Thread: The EPIC N9 anticipation thread
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sunwong is offline sunwong
2011-06-09 , 13:36
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Originally Posted by erendorn View Post
about paranoid worriyng:
Meego was never meant (and won't be able for some years) to provide a correct portfolio for Nokia. The fact that this device is good or not cannot change the issue with Symbian, which is waaay more important for Nokia than maemo/meego is. So there won't be any rethinking of the strategy.
=> Nokia needs WP7, no matter how successfull the Meego device will be.

Nokia pays for WP7, and share WP7 with other manufacturers. It needs options to weight against Microsoft, otherwise it will cost them a lot more.
=> Nokia needs Meego, no matter how unsuccessfull the Meego device will be.

Just don't expect Meego neither to disapear, nor to become uber important in the next years or so. But I think this has already been discussed a lot.
Well I think that the device might be able to drive a change in strategy, though not dramatic...

I am specifically thinking in terms of amount of $ to be invested in Meego R&D, and also in the future product pipeline for Meego. We all know that Symbian is on its way to the dodo. In fact It was just a matter of time that people would stop buying the ugly thing.

@sjgadsby: Elop is not Nokia. Nokia is the corporation, and the one which will have to make decissions at their board, based on the market. I mean, not me nor anyone here will have zero interest on what the freaking Elop will gain or lose, wont' we? It is more like "let's see what the market says about the Meego device and whether this makes the board fire the mole or not..."
 

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