Thread: Would You Buy Nokia Phone as Your Next Mobile ?
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2010-07-30 , 18:09
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Maemo 6 (codename Harmattan) is the next version of Maemo, which is going to power the next Nseries device and N97/N900 successor - most likely to be called N9 - expected in late 2010. The marketing department decided that in light of the MeeGo announcement, the Maemo name is just not cool any more, so it lost the Maemo moniker and currently has the *provisional* name of MeeGo-Harmattan. Harmattan will implement the MeeGo APIs so it will be a bridge/transitional release between ye olde Maemo and MeeGo (what every sane marketing person will deny as nobody likes transitional releases).
The real question is, isthat step 4 of 5? Or is it step 5 of 6 perhaps? 6 of 7? Maybe what Nokia really needs is to just come out and admit they need 12 steps up front.

Originally Posted by juise- View Post
For Meego, at least people seem to know how to spell it. Not so for Maemo
Freemantle?

Originally Posted by crown77 View Post
If Nokia sends me there new MeeGo Device as an Excuse i will maybe use it .. sorry but to spend again much Money into a Device thats maybe abandoned after a few Months becouse Nokia thinks well our next high end Operating System will be xxx i wont do this failor twice.
Agreed. At this point, I find it increasingly hard (as someone everyone seems to go to for tech advice in their business and homes) recommending anything from Nokia anymore and I'm PROFOUNDLY glad that I had been cautiously optimistic before, because I've since learned to become profoundly cynical after lots of burned moments dealing with this platform so far. I'm glad I never recommended this thing to any business purpose--but I nearly went there.

After all is said and done, Nokia had something to pioneer and they ended up pissing all over it and all over the customers too. I'm happy to see MeeGo started up but I REALLY need to see some other manufacturers involved before I can give it any amount of my confidence. At least Intel's participation helps a little, but I haven't seen a unit in my own hands yet and I've not heard much from the Intel camp of MeeGo, so I can't get a gauge on how useful this will truly be despite all the assurances. Even with that said, I would trust buying the Intel device more than the Nokia device. At least Intel treats their customers with only MILD insult and derision. Nokia was exceedingly awkward and hostile.
 

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