Thread: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?
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gerbick
2010-07-19 , 18:32
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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Putting it alongside MeeGo would defeat the purpose of creating MeeGo. Attrition would push users towards the familiar platform, and away from the new one.
I agree/disagree. If I were to go by what level of corporate support currently exists on Maemo 5, then I'd say it would mean more corporate support for a Nokia phone than already exists on Maemo. And after the fiascos surrounding Ovi purchases, whatnot... you could always point to a Nokia phone with a tried, true/proven app store that actually works as people would think. Simply put, if people were going to buy an Android phone, why not let it be a Nokia phone.

MeeGo does not have that level of visibility as Android right now. I have my doubts that Ovi will get things right in the next 4 months or so.

Where I agree; it could create confusion. But Symbian on the N8, and the leaked version of the N9 looking pretty damn similar is confusing enough. And the move to push Symbian from the N-series into other series, and the fact that we've seen the N97, then N900 then N9... erm. Confusion for the casual person is already possible.

MeeGo isn't familiar to anybody at this moment. Symbian^4 seems to be a new direction too.

The problem is that right now only Google is in a position to decide the course for Android as a platform.
Maemo was the same. Only MeeGo is different in this aspect. It wasn't a problem then that only Nokia was the driving force behind Maemo - well Nokia and this community - so why would it be a problem if it were another company?

And please don't say that "Google is evil" stuff. Evil would be gas chambers, slavery and forcing people to listen to zydeco on repeat.

Even if they are not going anywhere any time soon, this lets Google dictate where the platform goes.
See above.

At least with MeeGo it's tied up with so many involved parties that no one player can determine the course of the whole thing, which I think is Nokia's goal with this.
Design by committee has always been a fear of mine... takes longer for effective things to happen, small things can fracture a community - file formats or how to install versus the alternatives.

They gain the benefits of pushing even more of the core development outside like with Android, without being under the Google umbrella.
Different umbrellas, same effect to me. But I see what you're saying though...

It just occurred to me. Nokia doesn't want to use Android for the same reason no one else wanted to use Maemo.
Not trying to start a fight... but I always suspected that Nokia just didn't license it to anybody.
 

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