Thread: Ouch... Android is making my n900 look bad.
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2010-01-07 , 00:49
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
...Now, the fact that said desktop software is *not* available yet goes to the youngness of it. In Maemo 4 we had Gnumeric, Abiword, etc all ported. Which means I am using *exactly* the same software on my desk at home, as on my new "phone". This puts the N900 into a category of it's own....
I think market share will have the greatest influence on how many apps we get on the N900 because I don't think it is reasonable or fair to expect all the apps to be free indefinitely.

There were a lot of really fine apps written for the PalmOS. I'm running 4 of them on my N900 in the Garnet VM. A lot of PalmOS developers (e.g. Llamagraphics, SplashData and Smallware to name only 3) have ported to iPhone for obvious reasons. But will they feel it worthwhile porting to Maemo 5? That will all depend on if Maemo 5 has sufficient market share. If the N900 is the only device running Maemo 5, then that could also be a limiting factor.

When you start to see N900 ads on TV, then I think you'll see many app developers taking notice and wanting to get on board.
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