Thread: Will other handset maker go meego?
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2011-02-13 , 18:05
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Originally Posted by mikec View Post
I am forecasting that HTC will make a Meego handset. Why? because now that Nokia are getting out, it makes it more viable for them. They wanted to Buy Palm but failed. Samsung has BADA, Now with Nokia and M$ partnership HTC position in Widows mobile in corporate land is under threat. They only have Android as an option now, so need a backup plan.
Microsoft never said they are making Windows Phone 7 exclusive to Nokia. They are only allowing Nokia to change whatever they want in the UI, and Elop has stated they won't even exercise those rights. Nokia is on the path of being just another manufacturer with WP7. Add in some crappy hardware choices by the management and their shares will tumble enough so MS can easily buy them out.

HTC and other manufacturers probably don't care about MeeGo or the MS-Nokia deal. All OS agnostic manufacturers probably wanted to check MeeGo out when it was finished, and have a working prototype in case the market turns bad for them in Android/WP7 land. Now it will take something else to happen for them to get behind an unfinished OS that just lost some major support.

Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Dell have significant presence in the PC market and maybe Intel can strike a deal with one or a few of them.

Edit: Since Samsung owns their own ARM factory I guess they can be ruled out, even though MeeGo runs on ARM. Intel will only benefit from the handset version of MeeGo if their x86 Atom processors are being used.
Last edited by SD.; 2011-02-13 at 18:09.