Thread: Would You Buy Nokia Phone as Your Next Mobile ?
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2010-07-30 , 15:37
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Originally Posted by bsving View Post
The N900 was available in November/December of 2009, but some didn't get it before well into 2010. In spring 2010 (mars/april?) it was announced that Maemo will be discontinued, MeeGo will be the next. MeeGo will not be supported on the N900 by Nokia, and by late June 2010 the first MeeGo (with UI) was available (development of Maemo stopped). MeeGo is incompatible with Maemo, and the N900 is hardly compatible with MeeGo due to multi-touch and different screen.

This is not evolution. Maemo has not evolved, it has been killed. The N900 has not evolved, it will (presumably) be replaced with something else, something very different, and the "N900 lineage" is killed.
Okay, it seems things got a little muddled. You responded to me from my response to johnel, which makes some sense, because here's how this started:

Originally Posted by bsving View Post
Originally Posted by johnel View Post
I think Nokia have lost a lot of momentum by switching to MeeGo. If they continued with maemo they would be in a better position to compete - all the groundwork has already been layed.
The N900 was available in November/December of 2009, but some didn't get it before well into 2010. In spring 2010 (mars/april?) it was announced that Maemo will be discontinued, MeeGo will be the next. MeeGo will not be supported on the N900 by Nokia, and by late June 2010 the first MeeGo (with UI) was available (development of Maemo stopped). MeeGo is incompatible with Maemo, and the N900 is hardly compatible with MeeGo due to multi-touch and different screen.

This is not evolution. Maemo has not evolved, it has been killed. The N900 has not evolved, it will (presumably) be replaced with something else, something very different, and the "N900 lineage" is killed.
But maybe you were also responding to my post to you. So, I'll slightly rephrase my question. Do you really believe this?

Originally Posted by bsving View Post
It seems like the whole Maemo development from the start and up to MeeGo is a series of random decisions with no strategic goal
If so, I think you're perception is inaccurate for the reasons I stated earlier. Or maybe we're both kind of right, 'cause random and evolution go well together. That would fit your conclusions well, but then I'll just move on to a cooking analogy to fit my model:

"You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs."

Peace!
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