Thread: What is the future for the n900 from now? meego or no updates or nothing?
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-08-06 , 19:31
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#204
Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Currently the other hardware vendors are using Android (which likely comes with Google Maps). So their current problem is not a weapon that makes their platform unique, but rather they have nobody using their platform. So holding a card that makes a Nokia Meego device more unique than a X Meego device doesn't make sense when X Meego device doesn't exist. And when you have a greater competitor that's grabbing more and more manufacturers.
There is a point missed here - MeeGo coming 'no strings attached' and vendors going for whatever they feel is the bast way around going with maps is actually an advantage. Maybe Nokia/Google doesn't have decent coverage of their target area (or limits functionality in that area), maybe they have better data of their own, maybe they just want a Free and completely untainted platform. MeeGo is good in terms that it allows them to make a tailored device WITHOUT making it a take-it-or-leave-it all-in-one approach the Google bundle is.
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