[ditoax]

Without the Android app ecosystem via the Play Store it isn't really Android anymore. Same way I don't really see the Kindle Fire series as Android devices either.

I honestly don't get why they are still going ahead with these devices either with the Microsoft deal pretty much done and dusted. Nokia should have got into the Android game (and I mean real Android) a long time ago.

[brudgers]

To most people a phone is a phone. Yes they know iPhones are made with apples. Everything else is largely noise. Downloading apps is a form of entertainment - which store is not critical to enjoyment.

App stores are not the future. The future of mobile is that I can show you an app. If you like it, I 'send' you a copy and you complete the transaction via the app developer's mechanism which might be facilitated by some processing infrastructure. The future resolves to PayPal and Visa and Amazon not iTunes.

These are the early days when IBM's business was selling punchards on leased equipment.

[marcosdumay]

> I honestly don't get why they are still going ahead with these devices either with the Microsoft deal pretty much done and dusted.

Why do almost everybody that announces a migration to Linux announce it? (A hint: entities that migrate do not announce beforehand.)

They certainly are talking about the details of the deal, and don't want to look completely subservient.

[dobbsbob]

Or ported these phones to Sailfish OS. People are going to buy these then wonder why they can't install any apps. They won't know to install CWM or TWR recovery and install Gapps and Nokia probably can't legally suggest it either.