OS ketiga? tapi tetap menggunakan Android Based.. membingungkan, apakah seperti MIUI, LEWA, dll gitu ya?
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 8:27:26 AM UTC+7, rachmadi kurniawan wrote: > > Targetnya jadi os ketiga setelah android dan ios, ngalahin bb ama wp,, > > Jadi bakal ngeluarin hh sendirinya? Kalonga didukung google apps bakal > sukses ga ya? > > Seru nih kayanya :) > > *Fork in the road: Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version > of Android* > http://feedly.com/k/19e0o0B > > Cyanogen, makers of popular software <http://www.cyanogenmod.org/> based > on Android that extends the abilities of smartphones, is making a bid for > the mainstream. The four-year-old company, which began as a one-person side > project, said today that it has raised $7 > million<http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a_new_chapter%20>from Benchmark > Capital and Redpoint Ventures. The goal is to vault past > Blackberry and Windows Phone to become the third-most popular mobile > operating system, after traditional Android and iOS. And the company is > already closer than you might think. > > CyanogenMod, the company’s free open-source replacement firmware, has more > than 8 million users, CEO Kirt McMaster says. But that counts only users > who have elected to share data with Cyanogen, he says, estimating that the > true number is two to three times that amount. "There’s always been lot of > talk around who’s going to be the third dominant mobile computing > platform," says McMaster, who previously co-founded Boost Mobile. "Windows > Phone would probably be number three now. If you look at what our actual > user base is, we might be equal to or greater than that." Microsoft > estimates Windows Phone’s current market share at 4 > percent<http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/3/4688962/with-nokia-microsoft-wants-to-triple-windows-phone-marketshare-by-2018>. > > > > Already bigger than Windows Phone? > > Cyanogen’s growth is all the more surprising given how difficult its > software is to install. One > guide<http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_maguro>lists 23 steps, and > warns users that installing the firmware could damage > your phone and void your warranty. Some carriers lock device bootloaders to > prevent anyone from installing custom > ROMs<http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/4/4285884/the-keys-to-android-bootloaders-are-still-held-by-the-carriers>. > > "The install process still sucks — it’s pretty brutal," says Steve Kondik, > who started building Cyanogen in 2009 while working as a developer in > Pittsburgh. He spent 19 months as a software engineer at Samsung before > quitting > in > March<http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/25/4144226/steve-cyanogen-kondik-departs-samsung>. > > > > But millions have waded through that process to access the benefits that > Cyanogen affords. Cyanogen brings the latest version of Android to phones > that carriers have long abandoned, helping to extend the life of the > device. It strips out bloatware installed by the carriers in favor of a > near-stock version of Android that can spruced up with thousands of themes. > More recently, Cyanogen has introduced a new camera app and a more secure > messaging system. "It’s a pretty crappy experience on Android," McMaster > says. "We think we can change that. That’s the biggest draw to > CyanogenMod." > > Raising money has allowed Cyanogen to hire a team of 17, with the > developers split between Seattle and Palo Alto. Since closing their > fundraising round in April, Cyanogen has been working on two key efforts to > expand the firmware’s reach: a one-click installer for Windows, which will > help less technically savvy users when it comes out within the next few > weeks; and a partnership deal with a hardware manufacturer, which the > company plans to announce in the next week or so. It also may pick a more > consumer-friendly name; Cyanogen is considering re-branding itself next > year, McMaster says. > > The company plans to re-brand itself > > The company’s vision is to use Android as the foundation for an operating > system more focused on productivity than commerce. "The mobile devices out > there, they’re just not meant for anybody to use," Kondik says. "They’re > essentially mobile cash registers. We want to help you get stuff done, and > use these things to their fullest potential." Cyanogen will also place a > significant emphasis on security and privacy, Kondik says, taking pains to > help users protect their data. > > The company plans to keep its firmware free. So how will it become > profitable? McMaster and Kondik say they have many ideas for generating > revenue, but declined to discuss them in depth. "If you’re the default OS > on a device and you have 50 million users, there are a lot of ways to make > money," McMaster says. "It’s not just about building a user base. It’s > about building great services you can’t get anywhere else." > > But what if some of those services get blocked? Core Google apps including > Gmail, Chrome, and Maps aren’t open-sourced parts of Android — they’re part > of Google Play Services. Using Google Play Services requires that a > device be certified by > Google<http://source.android.com/faqs.html#how-can-i-get-access-to-the-google-apps-for-android-such-as-maps>. > > Firmware modifications like Cyanogen bring devices into a gray area where > the original phone may have been certified, but the modified version could > fall outside Google’s guidelines. > > Google hasn't commented on Cyanogen > > Google hasn’t commented publicly on Cyanogen, but its relationship with > the company bears watching as the upstart tries to start peeling away > market share from the official version of Android. So does its relationship > with the carriers, who prefer a more closed device ecosystem granting them > control over the phone. > > Cyanogen has a long way to go before installing aftermarket firmware is as > fun and easy as downloading *Angry Birds.* Despite the occasional flurry > of interest in new operating systems from Windows Phone, or Firefox, or > Ubuntu, there are many indications that mobile is a two-horse > race<http://blog.flurry.com/bid/97860/The-iOS-and-Android-Two-Horse-Race-A-Deeper-Look-into-Market-Share>. > > But Cyanogen believes the existing players have been co-opted by carriers > and device makers, leaving room for a player willing to push them aside. > Kondik should know: he’s attracted millions of users just by building the > version of Android he himself wanted to use. "There’s a lot you can do," he > says, "whenever you listen to your users on what they want." > > shared via http://feedly.com > -- ========== INDOSAT SUPER 3G plus http://www.indosat.com/Personal/Internet/INDOSAT_SUPER_3G_plus --------------------- ID-Android on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u81L8Qpy5A -------------------- Web Hosting, Zimbra Mail Server, VPS gratis Raspberry Pi : http://www.hostune.com -------------------- Aturan Umum ID-Android: http://goo.gl/MpVq8 Join Forum ID-ANDROID: http://forum.android.or.id ========== --- Anda menerima pesan ini karena Anda berlangganan grup "[id-android] Indonesian Android Community " dari Grup Google. Untuk berhenti berlangganan dan berhenti menerima email dari grup ini, kirim email ke id-android+berhenti [email protected] .
