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Laughing Man	2010-03-19 , 20:28
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Originally Posted by badboyuk

So when is the speculation for the new firmware release anyway? Before people mentioned it would be end of Feb or early March but that's out the time frame window now!
Besides why are we all focussing on the new new PR 1.2 release when there is Meego coming to us at the end of March?

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong :-P

@badboyuk I'm not sure where your getting your information about Meego.

Meego has yet to be officially confirmed to come to the N900 as a Nokia-supported instance (e.g. coming with Nokia apps like Ovi Maps). It's only been confirmed as a developer distro (e.g. for developers and people who want to see what it's like). It is in no way suitable for end-users. At least those who value a working device.

I think that's the reason why Nokia has been mum on Meego on the N900 myself, since most of their employees are working on Meego on the next device, while other employees are working on bug fixes for Maemo 5. Leaving little time to make sure Meego doesn't come to the N900 as a bug-fest (if they haven't decided not to officially support Meego on the N900).

Originally Posted by nielsvg

i don't know what i'm waiting for anymore. is it qt 4.6 or meego or PR1.2

i don't what is going to be the best for the n900 to stand against the competitors.

Anyone can give some clarification on what will be the best?

Meego = next operating system (not just maemo anymore, it's Maemo + Moblin = Meego). And it's slated to run on multiple devices with different hardware configurations.

QT 4.6 = Nokia's answer to incompatibility across different devices. Ideally you can take an app programmed in QT 4.6 on one device and run it on another device as long as they both have the same QT 4.6 libraries. Though how well this will work remains to be seen (e.g. QT in Linux and QT in Windows)

PR 1.2 = next Maemo 5 update. It is coming with several bugfixes, enhancements, and QT 4.6. E.g. you would be able to run apps programmed in Meego using QT 4.6 on the N900 (and vice versa).

Hope that helps.

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Originally Posted by ysss

They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...

Last edited by Laughing Man; 2010-03-19 at 20:30.