Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

Fart and burp apps??

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

It's dead now. Feel free to continue down that semantic laden path as you may, it's dead now basically.

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

Features removed from Windows Mobile

Windows Phone 7 lacks some features that were found in earlier versions of Windows Mobile. Among the features that have been confirmed to arrive in the near-future include cut, copy, and paste,[65] full multitasking for 3rd party apps,[66] and Adobe Flash.[67] Windows Phone 7 supports upgradable storage via an SD Card; however SD card memory is merged with the phone's internal storage, and changing the SD card causes the phone to reset to factory settings.[68][69] Windows Phone 7 does not support connecting to Wi-Fi (wireless) access points which are hidden[70] or have a static IP address,[71] tethering to a computer[72] (although it can be done via a hack on the Samsung Focus[73]), videocalling,[74] VoIP calling,[75] USB mass-storage,[76] universal email inbox,[76] universal search,[76] a system-wide file manager,[74] Bluetooth file transfers,[74] USSD messages,[77] or custom ringtones.[78]

Windows Phone 7 devices only support syncing with Exchange ActiveSync[79] over the network. There is no support for syncing with Exchange ActiveSync using a cable or cradle.

In the enterprise, Windows Phone 7 does not support Office documents with security permissions,[80] IPsec security,[81] on-device encryption,[82] strong passwords,[71] or internet sockets.[75] While the older Windows Mobile phones supported the full range of Microsoft Exchange Server policies, Windows Phone 7 only supports a small subset of Exchange features.[83] The Calendar app no longer has a 'Weekly' view.[71] The list of past phone calls is now a single list, and cannot be separated into inbound, outbound or missed calls.[71]

So. WTF is this OS about really?

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

Its only purpose is to ruin nokia.

Sticking with symbian until meego is ready was the only reasonable option.

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Let's hope. But the damage is done.

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

That's all wishful thinking. Nokia acted from a position of weakness. Nokia did not even get a WP7 licensing deal worth describing to the analysts. As far as "wise," that's not a word that belongs in the same sentence as Nokia anymore.

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

I'm done. I bought a Google Nexus S at Best Buy. Popped the SIM out of the N900 and into the Nexus and now I am on the Android train. I have been assimilated.

I will miss lots of stuff about my N900 (which I can always pull out of the drawer and start using again if I feel like it), but I am no longer waiting around for the little problems with email, mapping, phone operations, etc. to be fixed in a cool new Meego device. I am sad that I am going from a computing platform to an app platform, but since Nokia gave up on it I will too. Maemo and Meego represented an enormous step forward in the potential of phones as highly integrated anyd fully controlled devices; even if Nokia squeezes out a Meego phone it will be little more than an ugly and ignored stepchild.

I will especially miss this community, which I have enjoyed lurking in and occasionally commenting in. I wish you all well.

On a positive note, I think Qt will live on just fine. It is very integral to KDE, and has been adopted by Ubuntu, and it is still the best option for writing a cross-platform application on desktops. But for phones I think it is a goner. Maybe that's not such a positive note...

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

I don't know jack about stocks or shares, but is this saying their shares have dropped 13.97% in value since the announcement?

http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=...E:NOK&&fct=big

Re: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
 

Elop and Ballmer...are they Finnish?

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WP7 is crap and it hasn't any marketshare today, In my opinion Symbian^3 is a way better OS, so what's the point of going to WP7? I will stick to Symbian even knowing that is dead, My next phone will be a N8 although sooner or later I will switch to Android, WP7 today for me is the worst OS in the market. WP7 is going to kill the Nseries... N95 forever!