Thread: MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition for N900
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2011-03-05 , 12:07
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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
Well, this is somewhat good news. But I hope Jukka reads this:

1. I hope it is as fully useable as possible as an everyday device. At least Phone, 3G, WiFi, SMS, Web browser with flash [...]
Reading http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/DeveloperEdition March 5th, it says internet browsing will support WLAN:

Browser use over WLAN

* Able to connect to WLAN AP (with security etc.)
* Open a complex modern website (eg. gmail.com)
I understand this as a promise to only have browsing over WLAN.

Although STSKeeps has already said something along the lines of 3G support (why 3G if you would be only making calls with it?), but perhaps surfing over 3G isn't a priority?

Also, to the questions as to why this is happening now, Jukka Eklund says:
"Basically we want to have MeeGo running in N900 device, so that it’s really usable as your daily development device."
Making MeeGo DE for N900 makes sense: you want to have a developmental platform that you can take with you into the real life, where the end-user will also use them. This way you can make the testing phase deeper and more "realistic".

My dream of what will come of the DE:

A very flexible and feature-rich MeeGo for tech-enthusiasts, power users etc. is ready. The community begins to design entire UI overhauls and community adds missing features. Soon people will be running different "distributions" of DE like people run different "distributions" of Ubuntu (for eg. Linux Mint).

I'm really looking forward to what will come out of this.
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