想象一下，一个Android /微软弗兰肯电话

When it was reported that Microsoft might invest in CyanogenMod, the mobile OS built on the open-source release of the Android codebase, speculation arose as to why. Although eventually Microsoft decided not to contribute to Cyanogen, it got us thinking: What if Microsoft or someone else created a smartphone running CyanogenMod, and it had no apps by Google. Instead, it was preloaded with Microsoft equivalents. Could such a Microsoft-dominant Android smartphone be viable? Technically, we would have to say, yes. Here, we compare how Microsoft’s apps would fare as replacements for their Google counterparts.

The Bing app is actually both a search engine and web browser, which can be used on its own as an alternative to Chrome. Bing shows results from within its browser, and pulls up its own mapping service site whenever you search a location, so you remain contained within Microsoft’s services. Like Google search, the Bing app also has voice-search functionality, but, unlike Google, it won’t speak out results. It doesn’t have a search box widget that you can pin onto the Android launcher home screen; this prevents it from competing for your attention with Google’s own search widget.

Both apps are functionally similar, but they work only with their corresponding cloud storage service -- you can’t use one app to access your files on the other service. So if you want to use both services on your Android device, you’ll need to have these two apps installed.

Outlook Preview allows you to use your accounts from other email services through it, including Gmail, iCloud and Yahoo! Mail. You can sign in to three cloud storage services (Box, Dropbox and OneDrive) through Outlook Preview so that you can attach files stored on them to your emails. With Gmail, you can attach files stored on other services, such as Dropbox and OneDrive, only if you have their corresponding Android apps installed. Outlook Preview includes a calendar tool that’s similar to the Android default Calendar app.

谷歌的笔记应用，保持，可以帮助你在手机上创建和编辑笔记，而微软的OneNote的是一个小更精致，与UI，似乎已经被更多的平板电脑设计的。这两个让你添加复选框和图像到您的笔记。跟上，你可以设置提醒有关在指定的日期，时间或位置的音符提醒。OneNote中缺乏这种报警功能，但你可以把注释添加音频剪辑。和OneNote有更多的格式选项：您可以创建一个项目符号或编号列表，文本样式是可以改变的。大功能的OneNote已超过保留的是，你还可以借鉴的权利你的笔记，用手指在触摸屏上。

Both of these apps can be used for online messaging, video or voice chatting, and text messaging. But other than sending texts to a cell number, the two apps aren’t cross-compatible -- a Skype user account cannot communicate directly with a Hangouts account. (A Microsoft email account, such as with Outlook.com, can also be used to sign in to Skype.) The main differentiator is that Skype is still oriented toward what it was originally designed for: Making domestic and international phone calls to a cell or landline number by using minute credits you buy.

The mapping app HERE belongs to Nokia, but because of the past business relationship between Microsoft and Nokia, we could imagine HERE would be included in our theoretical unofficial Android phone. Like Google Maps, HERE features turn-by-turn navigation that uses a voice to direct you. She speaks with an English accent, but HERE lets you change the accent, gender and language. (Google Maps doesn’t let you change its default female voice that speaks with an American accent.) Another feature HERE has that Google Maps lacks is you can download and install regional maps so you can use this app entirely offline.

Office移动是相当薄弱相比，谷歌文档，电子表格和幻灯片。您只能创建和编辑它很简单的Word文档。处理Excel电子表格时，应用程序是较为能力。至于PowerPoint中，您不能创建的Office Mobile演示 - 只用它来查看PowerPoint文件，并添加注释到幻灯片。

有微软的Office应用程序的Android更强大的版本，但Excel的平板电脑，PowerPoint的平板电脑和Word的平板电脑仅适用于Android平板电脑。微软纠正这种最简单的方法就是移植或重新设计这些应用程序的Android手机。

为了完成我们的假设非官方的Android手机已经完全没有由谷歌的应用：

Amazon Appstore:在谷歌Play商店的最明显的替代将是亚马逊的商店Android应用程序。

Cortana:Microsoft says it will bring Cortana to Android sometime after the release of Windows 10. This will put it in direct competition with Google Now.

Next Lock Screen:微软开发了这个锁屏的应用程序来替代Android的默认。接下来是令人惊讶的还不错。

ž启动：Nokia created this to help make launching apps faster, and with the ability to do so through gesture drawing.