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2009-08-11 , 20:19
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#34
Originally Posted by FRZ View Post
Closed source and lack of updates is the reason why this device is unpopular. If you have a proprietary product at least give your consumers more support than just two SSU's.
Amongst what demographic? Hardcore Linux coders?

Not the general public. As has been hashed over numerous times, it was a combination of poor advertising plus out-of-the-box experience that doomed Maemo devices up to this point-- and the former was by Nokia's deliberate design.
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