Thread: Here Is Why The PR 1.2 Firmware For The Nokia N900 Is Late
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2010-05-20 , 21:45
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Originally Posted by Tomaszd View Post
MeeGo is going to be compatible with then N900's hardware, there's also going to be some reference apps, like a simple dialer. Anyone with an N900 waiting for MeeGo to be feature-equal with Maemo5 is delusional, sorry. You'll need to buy a new MeeGo platform phone with Nokia's proprietary, advanced applications. Anything else does not make sense from a business standpoint.
I think you have correctly summarized Nokia's position on the N900, which is why in a few years their portion of the mobile phone market will consist entirely of 10 euro flip phones sold in sub-Saharan Africa.

They *must* stop abandoning their high end products as soon as they release a newer device. Or when they decide to change software directions. They are alienating their end customers, and developers will ignore their products because they will never have a large customer base which can run the same apps.
Last edited by Ken-Young; 2010-05-20 at 21:53.