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ColdFusion	2009-08-25 , 09:21
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Originally Posted by qgil

Sorry but do you mind specifying your sources? In our communication we are always clear that Maemo focuses on touchscreen devices that fit in your pocket.

Of course you didn't announce any plans of Maemo being targeted at netbooks or for that matter even phones. But there's always been some hints here and there that while the official usecase for Maemo is for "touchscreen devices that fit in your pocket" eventually it'll be used on a broad range of devices. And if you read the blagosphere

before the anouncement of the Booklet most of the speculation were that the rumoured netbooks will be running Maemo. And now all the tech blogs are either going "wtf, win7 no maemo?" or "here's why it's win7 and not maemo". So there was certainly something in the air.

And I don't want to get anyone in trouble, and I know that there weren't official announcements of anything. But there were still some hints here and there:

Originally Posted by ragnar

I've said it over many years and I'll continue saying that Maemo is not about any single device but about a software platform, eventually running many different kinds of devices.

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=259

Originally Posted by qgil

And in addition to that let me remind once more that Maemo is a platform being developed to support several devices. The architecture it is already quite flexible and this flexibility is what allows any device program to think in different form factors, hardware keys and etc.

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=115

Originally Posted by qgil

Wait until Nokia World and the full details about this product (hardware, software, services, sales channels...) before making solid conclusions.

Sure, but if at Nokia World you don't announce that the Booklet will have a Linux option, then I think the conclusions are valid.

Originally Posted by qgil

If you only care about the hardware running Linux I personally share this curiosity. Thinking specifically on Intel's Moblin. But it is clear that the business case with Windows, Ovi services and etc is there, no matter whether this sounds appealing to this audience or not.

Yes, Moblin is very nice. And I'm sure it'll be community ported to the Booklet. I just regret that Nokia for the time being didn't want to invest in porting Ovi services and what not, to give a Linux choice to the consumer.

Volt, so again you're saying that ignorance is an excuse for every stupid action people do and they shouldn't be personally held accountable for them.

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