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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by amelius on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:47AM (#17985931)
Totally agree. I'd even buy one if the hardware was 5x thicker and heavier.

But I think what we really need is the smartphone-equivalent of the IBM PC.

It would allow anybody to develop a nice OS.

And with emulators you could still run Android/iOS apps.

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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by Kalium on Friday September 14, 2018 @05:56AM (#17985973)
In that case, I have amazing news for you! The thing you seek is such a good idea that someone's already gone and created it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS#Devices

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on how good it is or isn't.

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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by amelius on Friday September 14, 2018 @06:06AM (#17986014)
From that wikipedia link:

> Firefox OS is a discontinued open-source operating system

(emphasis mine)

It only confirms that what we really need is a common hardware platform, like the IBM PC was in the old days.

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