Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

According to http://thereallymobileproject.com/20...eries-by-2012/ Nokia is dropping Symbian from N-Series by 2012.

This is, IMHO, good news for Maemo.

It is reasonable solution for Nokia, as well, because they struggled to differentiate Nseries and Eseries and often made compromises that were working against them.

Meamo is IMHO better positioned against iPhone, Android and co. (than Symbian), while Symbian is right choice for more traditional Eseries.

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

I just hope this is not true or the Ovi they are talking about is not the Ovi that exists today.

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

How ?

there are 10 manufactures using Android and Nokia is the only one using Maemo :o

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

@attila77
pretty sure they are referring to http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select/
and not stuff like http://maemo.org/downloads/Maemo5/

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

well Nokia is almost as big in mobile phones as those 10 manufacturers put together...

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The way things are, without Select, Extras has near-zero on-device exposure, it's just something you have to go through a dozen clicks in not too conspicuous menus to get. The use of 'official' and 'promoted' words doesn't help either, it might come across as if maemo.org is something they distance themselves from when talking to the general public. Without Ovi going through MASSIVE changes, this is the Ovi and the Ghetto scenario.

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

Unfortunately, you misquoted me. I've said that Maemo is better that Symbian (for fighting Android, iPhone).

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

Sounds about right with Harmattan already getting some time in market and Nokia having real portfolio of Maemo phones by then.

Will see if Symbian Foundation OS will keep still going in E series, but i would think it's totally phased out to mid end(where it has been moving already for past years)like rumoured.

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

I think the blogger has got his facts slightly incorrect.

What I was told last night was that Symbian would no longer be used for N-Series devices between now and 2012 - not that Symbian would be dropped by 2012 as the blogger has posted.

The blogger gives the impression there is no future for Symbian after 2012 but I don't think that's the case at all, which is that between now and 2012 Symbian will be relegated to phones where multitasking, multimedia and eye candy are not essential. I believe that when Symbian^4 is ready (funnily enough, around about 2012) then Symbian will be reconsidered for N-Series devices, possibly displacing Maemo (assuming they aren't merged somehow).

Unfortunately the tech sites are now picking up on the bloggers misinfo. :(

Re: Future of Nseries is Maemo!
 

The big annoucement about Microsoft making Symbian versions of Office and corporate connectivity stuff propably means that Eseries will stay on Symbian for foreseeable future. Including high end specced devices.