Why are the Mobile Platforms not like the Computer ones?

[maytan1]

I just wanted to know if anyone thinks, like me, that mobile platforms and environments should be just like the computer ones in a way that any user can purchase the hardware from a manufacturer and load an OS of his own choice just after checking for minimum system requirements.

I do not understand why I cannot stand that I am compelled to buy a Symbian (with Nokia), or Android (with HTC or Samsung) when I wanna use the Firefox OS. In my opinion I should be the one to decide what software or hardware i wanna use.

Can I see anyone who thinks alike?

 

[n0xious]

Well that's usually 'coz the company selling the product has a tie-up with the software company making the hardware work.
Hardware cannot function without the software. Many mobile devices go for Android these days because it's open source, cheap and has wide spread support.

Symbian is the Nokia's OS and is hardware specific, just like how programs in an Apple computer run only in Apple devices, and if the package is to be run under another OS, it will either need to be "emulated" or "mapped". They can also be PORTED to other systems using other programming languages and may work only under specific environments. A very good example is Java, which needs the JVM to work.

That's just how it is. A company decides which operating system to use for it's device (it's own, or another).

You could flash the device and install Firefox, but I'm willing to bet that it would void the warranty given by the device vendor.