Flashback: Kin - Android’s homely cousin dies twice at the hands of Microsoft and Verizon Comments
- Anonymous
- 7ye
Fun fact. The Kin Studio was designed by the Danger Design folks. Its no wonder it was the coolest part of Kin.
- Anonymous
- xhm
Anonymous, 24 Aug 2020isnt symbian and android similar os ? nope.
it's different.
Android is based on Unix/Linux OS,
while Symbian was based on EPOC OS.
- Anonymous
- xhm
kek, 23 Aug 2020I'm still waiting for Microsoft or someone else to get their hands on Symbian and use it ... moreit's unlikely to happen.
apparently Symbian foundation charge a lot of money to everyone that use their OS.
so unless they change their policies, it won't happen anytime soon.
- Anonymous
- I8m
AnonD-492870, 24 Aug 2020I kinda forgot the infamous pureview 808 was one of the last Nokia devices in production to ru... moreI still have the 808. And now the 1020 again.
Wish I could have the 808 sensor on my note 10 with ois, dial pixel focus, and dual aperture.
- Anonymous
- I8m
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2020Nokia should be taught as a leeson in business classes as in to how NOT to run a company,it's the same way most companies are run with some slight differences. The expectations put on employees was a big issue but is no different anywhere else. They did fall back a little with Symbian progressing but Symbian was way more functional than windows phone.
And in its hayday was leaps better than ios by being just as stable but way more flexible.
Microsoft was the final nail in the coffin on them.
- Anonymous
- I8m
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2020Android phones after few updates be like: Broken, downgraded. Personal experience. No matter ... moreCool story
- AnonD-492870
- IA5
kek, 23 Aug 2020I'm still waiting for Microsoft or someone else to get their hands on Symbian and use it ... moreI kinda forgot the infamous pureview 808 was one of the last Nokia devices in production to run it....wonder if any newer devices are floating around Japan using it?
- Anonymous
- tZj
kek, 23 Aug 2020I'm still waiting for Microsoft or someone else to get their hands on Symbian and use it ... moreisnt symbian and android similar os ?
- Browningate
- 4%@
That's where the iPhone X and Galaxy S8 got their design from...
- Jesi India
- rJx
kek, 23 Aug 2020I'm still waiting for Microsoft or someone else to get their hands on Symbian and use it ... moreMe too waiting for symbian os, atleast in feature phones
- Anonymous
- Fht
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2020Don't drag nokia down in with Microsoft's crap. They got caught up in it but were no... moreNokia should be taught as a leeson in business classes as in to how NOT to run a company,
- Anonymous
- I8m
Q, 23 Aug 2020Research a little if u want to talk big.... In 2010, smartphones SoC have used dual cores! ... moreDon't drag nokia down in with Microsoft's crap. They got caught up in it but were not the same
- Fayth
- 8wn
Microsoft + Kin OS = Kin's died
Microsoft + Symbian OS = Symbian's finished
Microsoft + Android OS = ...
- darknite
- rJq
It was back then...world was in black and white colour....
PS: I still have a working Lumia 950xl
- Saamy
- nFg
But this time,I think Microsoft nailed it with
Surface duo ,(great mobile is , good hardware) except price ..
Now I looking are these kin devices, they really cool looking,I don't mind buy new one but with better is
🤓
- a.c.a.b.
- 0VS
SizN80, 23 Aug 2020I won’t be surprised if the Surface Duo sees a similar fate, it will probably stay on the mark... moreIs there Microsoft Kin One or Kin Two?
- SizN80
- rwq
I won’t be surprised if the Surface Duo sees a similar fate, it will probably stay on the market much longer than the Kins though.
- Q
- 61r
NBMSCH, 23 Aug 2020Microsoft always failed in mobile division, and they never been successful because of their cr... moreActually, MS could hit the jackpot in mobile devices if they discard their 'stingy' & 'greedy' mindset.
For example: make a Android smartphone with AOSP and put their own 'mobile services' solution to rival Pixel / Nokia, then sell it REASONABLY, (slightly more expensive than Xiaomi/Realme, but far cheaper than Samsung / Oppo).
With people nowadays paranoid enough about their privacy, different alternatives than GMS is very appreciated, combined with snappy, stock AOSP rom, this devices will surely sold like hotcakes! Pretty much like how iphone first introduced in 2007.
For OS division, I really hope they rebuild Win7 but with App Store.
Many software which compatible up to Win7 suddenly go haywire with Win 8/8.1/10.
Especially 10; this one is a real mess of an OS, which basically asked its users to be ''permanent' beta tester for their never-ending, bug-ridden OS
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