further clarification regarding some app or its alternative, just ask away.
Good luck.
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