Thread: Goodbye Meego, goodbye Nokia
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2011-02-13 , 20:38
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#244
Originally Posted by sak500 View Post
@cro0c

If you have seen some recent showcase of new android phones, Dual core units, dual core tegras in all shapes and sizes, the new ip5/pads etc on the horizon, i'll be surprised anyone else will go for another OS platform. Not even W7mobile will be able to beat combined android and iOS power.

LG also announced a 3D phone and a pad so nokia might come into this in another 3 years time if they survive this long.
Along with these lines...When those dual-core >1Ghz beasts flood the market...Say, in 2012, the question is: is IOS,Android or even Meego what i want in that device?
I'm a n770,n800 and n900 owner, usual reader of this forum, but i think the recent fuss maybe is making people lose a bit of focus.
When i first bought my n770,there was no iOS or Android.I just wanted a small computer in my pocket, as, at that time, the screens and mobile processors were starting to be powerful enough to give that experience.An i think most people who have owned one maemo device was looking for the same thing, more or less.
Nowadays, we're talking about Meego in terms of competition with Android or other ecosystems, instead in terms of what we'd like to have today.In the years of the n770, a 800 pixels wide screen with a linux inside, was great.What i want for a dual-core portable device goes way way further than a simple competitor against Android.Me, as user, and having no Nokia stock, couldnt care less for their marketing problems, and if they have to battle Android or whatever, as i (and guess most of n900 users) dont belong to that market share.My wife has an Android.What i want for a dual core portable device is,at least, to be able to run a full-blown linux on it, if i wish...More, if it's a tablet...Sorry, but OS's for dual-core, 1024x768 screens are looong invented, and i want to be able to run *that* in new devices, as i dont care about all those "ecosystems" (great for fanboys and brands making money out of them).And, really, looking where Meego is today, it'd be much better to plan things thinking in how will be the mobile market in 2/3 years instead what's it today.

As an example of what i'd ask for such powerful devices, is to be able to run a full blown OS (linux even Windows XP),possibly when connected to a screen and keyboard, or a dual OS when used as handheld (if it's a phone). I think things like this is what this community would be asking for, or,at least, supporting meego to be the OS they want, instead a simple Android competitor.