I'll expand a bit. Eldar seems to think that Nokia "cancelled" Harmattan for MeeGo; and that they are starting from scratch. When what is happening is that certain parts of Harmattan are being replaced with MeeGo's; and that's pretty much it. The UI is being reworked to address things like portrait mode. And I bet it is already running in proto devices.

His complaints are based on that MeeGo is not a good enough phone; when from what we know, MeeGo being an uber phone it is not one of its points.

It is like he judges MeeGo and what he thinks it should be; instead of comparing it to what its creators stated it is going to be (and the reasons why it is going to be that way).

And lastly; and the most ironic thing of all; is that all his reasons of MeeGo not being cool etc; are worth crap.

Here we are, getting worried or discussing about the future success of MeeGo; and very few of us realize that all of this are moot points.

Let me quote (again) Tommi Ahonen:

"What is the single biggest factor, one that totally overrides all other factors in the global market success of any given smartphone? Is it design? Is it brand? Is it the Operating System (OS)? Is it ease-of-use? Is it the features set? Is it touch screen? Is it size of the phone? Is it size of the screen? Is it battery life? Is it camera resolution? Is it QWERTY keyboard? Is it price? Is it the apps store? What is it?"

"It does not matter one iota, in a subsidied phones market, if your phone is "the world's best superphone" by all reviews and experts, and is the coolest, slimmest, hottest, best smartphone with all the bells and whistles, endorsed by all supermodels and superstar athletes (and rap stars), with the best user interface and biggest apps store and all sorts of content. If the local carriers/operators decide not to offer subsidies for your phone, but there are significant subsidies for some of your direct rivals, then your phone will not become a hit phone in that country. "

"The psychological effect of the price differential in cases of a subsidy for one phone and not for another, is enormous, totally distorting the decision-making process for the average consumer. Then it doesn't matter how great your touch screen is, or how fancy your camera resolution is, or which operating system your smartphone runs, or how many apps you have in your apps store. In the USA where the 3GS was subsidised and the N97 was not, the 3GS outsold the N97. And in the UK, where the 3GS is subsidised to about 200 UK Pound cost, but the N97 is subsidised to be "free", the N97 outsold the 3GS. The subsidy totally distorts the market."

From: http://communities-dominate.blogs.co...34835ed94e970c

So, what is going to decide the success or not of MeeGo; it is if carriers decide to offer it subsidized in enough markets. And if the phone itself is developed enough (and that's even debatable, considering the state of the software in the 5800 and N97 when they were launched.