Thread: Maemo Missteps, your thoughts?
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2010-06-18 , 00:08
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Originally Posted by garyc2010 View Post
well they may have no choice, sure look at their stock warnings.
I'm sure giving up and retreating to Android would not make them look good. There's already lots of Android handsets, and hardware is not a significant differentiation. Even Samsung and Motorola are trying to make moves to their own OSes. What about them?

The big problem for Nokia is Devlopers, as monkey boy once said "Developers, Developers, Developers !!!!"
Monkey boy was also at the helm during their worst decade ever.

Software Developers have to make a living, they are going to develop for the biggest markets surely, which will be android and iphone os.
Well, these days I wouldn't want to try and make a living doing mobile software development. And if they did, the smart ones try to maintain platform independence.

What WILL nokia do if no apps are developed for meego or they are as piss poor as the ones on the n900 ???
First: No need to malign the people here who have done good work on software for the N900. I understand it enhances your argument, but it is dishonest and insulting.

Second: If Nokia rolls out things in a better manner (IE the upper management gets things through their thick skulls) then MeeGo alone could become a significant competitor. They already have a well known API, a dev studio, and by the end of the month images for handset development. Qt is widely known and available, and Nokia has left no doubts as to what the platform will be down the line (not Maemo, MeeGo, not Symbian^3/4, but Qt.)
 

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