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2010-04-26 , 04:47
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#71
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Sorry for the silence. I was afk most of last week, trapped in a volcano ash cloud.

No news on Nokia supporting MeeGo / Harmattan officially for the N900. That is a business decision and no Nokia business representative has given any news recently.

There is progress on the technical side: [MeeGo-dev] Brief status of "MeeGo to N900" project

toto29820: who are the two Nokia employees and what are their diverging quotes?
I'm guessing your following posts were misunderstood a bit and since then have been posted around the forum with the expectation that Meego will come to the N900 as fully productized OS.

The key mistake being putting the "OFFICAL" in it. Which well.. is a bit vague and was interpreted by many in a way at tangent to yours. Nothing wrong with the word, but to many official==productized
1. http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=10
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
MeeGo will be released officially for the N900, since the N900 is the reference ARM hardware of the MeeGo project. See http://wiki.maemo.org/What_can_we_re...or_my_N900_.3F and related questions in that wiki page.
The next post does make it sound like Nokia is providing a proper upgrade path for current N900 users, doesn't it? In which case many would expect it to be a proper commercial grade release.
2. http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...5&postcount=12
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Maemo 5 users will have choices. Some of them will prefer to stay with Maemo 5 updates, some of them will prefer to jump to MeeGo updates (probably with different flavors to choose depending on your preferences).

The other Nokia employee would be @harrihakulinen who made it clear(thankfully, I must add) that it still has not been decided whether Meego will come as a productized OS to the N900.
1. http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=20
Originally Posted by harrihakulinen View Post
Looks like I should have been little bit more specific. I did not announce any new activity, we are still talking about the same project that we announced way back, see

http://wiki.maemo.org/What_can_we_re...or_my_N900_.3F

Please remember that MeeGo is about open source os, and product decisions for Nokia will be made by another people / scope.

Personally I feel that it is too early now to talk about MeeGo as productized platform for N900.

Br,
//Harri

OR it could even refer to @Ahmed360
1.http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=22
Originally Posted by Ahmed360 View Post
I asked some "people" in Nokia, they told me it will not be released OFFICIALLY, instead it will be available to download in external firmware packages (like with windows mobile scene)
Believe it or not...its up to you
2.http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=46
Originally Posted by Ahmed360 View Post
Guess what....i work for nokia too in dubai!
Yeah im still new, but thats the answer i got from more than one person in a meeting about the future of meego.

And that question was the first thing that poped in my mind because i my self own an n900...


OT: After the whole "Cleaning up the FUD" thread I'd really appreciate better worded/less ambiguous posts.
I for one am not expecting a positive decision by the business guys given Nokia's legacy on that topic. But, I still hate the noise this topic brings/can bring along when things are misunderstood or taken out of context. Ruins T.M.O for me
 

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2010-04-26 , 12:15
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While things might seem a bit confusing, they are actually quite clear as soon as you understand what is MeeGo, what is Nokia and what is what you are looking for.

MeeGo is an independent project from The Linux Foundation that releases an open source operating system supporting different hardware platforms, being the N900 one of them.

Nokia is a commercial company that participates in the development of MeeGo and is working on products and releases based on this operating system. It hasn't announced any plans to offer a MeeGo based update for the N900.

If you are looking for updates of proprietary software like Ovi Maps or Adobe Flash then the MeeGo project alone is of little help and you need to look for the owners of that software.

Therefore, the use of "official" is correct both in Harri's and my communication. We both work at the MeeGo Devices team at Nokia, on top of the real stuff happening. We avoid rumours and we stay on facts and public information, even if at the expense of not explaining all the things you wish to read.

About the other recent comments, if you have generic questions about MeeGo please consider checking and asking at http://forum.meego.com . Here we can keep focusing on Nokia devices & support.
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2010-04-26 , 15:12
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#73
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
No news on Nokia supporting MeeGo / Harmattan officially for the N900. That is a business decision and no Nokia business representative has given any news recently.
There is progress on the technical side: [MeeGo-dev] Brief status of "MeeGo to N900" project
Thanks for clarifying this, qgil.

The fact that this project "Meego on N900" is running by a dedicated team on Nokia is great news, thus it is no surprise that would lead the most optimistic users to believe N900 will be officially supported (at least the chances got better in my opnion). I do understand that business decisions sometimes can not be disclosed, even if there is a decision already.

I think the best way for keep this project running is to answer the official survey about N900. You mentioned several times that maemo.org was not the proper customer channel for complains, so now we have a unique opportunity. I hope the results of this survey will reach the Nokia executive guys who have indeed the power to make the final decision about supporting Meego officially.
 
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2010-04-26 , 18:33
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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
No news on Nokia supporting MeeGo / Harmattan officially for the N900. That is a business decision and no Nokia business representative has given any news recently.
Thank you sir, I already said that few posts ago

Now its confirmed...i wonder where is bandora now
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2010-07-03 , 03:59
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[Quote = qgil ; 616151 ] Meego será lançado oficialmente para o N900 , desde que o N900 é a referência hardware ARM do projeto Meego . Veja [ http://wiki.maemo.org/What_can_we_realistically_expect url] # The_MeeGo_project_has_announced_support_for_the_N9 00.__What_does_it_really_mean_for_my_N900_.3F [/ url] e as questões relacionadas com a página wiki. [/ QUOTE]

i hope so....realy!! one question you are Portuguese?
 
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2010-07-03 , 04:18
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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
MeeGo will be released officially for the N900, since the N900 is the reference ARM hardware of the MeeGo project. See http://wiki.maemo.org/What_can_we_re...or_my_N900_.3F and related questions in that wiki page.
Tens toda a razão,a Nokia não pode abrir muito a boca relativamente ao progresso do OS para a concorrencia...! Mas tambem espero que não deixe mal os fãs do grandioso N900!!!
 
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2010-07-03 , 04:38
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Originally Posted by Ahmed360 View Post
Thank you sir, I already said that few posts ago

Now its confirmed...i wonder where is bandora now
I'm still here.. yeah yeah, you don't need to rub it into my face.. lol

My hopes + faith on Nokia has gone down a lot lately.. like ALOT.. oh well.. waiting for some vendor to really interest me.. Galaxy S looks nice.. O.o
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2010-07-03 , 12:51
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Originally Posted by bandora View Post
My hopes + faith on Nokia has gone down a lot lately.. like ALOT.. oh well.. waiting for some vendor to really interest me.. Galaxy S looks nice.. O.o
Haha like you could go to anything else after the N900. I laugh at thee!

No seriously, if you've had the N900 experience, there's just no going to anything else. Everything else is backwards. Not Android 2.2, 3.0 or WinMo7... nothing will do the trick!
 

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2010-07-03 , 13:22
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Lets remember that MeeGo and handset UI is not Harmattan/MeeGo or even what ever Nokia do afterwards, we will not have Ovi on MeeGo for N900. Ovi services and Nokia support, though obviously currently limited, will only be available to N900 users that stick with Maemo 5. Not to mention the UX is multitouch driven, and from what I've experienced with it is extremely flakey because of this. So, the future of the N900 is a split path, and something you alone will be able to decide for yourself, though because of multi-booting, we can get the best of both worlds.
 
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2010-07-03 , 13:52
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As much as I can't wait to get going with Meego, I think I'll wait for the finished product in October. As an end user and not a developer, I can't see the point of installing an OS that's still very much in development
 
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