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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
What I'm wondering:

Is W7 a smartphone OS at all? I know that the definition of smartphone is somewhat vague, no matter how you look at it. But there's a set of features that I simply expect in a smartphone, therefore they (for me) define a smartphone. These features are a combination of "what I expect from the computer-side of the smartphone" and "what I expect from the high end phone side". Examples: full multitasking, file system access, full controll of what can be shared (and how) via bluetooth/USB, copy/paste, freedom to install anything from any install-file you find on the web, video calls, MMS, ... Few smartphones have them all, but they have at least most of them. (And before you ask: No. I never considered any iPhone version a smartphone. Because of the features it lacks.)

Now W7 not only lacks some or many of these features. It lacks most or all of them, as far as I know. How come anyone calls it a smartphone-OS? What does W7 offer me as a (admittedly very demanding) consumer that S40 cannot provide? How can it compete with the platforms Nokia is about to abandon?
What I'm wondering:

Is MeeGo vaporware that might never come out in a final, retail format? I know the definition of vaporware is somewhat vague no matter how you look at it. But to be considered vaporware and yet have shown off versions that run on the Nokia N900, is it still considered vaporware because it's not yet released with a full compliment of functionality? That, to me, defines vaporware.

Now, MeeGo not only lacked an official release, it also lacks a future as far as I know. What does an incomplete MeeGo offer me? How come everybody calls MeeGo the highend of Nokia when it's been relegated to nearly a hobby OS? How can it compete with the platforms Nokia needs to compete against?
 

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