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2011-02-06 , 19:12
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Originally Posted by zimon View Post
I hope Nokia tells it will port Dalvik to Meego, so future Nokia device owners can install and use also Android applications as well Qt-applications. Why would anyone then settle to have Android-phone, when (s)he could have both worlds at the same time (and without rebooting as with N900 NITroid/Maemo)?
It didn't work for IBM with OS/2, and it wouldn't work for Nokia. Hell, it finally killed IBM in the x86 OS space. Android has the existing momentum, ecosystem, developer base and number of apps. If Nokia offered hybrid Android/Qt phones, no-one would develop for Qt. Why do that when you target so many more devices, including all the high-end Nokias, with a single platform?
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