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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
If Nokia comes out with anything (pure) MeeGo based, after their switch to Microsoft Windows Phone 7 as their "flagship" OS, who would trust it? I wouldn't... they might change their mind yet again without explanation.
Except that Windows Phone 7 isn't a tablet OS, and it sounds like there is no plans to make it a tablet OS.

And by now, after the 770, N800, N810, and N900 having basically been treated as nothing more than pet projects with the support for the OS, devices being (understandably) smaller than Nokia's other offerings, it's not another pet project from Nokia I'm after.

It's either going to be corporate backed and supported fully or released fully open source with zero closed bits. No in-between for me because I had a N810 with closed bits that never got worked around - not to mention a GPS product where "life membership" was relegated to 2 years - and closed bits on the N900 that will invariably cause problems down the line.
I can understand that perspective, tho given the life cycle in the market, many are changing devices anyways. I guess when someone else actually does offer what Nokia did offer, we are sticking around. Like you stick around despite your issues with Nokia.

As it stands... a MeeGo device would be better off in the hands of Intel. They've at least stayed behind the product when Nokia didn't. That unwavering support in MeeGo is enough to make me want to buy from anybody else but Nokia at this moment.
Fortunately, the open source nature of MeeGo and the overall divorce from corporate influence might actually get you want you want: a device that isn't completely dependent on the whims of a single corporation. Course, we are still a long way from that goal.

That being said, I still think MeeGo's biggest potential is in the tablet market, which we have yet to see the best from.