Thread: Further discussion of Nokia's support for Maemo 5 (was: Nokia finishes Maemo5 support)
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2010-12-08 , 21:25
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Originally Posted by ymartin59 View Post
Well, Nokia needs to make money and discontinue N900 is a way for better sales for the future MeeGo device... My opinion is that the new Nokia's CEO probably considers OpenSource bad for business. Even Symbian returns to closed development model.
Snake oil vendors also needed to make money and moved around a lot, geographically. I'm not saying Nokia is selling snake oil, but selling customers on high expectations and then delivering a mediocre or poor experience sure tastes funny. It might not foster return customers either. I wonder if that's why Nokia went from selling Maemo as an Internet Tablet OS to a Smart Phone OS? You know.. moving around a bit to snare a new set of victims to trick? :P Clearly, the 770/N8x0 crowd was already smart to Nokia's tactics by the time the N900 came out and I don't see a lot of that same ITT crowd here very much anymore.

Originally Posted by droitwichgas View Post
I don't disagree but as Nokia are still, I assume, selling the device I thought we would at least get some support until a meego device arrived next summer. The N900 must go down as one of the shortest supported smartphones ever?
No, I think that distinction might actually go to the Microsoft Kin. Never fear, Nokia can always keep trying to aim lower. I'm sure they'll eventually get there at this rate.

Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Can we change the topic of this to something more accurate, like "Person makes angry comment on bug tracker, closes bug."

I doubt it's too far from the truth but let's not go stuffing words in people's mouths.
You paid $650 for your N900,. didn't you?

Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
i payed for a phone. i got a phone. nothing changed.
nobody payed for any kind of service.
If all you wanted was a phone, dude, you really overpaid. Just saying.
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