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2011-05-13 , 04:10
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Originally Posted by Rugoz View Post
hopefully with a new fancy qml ui...
the application is based on qt, yes. it's exactly the same as the one found in symbian. they haven't done an extra version for maemo.

Originally Posted by kojacker View Post
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.
he would simply decide that Nokia won't release a MeeGo device. there are no contracts between Nokia and Intel. Nokia is not forced to release that device. They release it because they think it's a great device (and I think so, too).
A poorly reviewed device won't help Elop, because the reputation of whole Nokia would suffer. For the end-consumer there is no difference between a Symbian-, maemo-, MeeGo- or Windows Phone-Nokia. It's us who know a lot about that and who care about that. 99% of the customers don't care. They just see the brand. In this hypothetical case a crappy Nokia device. This is the reason why the late 2010-maemo-Nokia device wasn't released - because it wasn't ready - for the clueless end-consumer.
Nokia want to get away from the "poorly-designed-UI-brand-image".
Nokias Harmattan device will be amazing. Different.

Originally Posted by aironeous View Post
LG is coming out with some meego phones next month so lets see what that is all about
Source?
LG is interested in MeeGo, yes. But currently they're developing an IVI system.
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