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2011-02-19 , 15:34
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
I have to wonder one thing... how much longer would people have realistically waited for MeeGo to come out and how long do people think that Nokia had to pull that off convincingly.

Just curious. Realistic answers only. I'm genuinely curious because people seem to think that Nokia, as-is was much better than this newer, wholly unwanted direction - that's not saying that this is a better direction, so keep that out of your answer. I just wonder if people are still holding onto ideals that aren't truly founded in realism.

Thank you in advance.
Why would people have had to wait?
they could just use n900, symbian, android for now, and once meego was good and ready (1 year tops) they'd buy it then.

You probably don't realise how fast Nokia could introduce meego on the market and make a difference.
If they'd put meego on the same hardware platform as e63, they could be selling it with similar features as before, but a 1/3 pricetag.
The competition has nothing to counter this move with.
(Part of the impopularity of n900 is its price and general bulkiness)

One of the benefits of using a real linux distro, is the ease of porting it to other hardware.