[citation][nom]belardo[/nom]BECAUSE THE ANDROID APP WILL WORK ON a 2.3 or a 4.0 PHONE. Its not a totally alien kernal being used.. or more specifically, Android isn't a Desktop OS shoved into a cellphone. Making 7.8 look like 8.0 doesn't make it the same. My Android phone looks like WP7 with some enhancements over 8.0 even... doesn't make it a WP7/8 phone, does it?While its not officially from Samsung, I can install ICS onto my Samsung GS1 phone - IF I WANT To. But I'm not bothering as I'm just going to get a new phone anyway. I expect it to be able to handle any version of Android 4.x and some or most of 5.x.alextheblue : Yeah, you are right. But KinOS is still nothing more than a bastardized version of Windows CE 6.x which has many visual modern elements of 7.x as it was thrown together to be a semi-smart Phone OS to go into the market with iOS and Android. It took less than 2 months for MS to kill it... even thou (like WP7) it had some cool & slick functions. Look at WindowsCE 5.x/some Windows Phones in the past that look like Windows98. Like Windows 8, Microsoft has been trying to tie phones to the desktop experience. And MS has constantly thrown their out-dated versions under a bus.[/citation]
Have you used an older android phone and tried newer android apps? Very very many of the newly-developed apps require 2.3 or higher, so if you have a 2.2 phone that never got updates, you're still screwed and it's no different. Not to mention other specific apps that only work on one hardware profile--such as Tegra3-based games. Not to mention some apps not working for an entire set of devices, regardless of whether they have a recent enough OS, such as for DRM issues (netflix, hulu, etc.). It's no different. And the update to 7.8 integrates more from the features set written into 8 than simply an identical windows interface.
Also, if you researched this at all, you'll find out that there is still the availability of backwards-compatibility of apps written for windows 8 and running on 7.8: http://www.zdnet.com/windows-phone-7-8-is-it-more-than-a-start-screen-4010026455/
[citation]Other developers are going to keep developing apps for Windows Phone 7.8 as well. Unless an app uses the new features in Windows Phone 8, it can run on both systems and developers will want to maximise sales; expect plenty of apps that have extra features for 8 but are available for 7.8 as well.[/citation]
Have you used an older android phone and tried newer android apps? Very very many of the newly-developed apps require 2.3 or higher, so if you have a 2.2 phone that never got updates, you're still screwed and it's no different. Not to mention other specific apps that only work on one hardware profile--such as Tegra3-based games. Not to mention some apps not working for an entire set of devices, regardless of whether they have a recent enough OS, such as for DRM issues (netflix, hulu, etc.). It's no different. And the update to 7.8 integrates more from the features set written into 8 than simply an identical windows interface.
Also, if you researched this at all, you'll find out that there is still the availability of backwards-compatibility of apps written for windows 8 and running on 7.8: http://www.zdnet.com/windows-phone-7-8-is-it-more-than-a-start-screen-4010026455/
[citation]Other developers are going to keep developing apps for Windows Phone 7.8 as well. Unless an app uses the new features in Windows Phone 8, it can run on both systems and developers will want to maximise sales; expect plenty of apps that have extra features for 8 but are available for 7.8 as well.[/citation]