Thread: IMO, MeeGo will be a tragedy on smartphone market like Maemo!
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mmurfin87 is offline mmurfin87
2010-10-23 , 15:35
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I really hope MeeGo does well and takes off. Its going to be more contingent on user experience over ANYTHING else. What is the user's experience on the device going to be like?

Nokia already has or has had its fingers in a lot of the markets that it needs to be really successful with a new OS in the modern era.
What kind of experience do consumer's want?
  • Music - Comes With Music / Ovi Music
  • Gaming - NGage
  • Internet Browsing - Maemo devices
  • Personal Information Management - Long history of Symbian E devices
  • Core Calling Features - This has always been Nokia's core strength
  • Applications - Ovi Store and Qt Development SDK

The list could go on, but Nokia really needs to pull those services together and integrate them well, just like Microsoft is doing with Windows Phone 7.

Lacking that integration and inclusiveness on DAY 1, and MeeGo will fail.

Originally Posted by ysss View Post
Pros and cons of MeeGo on Nokia...

Pros:
+ Open.
+ More robust.
+ Size of Nokia (and Intel?) behind it.
+ Newer, less saturated platform. May be appealing to new developers. NOT a selling point to most users.
+ Qt and Symbian.

Cons:
- Competitors have significantly more userbase: aids in marketing, aftersales support, secondary market.
- Competitors have significantly more developers: Continuous new content, quicker to package/channel new trends into their ecosystems.
- Competitors have significantly more apps: More features and functionalities to cater to all sorts of niche userbases.
- Competitors already have significantly more 3rd party accessories, services, tie-ins and whatnot.
To be honest I think that each of your cons is far more negative than all of your positives combined.