Comment on Geeksphone launches the first multi OS smartphoneparentComments−mcpherrinm12yYou probably can't use any proprietary OS on it: Apple certainly would never license iOS, and I doubt W8 would either.Android, Ubuntu Mobile, Firefox OS, Meego, Tizen are more likely candidates.−ForHackernews12yWindows 8 runs on commodity x86 hardware. Assuming there's driver support, it should work.−TazeTSchnitzel12yPhones aren't commodity x86 hardware in the way PCs are. The hardware can't be enumerated.−leoc12yCan you buy a licence to run it legally though?−poloniculmov12yWindows 8? Yeah. You can't buy Windows Phone 8.
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You probably can't use any proprietary OS on it: Apple certainly would never license iOS, and I doubt W8 would either.
Android, Ubuntu Mobile, Firefox OS, Meego, Tizen are more likely candidates.
Windows 8 runs on commodity x86 hardware. Assuming there's driver support, it should work.
Phones aren't commodity x86 hardware in the way PCs are. The hardware can't be enumerated.
Can you buy a licence to run it legally though?
Windows 8? Yeah. You can't buy Windows Phone 8.