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Originally Posted by theflew View Post
Given the N900 is a over a year old it does pretty well. We'll see how the Nokia MeeGo based phone compares since it should have similar capability with a more powerful OS.
You might get a Nokia phone with the same specs.

But what OS is this you speak of? Meego the "yet to be released and working on anything?" Or the very stable and working Android 2.2 as seen in millions of devices the world over with across the board support from software / app developers, hardware manufacturers and carriers? If Meego follows what Maemo did (and there is no reason it won't) it has to mature on a hand set for a year before people realise what it can't and can do. Given Maemo panned as an OS for the market, I think a year is a good guess because a lot of possible customers have walked away from Nokia after Maemo, so you won't get the numbers flooding in.

This 'atrix' phone is out in June, probably a whole year ahead of a like for like mature Meego device. And given this is Nokia we are talking about, it probably won't be a phone, it will be a "personal computer with limited phone funcationality and heavy community support required."

Think we are a very long time of anything like a Ver2.2 mature Meego, if at all. (I still think Nokia will pull the plug on Meego, too many changes in Nokia and not enough big name companies taking up Meego in what is a very tough year all round.)

Personally I think more of the CES was spent showing off the mini laptop accessory, than the actual phone. So I want to start seeing it on sale and reading reviews. A dual core just means more battery drain so will be interesting to see how it copes.
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