Someone apparently ported the Windows Mobile Phone 7 to an HTC.... Hopefully coming to a "Dual-Booting Samsung Captivate" near you?!
I would link it, but I'm apparently not allowed?
This doesn't belong in Development.
If I wanted windows on my phone, I would just take a crap on it
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If I wanted windows on my phone, I would just take a crap on it
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no need to bash on other OS because you prefer android. i'd love to see windows phone 7 on my captivate too. first impression doesn't mean anything, you have to play with an OS and knows what it has to offer and the feels of it to pass judgement.
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If I wanted windows on my phone, I would just take a crap on it
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LMAO +1 to that!
akachay said:
no need to bash on other OS because you prefer android. i'd love to see windows phone 7 on my captivate too. first impression doesn't mean anything, you have to play with an OS and knows what it has to offer and the feels of it to pass judgement.
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I'd be very interested in this. I actually REALLY, REALLY want a Windows Phone 7 device
I like my android, but, Phone 7 looks real nice
No support in the OS for hummingbird processors, if you want a port you would have to write that in. Thats why samsung used snapdragons in the focus and omnia 7.
Blah. 10 char
Having played with win phone 7, I actually like to do the opposite, can we put Android on a win 7 device? knowing windows sysreq, I'm sure it's pretty decent hardware...
Wait
I'm going to wait for Gingerbread, I know WP7 looks great, but I have a feeling that Gingerbread is going to look even better, so I'm going to wait until I have a peek at what it looks like.
+2 to that
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LMAO +1 to that!
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I agree with Reefermattness
+1
I know better to judge before I have had a month with the phone. Judgement shall be held until I actually have experience with the phone and os.. Pre judgement is kind of dumb, ios users do it to android all the time. Now people on android do it to wp7.
dirtyballoonot said:
I'd be very interested in this. I actually REALLY, REALLY want a Windows Phone 7 device
I like my android, but, Phone 7 looks real nice
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thejewhunter said:
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That made me LOL
cropythy said:
No support in the OS for hummingbird processors, if you want a port you would have to write that in. Thats why samsung used snapdragons in the focus and omnia 7.
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Symmetric said:
Having played with win phone 7, I actually like to do the opposite, can we put Android on a win 7 device? knowing windows sysreq, I'm sure it's pretty decent hardware...
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If WP7 turns out to be a massive failure, or falls behind in the OS race, I bet we'll see it' Otherwise, I doubt it. Hacks will likely go to porting newer versions of WP7 instead. If they wanted android, they'd have bought it, since there are tons of high end android phones wherever they buy their wp7 devices.
I would LOVE to have Windows Phone 7 on this instead. It's basically Android, but with all of it's major problems address (and the introduction of some new ones, I'm sure). But the positives clearly outweigh the negatives... Google needs to take a lesson from Microsoft and make some big changes to Android. Namely, updates straight from them.
But it's not going to happen.
I think it can be done.
The Sansumg focus is a galaxy with windows phone 7. we have the most ingenius and resourfull community if it is possible, here is were it will happen .
So, Whos up for it?!
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I would LOVE to have Windows Phone 7 on this instead. It's basically Android, but with all of it's major problems address (and the introduction of some new ones, I'm sure). But the positives clearly outweigh the negatives... Google needs to take a lesson from Microsoft and make some big changes to Android. Namely, updates straight from them.
But it's not going to happen.
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How is it android? It's closer to iOS than android.
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The Sansumg focus is a galaxy with windows phone 7. we have the most ingenius and resourfull community if it is possible, here is were it will happen .
So, Whos up for it?!
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No, the focus is not. It's got the same internals basically as an older HTC like the Evo, not a hummbingbird.
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The Sansumg focus is a galaxy with windows phone 7. we have the most ingenius and resourfull community if it is possible, here is were it will happen .
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no it only borrows the screen. it is spec'd as a snapdragon, not a hummingbird!
and why would anyone in there right mind want phone 7 if they can have android? why not just buy a focus with out dated hardware?
the hts phones running windows mobile are because the hd2 had a bootloader that could support multiple os's. i would like the bootloader ported so we can run multiple android roms like there are doing in the evo forum but id never install phone 7 or winmo 6.whatever from what im looking at the interface is so limited you might as well port iOS 2.2 because they are about the same.
Not going to happen. The hardware is too different, and unlike when you port Android to another piece of hardware, WP7 is not open source.
And yes, the Samsung Focus is NOT a Galaxy S in any way except for the Super AMOLED screen.
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and why would anyone in there right mind want phone 7 if they can have android?
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Some people prefer things that work. Some people prefer getting the latest firmware at all times. Not this "let's wait 7 god damn months after FroYo is released before you actually get it" crap. Some people want a UI that isn't ugly, lag filled, and unintuitive.
It's not perfect, but for a first release it's pretty damn good.
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Didnt see anything in a search for this. Is there anyway to put Android on the iphone, anyone know a tutorial or anything?
Now that would be an improvement!!
Everything is possible if a talanted developer puts enough man hours into it. It won't run smoothly with all the missing drivers and such, but it is doable.
android on the Leo would be much cooler IMO!
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Why does almost everybody want android on there phones..
Just buy a android device LOL
before android there were people who wanted iphone osx on their wm phone
and people who wanted wm os on their iphone too
The one constant is that some people are never happy no matter what they're offered, and get off on whining.
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android on the Leo would be much cooler IMO!
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Google for rumours about HTC Dragon and maybe we have "Leo" with Android
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TheBrit said:
Now that would be an improvement!!
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No no that would be a setback
Wow...
Overloaded said:
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Why does almost everybody want android on there phones..
Just buy a android device LOL
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I already have a mytouch and g1 and cliq. I want a bigger screen
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Um no its not...but thanks for your useless input
it's not possible.
the iphone os is protected by security certificates.
it was a lot of work developing the jailbreak, through an exploit in the os.
not to mention what work would be to port the complete Android OS.
but why would you do that anyway? Buy a device dedicated to what you need for optimum performance.
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^This.
Put android on the Leo and i will but a Leo tomorrow
jonneymendoza said:
^This.
Put android on the Leo and i will but a Leo tomorrow
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If you don't actually care about running WM and want an exclusively android device, rumor has it that HTC will be releasing a 1GHz Android device which may be similar to the Leo, so you might want to wait a while. Besides, Android would run much better on a device with a native Android bootloader and compatible hardware (meaning no tweaks to get it working).
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If you don't actually care about running WM and want an exclusively android device, rumor has it that HTC will be releasing a 1GHz Android device which may be similar to the Leo, so you might want to wait a while. Besides, Android would run much better on a device with a native Android bootloader and compatible hardware (meaning no tweaks to get it working).
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True but when will it come out? my contract has ran out now
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True but when will it come out? my contract has ran out now
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I don't think anyone outside HTC knows the answer to that, only that it will probably be in a while. However, they (may) have a prototype, as shown here, which is a good sign developmentally.
I think Android on iPhone would be pretty sweet too. The iPhone is a nice piece of hardware, but I am a die-hard Android user.
I've done a lot of Google searching, and it seems like there is no news after they got the Linux kernel to run with openiBoot. The HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) and the iPhone both use ARM11-family processors. I imagine that porting the Java VM over wouldn't be that hard for someone who knows what they're doing.
Kind of sad, really. I would proudly rock an Android iPhone.
i see necro post...but iphone < nexus one.
android 2.1 + 1ghz & 512ram
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I'm at the cross road of deciding between the next iPhone versus the HTC Supersonic myself and still trying to compare between these os before making the final decision. I would like to invite you guys with good Android knowledge to participate in the following thread and to supply specific detailed information on the full capability of Android phones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665257
looking forward to your contribution.
Cheers.
OK so here's the thing. One of these days I'm gonna have to replace my laptop... it's just dying on me.
I've always been a sceptic on the whole tablet form factor thing. Seems like it would be cool, but I can't figure where it would fit between my laptop and my EVO cause it couldn't replace either one.
Now to tell the truth, some of the new tablets just look amazing (was just looking at the ASUS Transformer Tablet/laptop).
The only thing is I could never get completely away from Windows for some things (eg. Adobe Creative Suite)
My question is, would it be impossible to ever see Windows 7 dual booting with Android on a tablet? (And yes I mean using a purchased license and everything, nothing pirated)
If so, I'd definitely make the switch over to a tablet. Until then, I just don't know...
hmm... bump?
Well....i wouldnt say it is COMPLETELY unreasonable, after all HD2 was able to completely rewrite its bootloader and the peeps here are trying the same with the EVO 4G
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001601
I honestly think it would come to phones first and there is also no talk of it as of yet.
its not unreasonable. but almost not worth the effort.
till Win7phone becomes more than a wannabe android bastardspawn, or the xZuneMobile.
i think if someone made VMware for Mobile. it would be much easier to change your OS, rather than recode, or edit til you get something functional.
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its not unreasonable. but almost not worth the effort.
till Win7phone becomes more than a wannabe android bastardspawn, or the xZuneMobile.
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I bet recoding is so freaking hard, MYN is trying to recode and i bet it is no easy task
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As most tablets are ARM powered devices, Windows 7 will not work.
But if you want to hang around for Windows 8, you will probably have a lot more luck. Microsoft has said it wants to see Windows running on ARM powered tablets, and is spending a lot of effort to make it so.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/microsoft-confirms-arm-support-is-coming-in-windows-will-play-n
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As most tablets are ARM powered devices, Windows 7 will not work.
But if you want to hang around for Windows 8, you will probably have a lot more luck. Microsoft has said it wants to see Windows running on ARM powered tablets, and is spending a lot of effort to make it so.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/microsoft-confirms-arm-support-is-coming-in-windows-will-play-n
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I cant wait to actually see that happen, but will it beat android....hell to the no
loonert said:
I cant wait to actually see that happen, but will it beat android....hell to the no
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yeah well thats the thing... I love android, but it still can't completely replace me a computer... If i got this transformer, it would work everyday stuff, but I also use the adobe suite a lot, and theres no way thats gonna be available as an app any time soon...
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yeah well thats the thing... I love android, but it still can't completely replace me a computer... If i got this transformer, it would work everyday stuff, but I also use the adobe suite a lot, and theres no way thats gonna be available as an app any time soon...
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It is all up to personal preference after all.......I dont use that stuff so i have less problems, some can be perfect for others in different circumstances
Sorta of how i LOVE the wp7's look and feel but how i love android's open source nature, hardly any restrictions
Searched, and haven't found a thread on this.
I'm due for an upgrade in July on my Sprint line, and I was almost certain I was going to go with the EVO 3D (when it comes out), but then I saw the HTC Arrive and kinda liked it. The thing is, though, that I really like Android as well. I know dual-booting Android was possible on the Touch Pro 2, so I was wondering if it's possible to do the same thing with the Arrive/7 Pro, or if having Windows Phone 7 prevents it from being able to do this. Thanks!
It cannot be done as of now.
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The HTC 7 Pro has the same SoC as HD7 and HD2, and both of them already have Android.
Why Android still can't be ported for 7 Pro?
I'm pretty sure that hardspl must be available before we can flash custom roms on our pros. More imporantly some sort of application like haret for WM6 but for WP7 would probably also need to be developed first. Hopefully some fine day it will all be possible like on the HD2.
i was looking at how they dual boot with hd2, and it looks like they boot from sdcard, and flash wp7. we shouldn't need to flash wp7, but booting android is sdcard boot. so i see no reason why we can't boot from sdcard, unless we need a special boot loader, and the boot loader they need doesn't have the access to wp7 to get the boot loader working properly and that goes beyond me please correct me if I'm wrong.
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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Just got my Arrive from Evo. LOVE IT. My Fiance loves it aswell surprisingly and she is getting one soon :]. Atleast untill Evo 3D..
eric12341 said:
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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thanks for your opinion....
exilkubaner said:
thanks for your opinion....
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not an opinion,plenty of articles to back up my claims. sorry your feelings got hurt jaja.
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not an opinion,plenty of articles to back up my claims. sorry your feelings got hurt jaja.
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and also many articles that say the opposite. Dont just spew out stuff and say it as fact. Other people have different preferences.
iOS is just as fragmented as Android. Only thing is that Apple controls the fragmentation so dumbass developers dont try making completely universal apps when they dont know how the hell to do that.
And fragmentation isnt an issue for consumers. Its perfectly fine. So i dont understand your bias against it unless you are a developer.
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and also many articles that say the opposite. Dont just spew out stuff and say it as fact. Other people have different preferences.
iOS is just as fragmented as Android. Only thing is that Apple controls the fragmentation so dumbass developers dont try making completely universal apps when they dont know how the hell to do that.
And fragmentation isnt an issue for consumers. Its perfectly fine. So i dont understand your bias against it unless you are a developer.
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its not fragmentation thats an issue for consumers its malware, there have been numerous reports about this already, im not an iFan either
I really don't care whether you or anyone says android is worse or better than wp7 but it would be nice to switch if one wants to. so when there is a thread discussing the possibility to port android on the 7 pro, there is no need for no-sayers, since they can occupy their brains with other stuff.
i would love to see this, but especially since there is only 1 sd-card, its either flashing one or the other i think...
Not possible on wp7 YET
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Hello all,
I am new to mobile phones and I would like to post some questions, which are general in fact, but closely related to the topic and the Arrive device.
I would like to have another OS on it and I have found a way to change the SD cart it is running with, so I should be able to change or modify it with no trouble.
I imagine that I could find another HTC device with identical hardware and deploy it's ROM to this one in a manner similar to HD2's approach. I am so new that I already can feel how dumn is that ... but still.
I need to clarify some basics in order to know what to look for. First of all what does the firmware does and how it is related to the OS. Can I imagine it is something like BIOS, which controls the main hardware like processor, ram, telephony, etc? If so what stops me of formatting the SD and booting another system from it on the same hardware.
Another thing is what the ROM contains and how it is related to the OS. I am with the impression that it has everything in it -- OS distributive, firmware backup and bootloader maybe. If that is correct am I free to cook a ROM that contains the same firmware (as I imagine it like a BIOS alternative), the bootloader of another system and its distributive? Of course the ROM that is already on the device may and most probably will try to stop me, so I will need to somehow format it.
I do not express myself too good due to lack of expertise, but I know computers and I believe you will know what to tell me to straighten my thoughts.
Thank you in advance for any information you provide.
Sincere,
drel
At this stage, pesonally, I think wp7 is the best os to me. At it is not laggy as android does and looks more beautiful than iOS...
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Up as i really need to know the answers.
Please ppl, if this is not the place to ask then guide me to where i will get some heads-up.
Thanks once again.
Drel
drelisimo said:
Up as i really need to know the answers.
Please ppl, if this is not the place to ask then guide me to where i will get some heads-up.
Thanks once again.
Drel
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just buy an Android phone!
eric12341 said:
why would anyone want to put an unsecure, laggy,fragmented,built from stolen code OS like Android on a fine device such as the arrive? wp7 is leaps and bounds superior to Android and once mango arrives it will be even better. thus the need to do this isn't necessary.
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I think what you meant to say was "Why would anyone have a different opinion than my awesome opinion?" As much as I love WP7 I'd love to be able to use Android with this chassis. Choice is always good. There is no Android phone with this keyboard.
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Bump. Having no Bluetooth SPP has just pissed me off for a year. About to get an Galaxy Nexus S come May, so I don't mind tinkering with my Arrive for now.
hello?
Any news about dual booting android on arrive / HD7 Pro? I read the thread and some users just talk crap. " Why this? Why that?" Why not, may I ask. I Love WP7, i really think that beats the crap out of everything else. But why can't we dream of having android too? As far as I know, Android has at the moment much more apps ( free and payed ones ) available than WP7. My brother-in-law has veetle ( just an example ) on his Xperia S, and he can watch live football/soccer which I can't cuz there is no veetle available. And who can name veetle, can name many others too. The point is: Combining the best of two worlds would makes fully profit from our beloved phones, which we payed ( at least I did ). I really hope that some news about this stuff.
Best Regards
Miiky
How difficult would it be to run Windows Phone 7 on a Thunderbolt, or any other Android phone for that matter? I've seen people go the other way, which I'm sure is easier since Android is an open platform, but are the hardware specs that much different, or has it mainly not been happening due to non interest in the platform? I think it's a rather neat looking platform and would love to try it out. Who knows, maybe I'm the only person that feels that way. lol
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How difficult would it be to run Windows Phone 7 on a Thunderbolt, or any other Android phone for that matter? I've seen people go the other way, which I'm sure is easier since Android is an open platform, but are the hardware specs that much different, or has it mainly not been happening due to non interest in the platform? I think it's a rather neat looking platform and would love to try it out. Who knows, maybe I'm the only person that feels that way. lol
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No.... you're not the first one to conjure such a thought. The hardware isn't terribly friendly and MS has spec requirements for implementations of WP7. It would be very difficult at best.
I'm still waiting to see Android on a BlackBerry... or someone ask if we can run BBOS on a Thunderbolt.
jesus christ... after having an HD2 and then an HD7... i just have one thing to ask....
are you alright in the head!?...
this has already been attempted twice on the evo4g and both devs gave up. also they tried to port webos to the hero and that failed, bottom line is it will never happen. wp7 sucks anyways.
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run BBOS on a Thunderbolt.
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ummm just no!
If it's that difficult to where two different devs gave up, I guess that makes sense. I didn't really know since I'm not a developer and just by reading hardware specs, they don't seem too far off.
As far as Windows Phone 7 sucking, the few people who own the phones that I know absolutely love them. The only phone that Verizon has with the OS, seems to have a pretty good rating also.
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If it's that difficult to where two different devs gave up, I guess that makes sense. I didn't really know since I'm not a developer and just by reading hardware specs, they don't seem too far off.
As far as Windows Phone 7 sucking, the few people who own the phones that I know absolutely love them. The only phone that Verizon has with the OS, seems to have a pretty good rating also.
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staring at a wall of tiles does not interest me. i was hoping by now there would be alternative UI's for it.
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staring at a wall of tiles does not interest me. i was hoping by now there would be alternative UI's for it.
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if you stare at the tiles long enough, its a good alternative to shrooms.
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if you stare at the tiles long enough, its a good alternative to shrooms.
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I lol'd, but that would be the ONLY incentive for running that crappy looking OS. XD
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if you stare at the tiles long enough, its a good alternative to shrooms.
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As in it's possible to induce temporary psychotic breaks?
I've played with a friends trophy Be wm7 isn't really that bad. I wouldn't want it for myself, but still interesting none the less
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I've played with a friends trophy Be wm7 isn't really that bad. I wouldn't want it for myself, but still interesting none the less
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it's too limited and sucks in every way compared to what wimo once was. my opinion of course.
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I've played with a friends trophy Be wm7 isn't really that bad.
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You naughty boy
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I did my time with WinMo 6.x on the XV6800, Touch Pro, Touch Pro 2 and Imagio (insurance replacement for TP2). I know WP7 is totally different, but after what I've endured in Microsoft's mobile space, I can't think about using one of their phones without my lunch rising to the back of my throat.
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My own experience is that WinMo 6.5 isn't my favorite OS but it's WAAAAAAAY better than Windows Phone 7!
I'd rate OSs I've used as:
Android = OK
BB OS5 = OK (my favorite)
BB OS6 = Sorta sucks
WinMo 6.5 = Sorta sucks
Windows Phone 7 = Really sucks
iOS = OK if you're 13 years old
As always, YMMV
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My own experience is that WinMo 6.5 isn't my favorite OS but it's WAAAAAAAY better than Windows Phone 7!
I'd rate OSs I've used as:
Android = OK
BB OS5 = OK (my favorite)
BB OS6 = Sorta sucks
WinMo 6.5 = Sorta sucks
Windows Phone 7 = Really sucks
iOS = OK if you're 13 years old
As always, YMMV
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Lol, i loved 6.5x on my imagio project teya was the ****, but when w7 came out my love for winmo went down the drain along with their sales, lol. Switched to android and never looked back
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xs11e said:
My own experience is that WinMo 6.5 isn't my favorite OS but it's WAAAAAAAY better than Windows Phone 7!
I'd rate OSs I've used as:
Android = OK
BB OS5 = OK (my favorite)
BB OS6 = Sorta sucks
WinMo 6.5 = Sorta sucks
Windows Phone 7 = Really sucks
iOS = OK if you're 13 years old
As always, YMMV
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BB OS5? Your favorite? I've gotta ask why on that one.
NOTHING A B.F.H WON'T FIX
Compared to android, winblows OS sucks
enough already you guys are bringing back bad memories.
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jesus christ... after having an HD2 and then an HD7... i just have one thing to ask....
are you alright in the head!?...
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What's wrong with the hd7? Give me a lte wp7 device with mango, and I'm off android in a heartbeat. No flashing roms to fix lag, you know it will work with your phone....
I wonder how many of y'all that are bashing wp7, actually tried it for more than 2 minutes in the store...
The UI to WP7 isn't bad and even android is adopting parts of it (see the latest android market), but I couldn't live with a windows phone or an iphone because I care more about my phone "just working." However, I guess that's not for everyone and for those, they're are phones that "just work."
I had a blackberry curve once that "just worked" and I did not like it.
Exactly as the subject says, can a custom ROM be created that would allow the N5 to dual boot Android and Windows 8.1? This would blow my mind from an enterprise perspective. Essentially a Transformer Book Duet in our hands.
Feel free to bring me crashing back to reality if this is in no way possible lol.
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Dolfan058 said:
Exactly as the subject says, can a custom ROM be created that would allow the N5 to dual boot Android and Windows 8.1? This would blow my mind from an enterprise perspective. Essentially a Transformer Book Duet in our hands.
Feel free to bring me crashing back to reality if this is in no way possible lol.
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It will be nearly impossible to do so since Windows is not open source. Meaning a Dev will have to reconstruct everything from scratch to get it to work. It will never be bug free or fully functional. Although it would be nice to have other OS options just for bragging rights.
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Dolfan058 said:
Exactly as the subject says, can a custom ROM be created that would allow the N5 to dual boot Android and Windows 8.1? This would blow my mind from an enterprise perspective. Essentially a Transformer Book Duet in our hands.
Feel free to bring me crashing back to reality if this is in no way possible lol.
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nexus 5 has an ARM cpu
closest thing that works on ARM cpus in the Windows RT... but good luck with the drivers and other stuff
there are new phones coming out with the Intel Clover Trail/Bay Trail architecture. these are fully x86/x64-compatible chips.... maybe someone would be able to load windows on those... then you run into the problem of having the radio modem work in windows and other stuff
Well @Cotulla sort of made it happen for the HD2 in this thread. It wasn't Windows 8.1, but it was WPH. I think that's a pretty good start.
He's also been working with the HTC One to get Windows RT or WP8 working (here), which is pretty sweet. I'm not sure how much he could help with the Nexus 5, though, since I don't think he has one.
might as well buy a windows phone
Bringing this back from the dead --- I definitely meant Windows Phone 8.1, not the desktop client.
I'm planning on buying a Windows Phone at the end of the year (waiting for the mythical McLaren phone), but I was kind of hoping I'd be able to do something crazy and try loading Windows on this beast. it certainly has the specs for it, although I admittedly have no clue as to how difficult it would be (didn't take into account the on-screen buttons, etc).
I can dream though!
Dolfan058 said:
Bringing this back from the dead --- I definitely meant Windows Phone 8.1, not the desktop client.
I'm planning on buying a Windows Phone at the end of the year (waiting for the mythical McLaren phone), but I was kind of hoping I'd be able to do something crazy and try loading Windows on this beast. it certainly has the specs for it, although I admittedly have no clue as to how difficult it would be (didn't take into account the on-screen buttons, etc).
I can dream though!
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Nope.
Dolfan058 said:
Bringing this back from the dead --- I definitely meant Windows Phone 8.1, not the desktop client.
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Same answer
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jabza said:
Well @Cotulla sort of made it happen for the HD2 in this thread. It wasn't Windows 8.1, but it was WPH. I think that's a pretty good start.
He's also been working with the HTC One to get Windows RT or WP8 working (here), which is pretty sweet. I'm not sure how much he could help with the Nexus 5, though, since I don't think he has one.
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The HTC HD2 was a Windows phone and he brought Android to it. Since Android is open source it's much easier to port Android to Windows devices than Windows to Android devices.
I have a very clear and scientific answer to this.....no.
Plus...if it were possible, the windows OS would be warez....and we don't talk about such things on XDA. ?
Yeah, licensing fees from Microsoft anyways lol
There is nothing in the Terms of use about using Windows Phone on other hardware, nor is there a licence agreement to adhere to or a purchasable licence for the OS - so I wouldn't necessarily say Windows Phone would be Warez
That said it's still nigh-on impossible.