Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

It may not be encouraged, but a lot of software will be ports with mobile optimized GUIs. Even with new apps, if you religiously try to stick to Qt, you'll end up reimplementing Unix in the end.

I agree, though, that most of the time Qt will be enough. But if you can save time by using existing Linux libraries, and you're ok with sacrificing Symbian support, why limit yourself? Here's something most of us probably use, and it depends heavily on other libraries:


mad-developer
Depends: openssh-server
Depends: libfuse2
Depends: fuse-utils
Depends: libqt4-core
Depends: libqt4-gui
Depends: usb-network-modules
Depends: gdb

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

This is what I wonder about: are iOS and Android going to look rinky-dink in two years? Are people going to have fabulous hardware for mobile devices and find that the software capabilities are not expanding at nearly the same rate?

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

I hear news that google's tablet offering will be with chromeOS, not android, so this line of thought seems to be playing out

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

I believe the OP referred to the hybrid device.

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

Jokers will tell you Qt already reimplemented unix :) Now, system stuff will obviously be OS dependent, but standalone apps much less. And since Qt is your only stable point that spans all systems, it really is a serious hit to depend on specific libs. If you take a look at Ovi, they already work like that, denying apps that use external libs, no matter how popular.

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

OK, I'll bite. Here's my two penn'orth.

If Meego is going to really stand on its own paws and present a serious market competitor to IOS, RIM and Android is needs to be bipedal.

On the one hand, as a truly open OS, Meego needs to remember where its roots are - on one level it needs to remain a geek toy, a develepment device, a member of the linux family. The version of Meego which removes the X-terminal in the name of 'making it simple for punters' will have lost its way.

On the other hand, Meego needs the sort of intuitive, KISS, and frankly whizzy UI that will excite bloggers, commentators industry experts. It needs to be perfectly usable to the average bear who doesn't know a single command line: she shouldn't need to unless she chooses. A wide range of smooth, flowing Qt apps easily accessible in a limited number of locations will facilitate this, but the basic UI needs to stand alone and excire people.

What makes an OS successful? It requires a certain critical mass of popularity within a user group. Then people start buying the 'cool device' their colleague has, or the device that's the next model up because it's even cooler. That's what Meego needs.

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

Here is my opinion:

It sounds real great the MeeGo will power the future "mobile computers" and that it will replace Symbian in the high end devices... but...

There _should be_ also cheap MeeGo devices. Very cheap ones that will really make it have a good market share.

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

Nothing stops other manufacturers shipping cheap MeeGo phones. As far as Nokia goes it's pretty clear that they wont bring Meego to the under 400 euros range in a near future at least and why should they?
Imo in a best case scenario that price will set some kind of hw standards for Nokia MeeGo phones. Android just like Symbian back in the days is starting to get quite fragmented.

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

if they could get valve to give full support with steam, able to chat to steam users then its a WIN

Re: What Will Make MeeGo Succeed
 

Price is a very good way to achieve better market share. An average person will never pay this much for any mobile device.

I dunno why don't they "get" this.