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Originally Posted by zehjotkah View Post
edit: and to stop with some speculation:
who would be damaged if Elop really would want to make MeeGo look crappy?
It's only Nokia who would get a damaged brand image, because the end consumer won't distinct between MeeGo or Windows Phone (that doesn't mean that the UI is similar!), just because he doesn't care. he would just see a crappy Nokia phone - brand image damaged. so we can clearly say, that we won't see any crippled down crappy OS.
I think you're right, zehjotkah, but allow me to play Devil's advocate a little.. What if Elop wanted a really crappy MeeGo device to be released? One that would be poorly reviewed, sell badly - why would he want that? Well wouldn't that make his decision to drop MeeGo for Windows Phone 7 look like a great decision?! Strengthen his reputation with investors, and give him more power in the boardroom?

A poor MeeGo handset would enable him to say "I told you so" and move full steam to MicroSoft. The released MeeGo device could be put to one side as just fulfilling a contractual obligation to Intel as part of the MeeGo partnership, on a limited volume run to keep costs down and keep it away from consumers.

Just saying It won't be long before we know for sure

In any case Im really looking forward to hearing more about the device, after Elopocalypse isn't it heartening to have some good news from Nokia regarding MeeGo for a change? Last rumours were that it was dropped, it was based on 2009 technology anyway, plus there were only 2 men and their dog working on the UX. However MeeGo was supposed to be at the power end of the products, so hopefully we'll be pleasantly surprised when the spec sheet is unveiled

And hopefully the devs on here will be eligible and able to get their grubby hands on one through a developer device program/similar mechanism, so we can all benefit when the commercial device is released
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Last edited by kojacker; 2011-05-12 at 23:51.
 

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