Thread: Anyone else finding the N9 boring compared to N900
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2011-12-21 , 12:59
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Originally Posted by lucas777 View Post
When the N900 was released we had devs just going bam bam bam tweaks and apps coming all over the place.

N9 doesnt seem to be getting much attention, kind of sad but do you all think it will pick up eventually or soon...
Fremantle was stillborn, but had a lot of things going for it (older Hildon and even "desktop" stuff could be ported easily, it was going to get Qt, the RX-71 was just around the corner and Maemo was going to be The Future in one form or another). Harmattan is stillborn, and the end of the line, period.

If somehow another, very popular, Qt mainstream platform (no, Symbian isn't it) emerges then the N9 might get some scraps. Otherwise, this is as more or less as good as it gets.

Originally Posted by pycage View Post
(esp. with about 1000 N9 given to developers for free, compared to about 300 N900 back then).
That's part of the problem. Freebies are no substitute for real engagement and collaboration.

Donated (loaned?) hardware aside, the N9 isn't attractive to commercial developers (the platform's burnt already), Free software lovers (much less free than earlier versions or the competition, and locked down to boot) or general techie hackers (overpriced device with too many artificial limitations). Who's left to code for it?
 

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