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	ysss	2010-12-14 , 06:04
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Originally Posted by Anarae

So what exactly WAS the point of Maemo 5?

To piss off quite a few of those who bought N900 for its great potential, only to be slapped back to reality by Nokia? To make sure Maemos (and Nokias)reputation to most people would be ruined to a point where they wouldn't even think about getting the Maemo 6 phone? To show everyone there is absolutely no commercial support or even support from Nokia?

Internally (?), Nokia had this '5 step program' in which they're trying to build and repackage an opensource platform (maemo) into something as pliable and usable as their Symbian platform for the masses. maemo5 was supposed to be the 4th iteration before this maemo worm transform into a fully grown butterfly that's supposed to be consumer friendly and media-darling worthy.

Why they let loose this unfinished (they said it themselves) product upon the masses outside of its intended niche (potential developers, *nix users and non-smartphone users in general) and how they keep spreading it on our eastern brethren (hongkong, india, viet/cambodia, etc) with this same strategy is beyond me.

Originally Posted by ayazpak

Can someone define the difference between popularity of Mercedes Benz (Maemo) and Toyota (Android)?

No one can. That's failed logic from the get go.

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