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Originally Posted by Fwiffo View Post
About the Android compatibility... Will it be like what they say on my-maemo.com or FULL compatibility?

http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopi...er=asc&start=0
The article raises valid points. Android compability can be likened to a powerful medicine, which easily can be tured to a poison pill.

As for myself, I really couldn't care less for android applications. Even Harmattan has more than enough applications in the store... there exists maximum 100 applications anyone in her right mind ever is going to need IMHO

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The following quote resonates with my thinking...

Originally Posted by Michal Jerz
And the most basic question to ask (summing up all the above) is whether Android compatibility really has any serious, positive impact on BB10 sales. Do you know anyone who decided to get the Z10 or Q10 because of its Android compatibility, instead of getting an Android phone? I seriously doubt it. If the possibility to run Android applications is so important for someone, he simply gets an Android phone... Even though BB10 is Android compatible, I haven't noticed long queues of people forming in front of phone stores to get the Z10 or Q10, and I'm quite certain that sales would have been almost IDENTICAL if Android compatibility wasn't there... And even if it has some microscopic positive impact on sales (e.g. 20% more phones sold thanks to Android compatibility) does it really make any SERIOUS difference for BB10's (or soon Jolla's) position on the market, if at the same time it gives these platforms a reputation of Android emulators with no decent native software offer?

Last edited by juiceme; 2013-08-31 at 19:38. Reason: additional stuff
 

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