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If you could go back in time to June 2007 what would you do?

First Methodology:

Tell Nokia to buy WebOS.
Get them to use its patent-portfolio and rich software to catalyze the development of MeeGo.
Get them to really make MeeGo outstanding but Open.
Then Nokia would continue with Symbian development (eg v4) for the N-series but make a new series "P-series" in reference to Palm.
The motto could be "the Perfection".
Then aggressively advertise and release it as a candybar phone pre-Xmas '09, followed by the same phone with different form-factors and the eventual adoption of the platform by Samsung, HTC and Motorola and other phone manufacturers.

Second methodology:

Bring back details/software of Froyo and MeeGo 1.0.
Convince Google to change the properties of the Android program much into MeeGo, basing everything into a full-desktop Linux streamlined for slow processors but with integration of Qt for high-quality extreme cross-platformness.
Google then add's their own software goodies like Maps, Goggles, Browser, Flash 10 etc.
The platform will be backed by the corporate giant, and massive adoption will also ensue like HTC, Nokia, Samsung etc.

Can you think of any other way of making MeeGo greater if you went back to mid-07?