WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Microsoftwould partner with the truly open-source,Android-based Cyanogen OS to provide a bundled suite of apps, both companies made one thing very clear: Android’s not just for Google anymore.
The partnership, as detailed by Cyanogen yesterday, will allow the budding mobile OS to integrate Microsoft apps like Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, OneDrive,and OneNote. The subtext here is that these apps can act as a replacement for the ones that Google appends to its Android releases, such as Gmail, Maps,Hangouts, and more.
Google’s obviously not the only company to preload phones on its platform with home-grown software; every iPhone comes with dozens of apps installed long before you ever power it on, and Windows Phone devices ship with plenty of Microsoft-made live tiles in place. But the increasing creep of apps you can’t uninstall, regardless of whether you want or need them—or if there are better alternatives out there—is one of the motivating forces behind the all-open-everything Cyanogen business model.
Opening Up
Dissociating Android from Google sounds great in theory but leaves several gaping holes in the user experience—holes that Cyanogen will now attempt to fill with bizarro-world Microsoft counterparts.Importantly, though, Cyanogen OS won’t shove Microsoft-owned Skype down your throat; according to spokesperson Vivian Lee, the apps will be “surfaced contextually,” meaning they’ll be presented as an option when it seems like they might be helpful, but you’ll also be welcome to use whatever else instead.You can also uninstall them at will, unlike the unkillable apps tethered to Apple andGoogle devices.
Lee also confirmed to WIRED that thepartnership won’t affect existing devices,meaning a future update won’t mess up your OnePlus One workflow by swapping your Google apps for a Redmond imposter.
For Cyanogen, the benefit is clear:
Choice is its best point of differentiation. But it also doesn’t mean much without a wide variety of options from which to choose.
The Microsoft deal is just one (albeit large) step towards having as many partners on board as there are mobile developers. “Cyanogen is committed to opening up Android.” said Lee, “[It’s] predicated on user choice as an operating system.” The defining ethos here isn’t that Microsoft alone will act as an anti-Google;it’s that Microsoft will help populate the broadest mobile ecosystem available, an expansive nature reserve next to everyone else’s walled gardens.
What’s In It for Microsoft
The more interesting question might be what Microsoft gets out of the arrangement. After all, it has its own mobile platform to worry about in
Windows Phone, which nearly five years after first launching still hasn’t made an appreciable dent; according to the most recent Comscore numbers, it ended January with a US market share of just 3.6 percent.
That failure to gain traction may be why Microsoft has recently embraced a push to put its software on its more popular rivals. Outlook launched earlier this year on both iPhone and Android, while its Office suite went free on iOS and Android last November.
What’s even better than trying to establish an app beachhead in highly contested territory, though, is becoming the default app on a relatively new platform with lots of potential for growth.
By working closely with Cyanogen,Microsoft now essentially has its own Android OS, which gives it a potential reach far greater than its own homegrown platform has found so far.
No Hardware, No Cry
The best part is that Microsoft won’t have to rely on its own devices to succeed. Lee says there are “no plans” for Microsoft Cyanogen hardware at present. Even so, any OEM that wants to hedge against Google’s increasing dominance without sacrificing the Android experience will have to at least consider Cyanogen OS, especially after the breakout success of the OnePlus One. Even if that only meansa handful of low-cost devices for the time being, those are potential Bing and Skype and Outlook users that Microsoft would have otherwise been unlikely to reach.
One last wrinkle worth mentioning?
Thanks to a trove of patents, Microsoft has Android licensing agreements that amount to billions of dollars of revenue every year, including a billion from Samsung in 2013 alone. Presumably as Android proliferates in whatever form, so too will Microsoft’s potential patent profits.
That’s a lot of upside with not much to lose, especially given the recent cross-platform push. And an arrangement like this makes more sense than the $70 million investment Microsoft was rumored to make back in January.
Cyanogen doesn’t have to feel beholden to one software suite, and Microsoft limits its financial exposure and Windows Phone conflicts.
It’s going to be a while before we see products that realize the vision Cyanogen and Microsoft have laid out, and even longer before Cyanogen OS becomes more than a product that floats on the margins.
But the news gives legitimacy to the idea that iOS might not be Google’s only serious competition for long. A more open Android is on the rise, and Microsoft just provided a powerful updraft.



www.wired.com/2015/04/microsoft-google-cyanogen/


With the much anticipated windows 10 that is expected to unify both systems and phones(run on both gadget),is Microsoft not displaying a kind of no confidence in this OS especially on phones or is it the monopoly mentality of Bill Gates at work?

Cynogen and microsoft partnering??

Well its quite a great improvement

But if u ask me the android killer has to be the ubuntu os on mobile

It is just amazing

I wonder why big giants aren't scooping into this is ,becos d ish got lots of potentials mehn

Good for them. All we want is a good phone

mrdrizzy:
Cynogen and microsoft partnering??

Well its quite a great improvement

But if u ask me the android killer has to be the ubuntu os on mobile

It is just amazing

I wonder why big giants aren't scooping into this is ,becos d ish got lots of potentials mehn

There was this Nokia smartphone series that came Pre-installed with Ubuntu mobile series then, before they stopped making it. I can't remember the name now
However, people have been installing custom Ubuntu ROMS on Android chips with great performances

GogetterMD:

There was this Nokia smartphone series that came Pre-installed with Ubuntu mobile series then, before they stopped making it. I can't remember the name now
However, people have been installing custom Ubuntu ROMS on Android chips with great performances

Fink it's N9

is someone really talking about ubuntu

this is old _fucking news.

God knows Ubuntu and Fedora needs to be improved on moblie platforms. I dont know why they arent seeing to it

@maxjax nah N9 was on meego os owned by nokia group

Wonderful development! Just that Cyanogen is an awesome battery drainer!

maxjax:


Fink it's N9

Yeah, you are right

StealthyMe:
Wonderful development! Just that Cyanogen is an awesome battery drainer!

No, I disagree with that. I have used CM as custom ROM on my devices, and drains ba3 juice lesser than stock ROM.

[quote author=hidee20 post=33936418]WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Microsoft
would partner with the truly open-source,
Android-based Cyanogen OS to provide a
bundled suite of apps, both companies
made one thing very clear: Android’s not
just for Google anymore.
The partnership, as detailed by Cyanogen
yesterday, will allow the budding mobile
OS to integrate Microsoft apps like
Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, OneDrive,
and OneNote. The subtext here is that
these apps can act as a replacement for
the ones that Google appends to its
Android releases, such as Gmail, Maps,
Hangouts, and more.
Google’s obviously not the only company
to preload phones on its platform with
home-grown software; every iPhone
comes with dozens of apps installed long
before you ever power it on, and
Windows Phone devices ship with plenty
of Microsoft-made live tiles in place. But
the increasing creep of apps you can’t
uninstall, regardless of whether you want
or need them—or if there are better
alternatives out there—is one of the
motivating forces behind the all-open-
everything Cyanogen business model.
Opening Up
Dissociating Android from Google sounds
great in theory but leaves several gaping
holes in the user experience—holes that
Cyanogen will now attempt to fill with
bizarro-world Microsoft counterparts.
Importantly, though, Cyanogen OS won’t
shove Microsoft-owned Skype down your
throat; according to spokesperson Vivian
Lee, the apps will be “surfaced
contextually,” meaning they’ll be
presented as an option when it seems like
they might be helpful, but you’ll also be
welcome to use whatever else instead.
You can also uninstall them at will, unlike
the unkillable apps tethered to Apple and
Google devices.
Lee also confirmed to WIRED that the
partnership won’t affect existing devices,
meaning a future update won’t mess up
your OnePlus One workflow by swapping
your Google apps for a Redmond
imposter.
For Cyanogen, the benefit is clear: Choice
is its best point of differentiation. But it
also doesn’t mean much without a wide
variety of options from which to choose.
The Microsoft deal is just one (albeit
large) step towards having as many
partners on board as there are mobile
developers. “Cyanogen is committed to
opening up Android.” said Lee, “[It’s]
predicated on user choice as an operating
system.” The defining ethos here isn’t that
Microsoft alone will act as an anti-Google;
it’s that Microsoft will help populate the
broadest mobile ecosystem available, an
expansive nature reserve next to
everyone else’s walled gardens.
What’s In It for Microsoft
The more interesting question might be
what Microsoft gets out of the
arrangement. After all, it has its own
mobile platform to worry about in
Windows Phone, which nearly five years
after first launching still hasn’t made an
appreciable dent; according to the most
recent Comscore numbers, it ended
January with a US market share of just 3.6
percent.
That failure to gain traction may be why
Microsoft has recently embraced a push
to put its software on its more popular
rivals. Outlook launched earlier this year
on both iPhone and Android, while its
Office suite went free on iOS and Android
last November.
What’s even better than trying to
establish an app beachhead in highly
contested territory, though, is becoming
the default app on a relatively new
platform with lots of potential for growth.
By working closely with Cyanogen,
Microsoft now essentially has its own
Android OS, which gives it a potential
reach far greater than its own homegrown
platform has found so far.
No Hardware, No Cry
The best part is that Microsoft won’t have
to rely on its own devices to succeed. Lee
says there are “no plans” for Microsoft
Cyanogen hardware at present. Even so,
any OEM that wants to hedge against
Google’s increasing dominance without
sacrificing the Android experience will
have to at least consider Cyanogen OS,
especially after the breakout success of
the OnePlus One. Even if that only means
a handful of low-cost devices for the time
being, those are potential Bing and Skype
and Outlook users that Microsoft would
have otherwise been unlikely to reach.
One last wrinkle worth mentioning?
Thanks to a trove of patents, Microsoft
has Android licensing agreements that
amount to billions of dollars of revenue
every year, including a billion from
Samsung in 2013 alone. Presumably as
Android proliferates in whatever form, so
too will Microsoft’s potential patent
profits.
That’s a lot of upside with not much to
lose, especially given the recent cross-
platform push. And an arrangement like
this makes more sense than the $70
million investment Microsoft was
rumored to make back in January.
Cyanogen doesn’t have to feel beholden
to one software suite, and Microsoft limits
its financial exposure and Windows
Phone conflicts.
It’s going to be a while before we see
products that realize the vision Cyanogen
and Microsoft have laid out, and even
longer before Cyanogen OS becomes more
than a product that floats on the margins.
But the news gives legitimacy to the idea
that iOS might not be Google’s only
serious competition for long. A more open
Android is on the rise, and Microsoft just
provided a powerful updraft.



www.wired.com/2015/04/microsoft-google-cyanogen/
Did u even read what u copied and pasted? It is developed as free and open source software based on the official releases of Android by Google , with added original and third-party code. It is based on a
rolling release development model. What this means incase you too dumb to understand basic english sentence is that, CyanogenMod 7 firmware is based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread with additional custom code contributed by the CyanogenMod Team. The custom portions of CyanogenMod are primarily written by Cyanogen (Steve Kondik) but include contributions from the xda-developers community (such as an improved launcher tray, dialer, and browser) and code from established open source projects (such as BusyBox in the shell)

Simply put, just so you understand what u copied and pasted is that , Cyanogen is different from Android. they offer an alternative os, so for you to say they taking it off Google’s hand is just ignorant. Jeez, u guys so dumb.

^^^Shoroniyen?

ibotjaycob:
Did u even read what u copied and pasted? It is developed as free and open source software based on the official releases of Android by Google , with added original and third-party code. It is based on a
rolling release development model. What this means incase you too dumb to understand basic english sentence is that, CyanogenMod 7 firmware is based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread with additional custom code contributed by the CyanogenMod Team. The custom portions of CyanogenMod are primarily written by Cyanogen (Steve Kondik) but include contributions from the xda-developers community (such as an improved launcher tray, dialer, and browser) and code from established open source projects (such as BusyBox in the shell)

Simply put, just so you understand what u copied and pasted is that , Cyanogen is different from Android. they offer an alternative os, so for you to say they taking it off Google’s hand is just ignorant. Jeez, u guys so dumb.

helloooo,na fight?....In as much as I feel the urge to reply you in your tone,I wouldn't cos I wasn't brought up like that(maybe you just want to be notice ).
To your rant,Cyanogen OS is developed from Android open source project run by Google so its basically a modified Android OS so what it means by taking it off Googles hand is;

i)Cyanogen OS is increasingly becoming popular and attracting phone manufacturers partnership(more Cyanogen OS phones in market)
ii) unlike Google Andriod OS which are preloaded with Google apps(sources of income for Google) with no alternatives,Cyanogen has made it clear that all apps on its platform will be optional(which Microsoft is taking advantage of now)

As market dominance is all about consumers,what do you think will happen to Google Android with the increasing popularity of Cyanogen OS Android?.
I will implore you to read the first two paragraphs(cos am sure you didn't read the write-up) and do more research.

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Collinz2:
do u think google iz sleeping?

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mrdrizzy:
@maxjax nah N9 was on meego os owned by nokia group

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mobile computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, SmartTV / ConnectedTV , IPTV-boxes, smart phones , and other
embedded systems .[2]

ahhn ahhh

Forget iOS, forget android, forget Windows 10... Ubuntu all the way... Cant wait to feel ubuntu

Collinz2:
do u think google iz sleeping?

yeah,Google is not sleeping as Apple and Nokia were not sleeping when they emerged.we aren't even taking about about another OS but a modified Andriod that allows you have that your favourite Microsoft app. to replace Google own on your phone.

In this world the only constant thing is CHANGE.

hidee20:


yeah,Google is not sleeping as Apple and Nokia were not sleeping when they emerged.we aren't even taking about about another OS but a modified Andriod that allows you have that your favourite Microsoft app. to replace Google own on your phone.

In this world the only constant thing is CHANGE.

u cant compare google to apple and nokia. and whats wrong with google services (apps)

Collinz2:
u cant compare google to apple and nokia. and whats wrong with google services (apps)

As u cant compare them,if and when Cyanogen OS takes over you wont be able to compare.you might love Google services that does not rule out the fact that if you are given an option to try out other apps you cant be tempted to do so.
This is a market struggle bro,you just might not know the number of customers out there that are not well pleased with the Google services(if to say d tin no compulsory o ).I was on a US based tech. website,if you see the level of eagerness this people in support showed you will know that even if it does not send google android from the market it will take a meaningful share of their market share.

hidee20:


As u cant compare them,if and when Cyanogen OS takes over you wont be able to compare.you might love Google services that does not rule out the fact that if you are given an option to try out other apps you cant be tempted to do so.
This is a market struggle bro,you just might not know the number of customers out there that are not well pleased with the Google services(if to say d tin no compulsory o ).I was on a US based tech. website,if you see the level of eagerness this people in support showed you will know that even if it does not send google android from the market it will take a meaningful share of their market share.

cyanogen! never

Collinz2:
cyanogen! never

ok o,thatz your own decision

hidee20:



helloooo,na fight?....In as much as I feel the urge to reply you in your tone,I wouldn't cos I wasn't brought up like that(maybe you just want to be notice ).
To your rant,Cyanogen OS is developed from Android open source project run by Google so its basically a modified Android OS so what it means by taking it off Googles hand is;

i)Cyanogen OS is increasingly becoming popular and attracting phone manufacturers partnership(more Cyanogen OS phones in market)
ii) unlike Google Andriod OS which are preloaded with Google apps(sources of income for Google) with no alternatives,Cyanogen has made it clear that all apps on its platform will be optional(which Microsoft is taking advantage of now)

As market dominance is all about consumers,what do you think will happen to Google Android with the increasing popularity of Cyanogen OS Android?.
I will implore you to read the first two paragraphs(cos am sure you didn't read the write-up) and do more research.

Abeg I no wan use English

Wich increasingly popular ni? Abeg list how many popular Cyanogen OS based fones in d market ryt now, selling well.. The only popular fone dey had last year was One Plus One, nd still, OPO abandoned CyanogenOS and made their own called Oxygen OS (U can research on it)
Abegi leave matter for Matthias


1) CyanogenOS is Dead on Arrival bcus dey still dey depend on Updates from GOOGLE.. How? In lay man's term, CyanogenOS wont get Android M (potentially 6.0) until GOOGLE releases it

2) Aint nobody gv two f*cks abt Microsoft Apps, we already hv dat Junk on Our PCs.. Ohh, nd Microsoft services cnt be compared to d High Quality of Google Services.. Is it Maps, Google pass am, is it Email Google pass, and d list goes on

Ask yrsef, where is Bing, Microsoft's alternative to Google search, today?

CyanogenOS is dead on arrival

And to those shouting Ubuntu Ubuntu


Yeah Goodluck with that

flawless911:
Abeg I no wan use English

Wich increasingly popular ni? Abeg list how many popular Cyanogen OS based fones in d market ryt now, selling well.. The only popular fone dey had last year was One Plus One, nd still, OPO abandoned CyanogenOS and made their own called Oxygen OS (U can research on it)
Abegi leave matter for Matthias


1) CyanogenOS is Dead on Arrival bcus dey still dey depend on Updates from GOOGLE.. How? In lay man's term, CyanogenOS wont get Android M (potentially 6.0) until GOOGLE releases it

2) Aint nobody gv two f*cks abt Microsoft Apps, we already hv dat Junk on Our PCs.. Ohh, nd Microsoft services cnt be compared to d High Quality of Google Services.. Is it Maps, Google pass am, is it Email Google pass, and d list goes on

Ask yrsef, where is Bing, Microsoft's alternative to Google search, today?

CyanogenOS is dead on arrival

FACT

flawless911:
Abeg I no wan use English

Wich increasingly popular ni? Abeg list how many popular Cyanogen OS based fones in d market ryt now, selling well.. The only popular fone dey had last year was One Plus One, nd still, OPO abandoned CyanogenOS and made their own called Oxygen OS (U can research on it)
Abegi leave matter for Matthias


1) CyanogenOS is Dead on Arrival bcus dey still dey depend on Updates from GOOGLE.. How? In lay man's term, CyanogenOS wont get Android M (potentially 6.0) until GOOGLE releases it

2) Aint nobody gv two f*cks abt Microsoft Apps, we already hv dat Junk on Our PCs.. Ohh, nd Microsoft services cnt be compared to d High Quality of Google Services.. Is it Maps, Google pass am, is it Email Google pass, and d list goes on

Ask yrsef, where is Bing, Microsoft's alternative to Google search, today?

CyanogenOS is dead on arrival

well said.