On 13 September 2013, the New York Times writer Nick Wingfield revealed that Nokia had been testing the Android
operating system on its Lumia hardware, and a second project, known as
'Asha on Linux' used a forked version of Android without Google services.[2]
After reading the above para i was feeling quite happy as atlast nokia is also making an android phone as we all know where was Nokia and now where it is if we discuss on nokia company before 5 years then it was a benchmark itself those days but nowdays nokia is loosing its customers very fast and may be it is because of android OS on all of the well known smartphones but now Nokia is working on Android OS and some of its specifications are given below:
The Normandy or Nokia X as it may be called at the time of launch is running the AOSP version of Android, which is the open source version of Android that can be used by anyone. However, it does not have any Google services on it so Nokia will have to develop its own app store for the platform, which is being called Asha on Linux (AoL) internally in the company. For this, Nokia recently started seeding the smartphone to key app developers in India in order to populate the app store. Sources had earlier told that Nokia had already succeeded in getting many of the top 100 apps on both the Play store and App Store to get their apps into its new store for AoL.
Specifications
the ‘Nokia X’ will feature a 4-inch WVGA display, 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, 5-megapixel camera and 1500mAh battery.
App developers who have received the smartphone in India and elsewhere have told that getting their apps configured for AoL has been pretty easy with no major changes required. “The only thing developers have to ensure is there are no Google services callouts in the app. If the app does not call out any Google API, one can even sideload the same app APK that is available on the Play store,” a prominent developer told.
Since it cannot use Google services, Nokia will replace most of them with its own or Microsoft’s services. Apart from developing its own app store, Nokia will use its HERE service for maps and navigation, while use Outlook for replacing Gmail and Bing for search. It is most likely to have Skype pre-installed.
After reading the above para i was feeling quite happy as atlast nokia is also making an android phone as we all know where was Nokia and now where it is if we discuss on nokia company before 5 years then it was a benchmark itself those days but nowdays nokia is loosing its customers very fast and may be it is because of android OS on all of the well known smartphones but now Nokia is working on Android OS and some of its specifications are given below:
The Normandy or Nokia X as it may be called at the time of launch is running the AOSP version of Android, which is the open source version of Android that can be used by anyone. However, it does not have any Google services on it so Nokia will have to develop its own app store for the platform, which is being called Asha on Linux (AoL) internally in the company. For this, Nokia recently started seeding the smartphone to key app developers in India in order to populate the app store. Sources had earlier told that Nokia had already succeeded in getting many of the top 100 apps on both the Play store and App Store to get their apps into its new store for AoL.
Specifications
the ‘Nokia X’ will feature a 4-inch WVGA display, 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, 5-megapixel camera and 1500mAh battery.
App developers who have received the smartphone in India and elsewhere have told that getting their apps configured for AoL has been pretty easy with no major changes required. “The only thing developers have to ensure is there are no Google services callouts in the app. If the app does not call out any Google API, one can even sideload the same app APK that is available on the Play store,” a prominent developer told.
Since it cannot use Google services, Nokia will replace most of them with its own or Microsoft’s services. Apart from developing its own app store, Nokia will use its HERE service for maps and navigation, while use Outlook for replacing Gmail and Bing for search. It is most likely to have Skype pre-installed.
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