WheelsOfConfusion
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[citation][nom]marcus_br[/nom]For starters, it can have EVERYTHING the others have and then some.What do you need?In Windows, you can EASILY get.Heck, you can even create applications for it so easily...I'm not sure on the other phones complexity, but what about office/groove?Scheduled tasks?[/citation]
Office? OpenOffice.org works most of the time and it's cross-platform, there's even an ARM port for most Linux distros and internet tablets like Nokia's. In fact for work processing of Word docs you can even use Abiword, which runs much lighter. Those can work on existing or near-future smartphones that already have lower power consumption and don't need the cruft of x86 architecture. Groove? There are lots of other collaborative programs either out in the wild or in the works, some of which work purely in a browser so they aren't tied to Windows and Office.
It's not just about there being alternatives right now, though, how many people need this stuff on their smartphones? Right now, none: no smartphone runs XP. In fact I'd like to see that continue for a while because it'll breed a diversity of similar efforts that are either going to be cross-platform (good), interoperable between each other (great!), or just plain tailored for the limitations of spartphones like tiny screens, weak processors, and low RAM. I'd rather see a bit more innovation in the software space than rely on the old XP OS and hardware to get things done.
Office? OpenOffice.org works most of the time and it's cross-platform, there's even an ARM port for most Linux distros and internet tablets like Nokia's. In fact for work processing of Word docs you can even use Abiword, which runs much lighter. Those can work on existing or near-future smartphones that already have lower power consumption and don't need the cruft of x86 architecture. Groove? There are lots of other collaborative programs either out in the wild or in the works, some of which work purely in a browser so they aren't tied to Windows and Office.
It's not just about there being alternatives right now, though, how many people need this stuff on their smartphones? Right now, none: no smartphone runs XP. In fact I'd like to see that continue for a while because it'll breed a diversity of similar efforts that are either going to be cross-platform (good), interoperable between each other (great!), or just plain tailored for the limitations of spartphones like tiny screens, weak processors, and low RAM. I'd rather see a bit more innovation in the software space than rely on the old XP OS and hardware to get things done.
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