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It's interesting that the OS is not really a separate thing, after the unification of Windows they did. So to a greater extent than Apple and especially Google,
by frou_dh 9y ago
It's interesting that the OS is not really a separate thing, after the unification of Windows they did. So to a greater extent than Apple and especially Google, the software side of MS's phone project gets maintained "for free"?
- wodenokoto 9y agoI imagine keeping windows compatible with 2 so different hardware platforms is far from free.
- frou_dh 9y agoWell presumably they want compatibility with tablet style ARM devices regardless of what happens with phones.
- petecox 9y agoThe hardware on a Windows 10 ARM tablet is more or less the same (Snapdragon 835) as powers a mobile, only the screen is larger and they remove the app that makes phone calls.
- WorldMaker 9y agoThere's even rumors that the Phone Call app will even show up on ARM tablets with SIM cards at some point, for people that like the "phablet" thing. (Which is hand in hand with the rumors/indications that Skype might eat the phone call app entirely and just light up SIM-based calling if the machine is capable, regardless of form factor, possible with inter-device VOIP communication like it manages SMS pass-through, when enabled, now.)