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Originally Posted by zim2323
The question wasn't why should I not use virtualization.
The question was and still is, has anybody tried to utilize the Windows Mobile SDK virtualization tools as a testing platform for testing new ROM's?
If was and dropped, what were the reasons? Maybe there are too many limitations on this. The mobile virtualization product that VMWare demo'd at Mobile World Conference really sparked this interest.
Thanks!
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Lots of reasons. Hardware drivers, radios, carrier-specific stuff, long-term stability, etc. Emulators are not good for testing ROMs. They are good for developing and testing applications, however. You may be able to test sashami, etc just fine with it.
Also the mobile virtualization thing is kind of silly...the use is very limited. The most practical thing I can see is having a dumphone OS for most purposes, then switching to a full-featured OS for web-browsing and other apps.
Really, what I think is that VMWare is struggling to find alternative business models, because the products that are currently being used with their virtualization software are starting to build in features with the same benefits of virtualization in for free (or they're just flat-out including virtualization ala Hyper-V, XenServer).
But really this is starting to get out of the scope of the thread. I am interested in trying it to see how it works now myself. UC Autorun and Sashami may work with an emulator...I haven't messed with the emulator enough to know for certain.