Nokia X is compatible with 75 percent of all Android apps.

Nokia released three Android phones in MWC, but none of them support Google services like Play Store. The company has created its own app store for the phones. Nokia has said that even though its new Android phones do not run Google Services and have its own app store to download apps, the phones are still compatible with almost 75 percent of all the Android apps. The Finnish smartphone manufacturer is now telling developers to submit their .apk files to the Nokia Store so that they are available on Nokia's own app store for the new Nokia phones. Nokia recently released the Nokia X, X+ and XL without any access to Google Play Store and is now trying to follow Amazon's Kindle Fire OS path which might be irritating to many users. To...

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Nokia X, Nokia Xl hacked to run key Android apps

Hack suggests Nokia hasn't locked down the X smartphones heavily, enabling hackers to install key Android apps Nokia's much-hyped Android-based X series smartphones didn't feature some popular Google services such as Google Maps and access to Google's Play store. Hackers, however, have come up with a process to run these key Google services on the Nokia X smartphones. In a posting on the XDA developers forum, Spanish developer Kasha Malaga reveals how he was able to tweak the Nokia X to accept Google’s apps and services in mere five steps. He was also able to replace Nokia’s custom skin with the Android Now launcher. His hack suggests the X smartphones aren't locked down too heavily, allowing apps such as Gmail, Google...

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