Thread: Maemo 5 vs Android 3.0
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2011-01-11 , 16:35
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Originally Posted by llBlackenedll View Post
If you're going to directly compare two things, then you can't really say certain aspects aren't "fair". What you're effectively doing taking every part of Maemo that can actually compete in some way and ignoring everything that's superior about Gingerbread.

Maemo doesn't really "win" on the maps front, Nokia maps is hardly great on this phone. It's OK but I've had quite a few annoying issues with it. Just because it did something beforehand on a mobile doesn't mean it's better - it's "unfair" to the other device to discard its superior maps application because it didn't have it first. In fact by that logic, Maemo beats Gingerbread and Android 1.0 beats Maemo etc.

It seems your mini review is very geared towards working the facts in favour of Maemo regardless of which is actually better. Compare them like for like and I'm sure Gingerbread is superior in most of the aspects you compared. If you're going to say "a Google service is better on Gingerbread, but that's unfair because it's made by Google" or "This isn't a fair comparison because Gingerbread is newer", don't compare them at all.
I believe OP's has already indicated that there are parts of maemo that are not as good(or bad by some measure). OP is simply pointing out that the features demo are (1) not new/never before seen and (2) they were implemented(and work reasonably well) in an device that is at least 1.5 yr old. I think in this context the comparison is 'fair' in that the more modern/current implementation SHOULD be much better. Can one say for the features that are being looked at, are they 25%, 50%, 100% or 500% better than N900's implementation? Think about it, the new android 3 is demo on a dual processor, 10" pad; so on paper that device/OS combo should DO amazing thing.

For me personally, I am somewhat disappointed about the multi-tasking part of the Android 3 - it is more slick for sure; but it still seem to be a freeze-and-go kind of multi-task(now this is only based the limited info I have seen so far, so feel free to correct me). For MY use case, the multi-task ability of N900 is the reason I have the N900 on me other than the samsung gal s( Yes, I have rooted the samsung gal s already, so I may try other rom or the android 3 rom when that is available)

Cheers,

PS: so why I got the gal s, my current phone plan was up for renewal, and the best plan for me is the one that comes with a smartphone, so I pick the gal s over the iphone
Last edited by cheve; 2011-01-11 at 16:49.
 

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