Thread: Why maemo is not as popular as Android?
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Necc is offline Necc
2010-12-06 , 14:51
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Originally Posted by justforfun View Post
I ask this question because I really don't know the reason. As I know, maemo is more open than Android. E.g. we can develop C/C++ program on it instead of only Java on Android (Am I right?).
So could anyone give me the real reason? Commercial factor or pure technical factor?
Someone told me that is because maemo can be only used in Nokia device/phone, like N810 and N900. And Android can be ported to many phones, but why?
Thanks!
Man it's simple as hell:

First, in maemo if you wish to install an application, then there are no "fart" application in every recomendation/suggestion list like here:





Second: N900 is the only and ONE device available for the mass-market. So if you want to buy a maemo device, you can choose from one, witch is also a high-end device (and therefore expensive too), one design, one etc., one etc...

While if you want to buy an android device, you can choose from various devices starting from 10€ up to 1.000.000€, mid-range, high-range, lot of design, lot of available colour, and so on and so on.

90% of the customers do not gives a s..t about the hardware or the software, they just goes for the design (like: OMGF that phone is pink i wanna it! or: OMG this phone is full-metal i wanna it!) and merges how much money they can waste to the phone, and that's all.

And it's not because "android". 85% of the customers don't give a s..t if android runs on the device or or maemo or hubaluka OS.

So shortly: 1 device vs. hundred of devices. That's why N900 and maemo not popular.


I tried to be damn simple.
 

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