Thread: Nokia N900 vs Motorola Cliq
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c0rt3x is offline c0rt3x
2009-10-17 , 12:30
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Originally Posted by franklinn View Post
As a Nokia fan, I hate to say this but it appears Nokia has lost the high end smartphone battle. Great as Maemo is, I don't believe it will attract the as much developers as Android, OSX etc or achieve the same momentum.

So its a good job Nokia has moved into services but the jury is still out on that - 'Comes with Music' is such a flop as is Ovi in its current state. I hope I'm wrong but its hard to see Nokia retaining its dominance but it'll still be a significant player. Maemo just can't match the development speed of deep pocketed Google backed Android - next generation Android eclair is ready for release already and looks impressive http://phandroid.com/2009/10/16/andr...d-leak-galore/ .

I worry. Could someone convince me otherwise ?
Well, the first version of Android sucked (screen resolution limitations, processor limitations). If they want to keep their customers happy, then they'll need to make the future Android apps availible for the early adopters as well - and thus the apps will suffer from quality (because they won't be able to make use of the newer hardware).

The whole idea of making Android 1.5 (I'll consider 1.0 as beta software) to only support 480x320 screen res and Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz processor will be the back-bone of the success of the platform in the future, at least in 2010, when support for the earlier devices can't be dropped.
Last edited by c0rt3x; 2009-10-17 at 13:02.