Thread: I saw this and now I'm worried
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2010-10-04 , 13:45
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#18
Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
Well it doesn't take a genius to figure out that MeeGo will be going head-head against Android.
True.
Yet only after many "if's"...
Of course only if Nokia *finally* - after years of Android beeing out there - *eventually* manges to throw there new system on the market. By market - i mean for everyone out there who wants it. If this new system will be available for one single phone *again* nokia will dig its own grave.
And of course only, if nokia sticks with one system. Would be the first time since the Nxxx series now. And might be (only maybe) handy for programmers. By programmers i mean - the people that do the *real* work. The unpaid programmers that make the "SMALL" things Nokia doesn't care about.
Like Text editing, a usable Calendar, a usable search tool (where you can search more than just the "name" field), usable file-browser, Navigation (HEY nokia - great there is still no offline Navi available - really fantastic work guys - it's only N900 anyway. And who needs Navigation...), usable Music player (with file browsing capability, abilty to edit playlists, ability to use drag'n drop - i know those are really very special wishes - never seen on my other linux devices. Nokia definatly would have to reinvent the wheel there...)
and so on, and so on.
Not to mention things like voice dial, mms sending...

But THEN - yes then - if (and it's a big if) Nokia realy fullfills all that points, then they maybe have some chance to start competing with android & iOS.

MeeGo has certain advantages over Android, such as building a system with a MUCH better structure
If by system you mean the real operating system, i don't see what makes you think that? It's Linux. In both cases.

, better cross-compatibility,
Again - what makes you think so? Compatible with what? Other progs written for linux? Well - they are not compatible out of the box & need to be compiled & testet. Yet even then - same goes for Android.

faster running applications,
And another time - Why?

measures that minimize fragmentation
What meassures would that be? The ones that linuxes share? Like a usable file system? Well then i assume - same goes for Android.

, much more applications (if you think about the billions of already linux apps that may be ported) and finally a chance to start out with a much better user experience <<the big one!
See my answer to "better cross-compatibility"

None of those matter if people can only access a few MeeGo devices = less adoption = less developers = less development/tools/apps.
That's so true! And yet - a few would at least be a few more than Nokia did the last years with there linux devices....

What do you guys think?
I still hope that Nokia throws a good OS on the market - for *everyone* (meaning of course also for HTC, Samsung & so on).

I will keep my N900 till it breaks/get's stolen - so hopefully at least another year.
If by then Nokia's & intel's MeeGo is allready available on some smartphones (with HW keyboard) i might give it another (would be the third then) chance.
If on the other hand Nokia keeps messing around & maybe even throws *another* version on the market, I will have to give some android device a chance.