Nokia unveiled three new smartphones from the X line, equipped with Android, on Monday (24). However, this operating system in X, X + and XL has some differences from the devices Samsung Galaxys, Sony Xperias or even the Google Nexus system.
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Nokia X (Photo: Allan Melo / TechTudo)
Android : a system of open source
Created in 2008, Android’s main flagship Google, which develops the system and passes the code so that other manufacturers can make modifications and throw it on their devices. Is this pre-release stage that companies can choose two different ways: using a base of Pure Android (AOSP), causing profound changes in the system, or launch their handsets with small customizations from this base and equipped with the package at <> Google Mobile Services (GMS).
GMS is nothing more than the set of Google applications like Gmail, Google Play Store, Maps and Chrome, found most of the Android phones. The package also gives access to a number of API and codes used by developers into their applications. Unlike the AOSP, MSG is not free, and each manufacturer must pay $ 0.75 (about £ 1.75) per device to use it, but it has advantages such as compatibility with Google services and access to about one million applications Play Store. The manufacturers who choose not to use the GMS should develop their own tools to the system. This is the case of Amazon and Nokia.
Android Nokia x Google Android
Although the adoption of Android by Microsoft after the purchase has been a matter of controversy, Nokia decided to minimize it to delete the package Google mobile services (GMS) and work only with pure Android (AOSP). In practice, this means that the Nokia X, XL and X + does not come with apps like Gmail, Google Maps, Drive, Chrome browser and mainly access Store Play Store. To circumvent this and to please his future mistress, Nokia included in the devices themselves services such as Nokia Maps and Here MixRadio, and solutions from Microsoft: Outlook, OneDrive and Skype. In addition, the manufacturer has ensured that 75% of apps on Google Play gifts can now be published in Nokia Store Store without any modification. Have the remaining applications can replace the APIs and code present in the GMS by the alternatives created by the company and dubbed Nokia Services. Another major difference is that the Finnish manufacturer even adopts the Android name and baptize your system “Nokia X Platform”. The measures adopted by Nokia go against Samsung, Sony, LG, Motorola and other manufacturers, leaving the harder part of the development of Android with Google. With this, these manufacturers spend less time in setting up your own application stores or services and focus on developing unique applications, features and customizations of their systems. In other words, the system that runs on the Xperia, Galaxy and others is the same, with released by Google and full access to Google Play, the largest Android store updates. About it, for example, Sony implements its interface and apps like Music Unlimited, while Samsung TouchWiz adopts visual and Knox application. Have Nokia needs to ensure replacements Google services and applications and the interface, which is very close to Windows Phone. Worth buying a Nokia X? This is a very subjective question and one that should take into consideration the hardware and user habits. However, it is possible to highlight some points. The first is that if you do not use Google services such as Gmail or Drive, will not feel much difference when buying a Nokia X. Moreover, as noted by the manufacturer itself, most applications of Google Play is fully compatible with the system, even if they are not present in Nokia Store, you can find them in other unofficial outlets such as the “1 mobile market.” This undoubtedly must minimize impacts on the adaptation of the system users. who found the idea of ??a Nokia with Android (Nokia X)? Read Forum TechTudo
Nokia X (Photo: Allan Melo / TechTudo)
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