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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by stikit on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:38AM (#36908493)
How are you planning on dealing with licensing for the iOS version you are working on?
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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by amelius on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:43AM (#36908563)
And can it be used to run iOS apps inside a browser inside an Android phone?
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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by t1tech on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:55PM (#36910645)
Cophones are running an Android version from e/OS/

You can access the virtual smartphone from a browser running in a physical smartphone. Unfortunately not all smartphones/browsers support it.

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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by DANmode on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:07PM (#36914596)
Any comments on why e/OS for your image and not GrapheneOS, given superior patch interval and other benefits that your users may want/need?
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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by ThePowerOfFuet on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:51PM (#36935228)
Because no secure element, which is a hard requirement for GrapheneOS (hence Pixel-only).
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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by t1tech on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:47AM (#36908635)
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Cophones run e/OS/, which is an Android based OS.
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