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buchanmilne is offline buchanmilne
2011-05-05 , 10:51
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#106
Originally Posted by cjp View Post
I don't see Ovi Maps on Meego. Why would Nokia "distribute it free" on Meego platforms?
Working on != "distribute it for free"

Unless Nokia starts making flagship phones with Meego on it, I don't think we'll see official Ovi Maps on Meego devices.
Well, last we heard, Nokia will still be releasing one Meego device. Most likely, it will have a GPS. It would be bad form if the Nokia mapping app on it would be worse than current Ovi Maps for Maemo.

I think mapping will be, as stskeeps suggested, a community effort on Meego. Or Google Maps tops.
"Meego" != "Nokia Meego device"

I am not saying there *will* be an Ovi Maps on the Nokia Meego device, but I sure wouldn't say it is impossible, just because "it would have to be distributed free". I don't see how you get from Meego is free to "all software on Nokia Meego device must be freely distributable on all Meego devices".