Thread: Another proof Elop is a trojan horse
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2011-07-06 , 12:16
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Originally Posted by terro View Post
Quim Gil gave answer to this question (http://flors.wordpress.com/):

- If the Nokia N9 is successful will you ship more high-end smartphones powered either by MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan or a fully compliant MeeGo?

Since #feb11 Nokia has a clear software strategy where high-end smartphones are covered by the collaboration with Microsoft on Windows Phone, therefore the consequent answer is the one already given by Stephen Elop: No.
- True, but I don't really regard the N9 as 'high end', do you?

The N950 is certainly not high end - you just can't buy it as it's a developer-only model.

A true high-end model would have to be accompanied by a supporting ecosystem of apps and services which Meego cannot offer; Symbian, and eventually Windows Phone will be Nokia's high-end device OS for this reason.

But I can see that if N9 is a commercial success (and it's looking good so far) Nokia could develop Meego/Harmattan for future 'disruptive' launches.

That would be in line with Elop's and Qim Gil's responses so far, but whatever is stated, you can bet that if the market turns any manufacturer would eat their own words to keep themselves in the game, so I don't think we should take any of this too seriously.