Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System
by beeflaw on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:07PM
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Remember all those feature phones with a plethora of custom operating systems? Almost none of the users cared (or knew) what the OS was. This is an OS for that kind of device. Nokia is shipping it right now.
Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System
by nkkollaw on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:17PM
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The target market might not care or know what the OS is, but they'll want to use software they're used to: Google Maps, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Tinder, Skype, games, etc.
I'm just saying that whatever OS will be useless to a lot of people if it doesn't run what they want it to. One way to do that is to make it compatible with Android apps, which have already a version of virtually every major app.
Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System
by YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:34PM
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Are you sure you know the target market you're speaking of? They're not coming from Android world, so they're probably used to exactly the kind of services these phones support.
Re:KaiOS – A Smartphone Operating System
by nkkollaw on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:38PM
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No, not really. I'm just thinking about my mom--she doesn't know anything about phones or technology, but she'll ask right away if Whatsapp works.
Also, in my original comment I was speaking more in general rather than about KaiOS alone.
Software is the problem for these OSes. The only way to be able to compete IMHO is to make it compatible with APKs, installable via a store.
Otherwise, it's a nice effort but you'll never reach the adoption necessary to make it worth continuing working on the project.