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TL;DR: offering apps + widgety apps, not an actual atlernative.


Yes. When I was finally able to articulate what the problem with computing in general is, it was "I like tools better than applications." And everything is an application.

As far as I can see, all that's different about this phone is that it's using "sub-menus in the Start menu" where other stuff is using "icons on the desktop". PDAs already had this, I think.


Addendum: Redd about Scopes a bit, it's more than just a different way of invoking the same apps. A Scope is a frontend to components of apparently any kind.




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