Thread: [Maemo 5] We need more apps! Why aren't there more applications in Ovi Store and Extras?
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-06-18 , 10:28
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Originally Posted by thundershit View Post
I think n900 seems to be the best phone out there. But there is lack of people using maemo 5 ... and im a bit afraid im going to be disapointed about the to small choice of different applications.

Do you think there is to few apps for maemo 5, compared with iphone and android?
Thing you should know:

1. iPhone (and to much lesser extent Android) count the number of applications differently (for us, an ebook reader or a console emulator is one app, for them, every single book, web page or emulated game is a separate app)

2. The TYPE of apps is different. It's not just X times more or less apps. The apps on Maemo5 are on average much more utility and tech oriented. We are very much on par and maybe even superior when it comes to linux, networking and that sort of stuff, but are vastly outclassed, say, in the department of high quality commercial games.

3. maemo.org currently has well over 3000 apps in various stages of development/availability. Whether the (on average) 100 you actually use and need are among them depends solely on YOU.

4. A lot of applications written for MeeGo and the Nokia N9 will be fairly easy to backport for Maemo5

So no easy yes-or-no answer, but that is exactly why some people swear BY the N900 and some swear AT it.
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