Re:Do We Really Need Another Smartphone OS?
by ChuckMcM on Sunday January 06, 2013 @01:43PM
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Wow, that was disappointing.
It says something about the fashion sense of a reporter if they approach the question this way. You should ask, "What capabilities are we going to want in our phone going forward?" and work from there, but fretting over brand awareness seems, well, a bit shallow.
Do you only buy a car because it has a "Hemi" V8 engine ? And wonder, "Do we really need another engine for cars?" Of course you don't. I would love a smart phone that was less susceptible to malware (the tension of programmability meets actual exploits against my bank account). If the current OS makers can do that, fine, if there is a new OS that does this better, that is ok too.
It says something about the fashion sense of a reporter if they approach the question this way. You should ask, "What capabilities are we going to want in our phone going forward?" and work from there, but fretting over brand awareness seems, well, a bit shallow.
Do you only buy a car because it has a "Hemi" V8 engine ? And wonder, "Do we really need another engine for cars?" Of course you don't. I would love a smart phone that was less susceptible to malware (the tension of programmability meets actual exploits against my bank account). If the current OS makers can do that, fine, if there is a new OS that does this better, that is ok too.