Thread: Android on N900 when Nokia drops support?
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2010-02-01 , 11:35
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Originally Posted by cashclientel View Post
@crown77

I wasn't really talking about bare minimum bug fixes approach we have from Nokia. In switching to Andriod you've got a big step forwards in terms of:
Features
Reliability
Support
Applications

I can't see Maemo 5 ever being 'better' than Andriod (and I know we all love MicroB). In 12 months time Andriod will be moving forwards with a rapid progress and Maemo 5 will be dying. Switching seems logical for all concerned, especially Google who could capture a massive market here.
This is only a gut feeling but I might put it this way.. "I can't see Android on N900 ever being 'better' than Maemo 5."

I'm not sure now, but has Android ever been ported to any phone originally running some other OS so that it would've had more features, reliability, support and applications? It's a non-trivial job and even big manufacturers like SE seem to be having trouble with it.

I'd guess a community port of Maemo 6 on N900 would be more feasible and worth putting work into? Though your mileage may vary and all that jazz..