Future of Maemo?

So, the shift from MeeGo to WP7 offers little hope for a working MeeGo on the n900, and future support for Maemo? I doubt it.

Sounds like despite one major sponsor's interest, the netbook UX is on hold, and with the transfer of allegiance by another major sponsor, the handset UX is now to be put on hold, which leaves tablets and in-car entertainment.

So, no hope of my n900 or my rebadged MSI-Wind getting functional MeeGo on them. Pity. I can run Unity on the netbook, and it looks like Canonical is banking on Unity. I am still stuck with an unfinished Maemo on the n900. Still, I guess it is better that MeeGo gets ditched than bringing out another half-finished product on a mobile phone again.

Don't get me wrong, I love my n900 - I just wish it ran something more like Unity. Everything it does, I think it does well, I just have this sneaking feeling it could do more - in fact, that it should do more. But it doesn't. And people said once apps were ported to run on QT, there would be, and QT was part of MeeGo, so apps for MeeGo would run on Maemo, which would be supported by the community, blah, blah, blah - meanwhile developers have voted with their feet.

So, at the end of the day, let's be blunt.

What a load of crap - you cannot polish a turd.

Mish.