Completed by Premji invest lead investor, Tencent, Qualcomm, after Twitter c round of funding into the venture, the famous developer Cyanogen Android customization system officially announced its first OS Product: Cyanogen OS open business.
For Android enthusiasts, and synonymous with the Rom Cyanogen is a third party. As early as in Android 2.2, Cyanogen build communities and launched the Cyanogenmod 6 Rom; by 2013 in a $ 7 million series a investment after the official formation of Cyanogen company. Today has been completed the c $ 80 million round of financing in addition to Qualcomm, we are familiar with Spain investment in telecommunications, including Microsoft, Google tried to invest, but was rejected by Cyanogen, the reason is to become an independent systems, therefore turned down their investments. Smooth but financing is not representative of the market will be able to embark on Boulevard in mobile operating system has settled on their patterns of today, based on the Cyanogen Android OS does not seem to be much of a reverse hit probability.
(Cyanogen OS screenshot) Cath Kidston galaxy note 4 cover
Hard to bear any of the OS
'S first appearance is based on Cyanogen Cyanogen OS OS 12 status on April 14 to add mobile push, this is the first time change Cyanogenmod (CM) name forms in favour of direct use of Cyanogen OS in the form of, but the actual performance, want to deserve the title of operating system seems to be very far behind.
(CyanogenMod evolutionary path)
First of all, Cyanogen OS is not a brand new mobile phone operating system, just Cyanogen company based on customized Android 5.0 changes come only from previously maintained by the open source form Cyanogen on the company responsible for the development and maintenance, so fundamentally Cyanogen OS mobile operating system are not strictly.
Then, in the actual product experience, perfection of Cyanogen OS is still in its early stages. In has brush Shang Cyanogen OS 12 of a added phone in the, we not difficult found due to based on Android 5.0, so in design language shang also basic followed has Material Design specification, at first glance a see past also is long have Android looks, just in App icon appearance and color match Shang for has small range of modified, as enthusiasts by keen of global theme function is still exists; in built-in of function Shang, currently of Cyanogen OS can do out of Google services; more awkwardly Cyanogen Cyanogen currently does not own the store and distribution channels, even remained in their own paid theme by downloading Google play, and can indicate Cyanogen Cyanogen of the sovereign was added to the system account. Cyanogen OS in General at present is defined as a Asop (Android Open-Source Project) custom Rom is more appropriate.
Of course remain in the Cyanogen OS 12 CM Rom's many advantages, particularly in terms of performance and custom. Has been yilai CM of Rom are is to system streamlined, and operation smooth known, in Cyanogen OS 12 in the also so, according to test who of test, also is a added phone, brush Shang has Cyanogen OS Hou Ann rabbit rabbit run points to than carrying Color OS to high out more than 3,000 more points, in specific of application, and game test in the more is very smooth; as system since defined aspects, Cyanogen still said have Shang is most open of Rom, In addition to the UI level outside of the user-defined, Cyanogen OS also opens a lot of hardware-level custom rights, users can work according to their own preferences to adjust CPU frequency, screen display modes, from this point on, Cyanogen OS indeed, worthy of the person in charge said: "to Cyanogen OS build for most developed OS".
In short, from the current product performance, Cyanogen OS 12 is really embarrassing, "OS", even compared to domestic mobile phone manufacturers custom Rom are slightly backward. Rom at home for various reasons, are not using Google services, use their own or third party services, and build their own app stores, realized the independent distribution and value-added services, this closed-loop levels than domestic Rom Cyanogen OS.
Commercial vehicles and resistance of long
From custom Rom by the fan favorite turned into a mass consumer-oriented OS is a brave thing, is also a wise thing, evidently Cyanogen today had the courage, but in marketing strategy seems to need a lot of patience and wisdom.
(Cyanogen team)
Today's mobile operating system has been occupied by iOS and Android, even giants like Microsoft push Windows phone system only, not to mention the funding, development, channel weak Cyanogen. Cyanogen iOS and Android OS is not the first challenge, and I believe it will be the last, of course, from the Blackberry OS, Web OS to Sailfish OS, their efforts did not pay off, also difficult to reap the same Cyanogen OS.
Cyanogen OS problems, there are only two
First, CM custom Rom for high level of dependence on hardware, once was not supported at the hardware level, Cyanogen could not show their ability, but hardware manufacturers became interested in the software itself, and not too much opportunity for Cyanogen. In Android early, the home manufacturers struggling Yu hardware war, in software Shang input enough, only let these third party custom Rom has has development space, and in today the home are in software level Xia has big time, even in software Shang of differences sex has beyond hardware became primary selling, such led to of results is CM such of Rom by snubbed, consumers in get meet of situation does not will active to toss.
Second, the shackles of Cyanogen OS itself. Come for an Android based 5.0 modified, customized, design language is still An Zhuofan son, does not have its own application store and payment system, which is a mountain-like existence for Cyanogen, wanted to break through these barriers than to conquer a complex bug. If said above problem also can get cracked words, most makes Cyanogen headache of is how will user from has familiar of using environment in the free out, and Cyanogen OS pursuit simple, and free of system logic different of is currently of mainstream OS are stressed full of ecological environment, from macro of system logic to micro of function set has will user used bad, we habits has took to both with of system, we need teeth of function equipped with, Perfect depth customization is not technical companies such as Cyanogen is so good.
Finally, as the user who's come from the CM 61 brush, I heart grateful for Cyanogen and yearning, but this time the Cyanogen OS business strategy was wise enough, from the technical community to commercial companies jump fail, breaking not only his business dream, perhaps long Cyanogen make image in the minds of fans.
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