Uh, stop right here.

What makes you think it's 'open source' and 'not locking you in'??

I'm almost entirely sure that the UI will be closed-source.

As for the 'walled garden' part, that remains to be seen. Is there a community OBS/repo?

A-GPS= regular GPS + cell tower triangulation.

There is no way to have A-GPS only. All A-GPS hardware can do basic GPS as well. It's just slower to get the initial lock in. You are propably confusing this with phones that require data connection because they don't have GPS mapping data stored on the phone, and require data connection for constant map streaming.

The PowerVR drivers will definitely not be open source either.

this is a question i have been asking for a long time; will the n9 use project bretzn?

I want an answer.

Not at all, libmeegotouch (and presumably qt-components) are open source. I expect the theme to remain proprietary (images + a small amount of readable CSS).

To all

http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=3598

Qqil provides some answers there and below

Questions asked in my blog:

Are there any details of how open / hacker-friendly it is? A bit of Googling hasn’t brought anything up. E.g:

> can I open a terminal, wget an unsigned package file and install it?

I haven't tried, but you can do it this way if you have all the pieces: terminal app (it's open source and maintained) and wget (not sure if it comes with Busybox out of the idem). I'm installing packages directly from the browser, by clicking .deb links. Very convenient. This is not the behavior by default but you can enable it through the settings UI.

> can I submit a bug report or patch that may get into a firmware update?

Yes, but give us a bit of extra time to post the URL.

> are any of the N9′s applications open source?

The default approach is to have a Nokia proprietary UX layer including the applications.

> can I run Python / PHP in the terminal?

If someone ports the libraries, yes.

> are standard bash/busybox/GNU tools available?

Busybox 3:1.19-7+0m6

Right, so Busybox and bash appear as green (upgraded compared from Fremantle) while wget is blue (available in Harmattan, was not there in Fremantle).

The sources are available at http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/pool/harmattan-beta/

The community contributions are expected to be delivered through apps.meego.com and the related MeeGo community OBS, both having a MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan target. More at http://wiki.meego.com/MeeGo_Apps

Users need to install the Terminal app. Installing packages and their repositories is trivial through the browser, though.

The open/closed approach continues being open platform (maybe with exceptions) and closed UX. If there is a components that appears closed and you want to see open RIGHT NOW is the best time to start discussing. The best argumentation is that the MeeGo project is interested in integrate that functionality, as it has been the case for over a year now.

About how the meego.com and nokia.com repos will coexist: as you can see them already now? MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan uses its own infrastructure (just like all vendors are expected to have their own infra, even if they are 100% MeeGo compliant). The community apps can have a common public interface thanks to Community OBS and apps.meego.com cleverness.

I wish they were more clear:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devic...cations/N9-00/

I prefer the way the Maemo / N900 site : http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/specifications/

Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers

Less ambiguous if you ask me.

Browsing is simplistic but super-smooth and enjoyable, microb looks really slow and cumbersome in comparison. Expect third party browsers for feature junkies. I bet a certain long-eared mammal will make an appearance.

Lack of Flash of course can be limiting, but whenever HTML5 video is supported, the experience is 500% better. No battery sucking, senseless Flash ads and gimmicks is a bonus... Not saying that Flash support is not generally a good thing, but it's also always a mess on mobile phones (I'm saying this as a part-time Flash game developer).

Of course you can install a terminal, and there will be the usual suspects (bash, vi, etc. Don't quote me on the specifics but it's a Linux environment alright).

Ah, okay. Let's see.

- "Jailbreak" is a disclaimer away, rather than a hack away.

- A beautifully solid piece of hardware.

- No front-facing buttons, intuitive swipe UI.

- Tight integration of a large number of social services into contacts, dialer, global presence, and so on.

- True multi-tasking with excellent UI for it.

- Better camera.

- Call quality / no interrupted signal etc.

- A great notifications system (iOS is adding something similar now, but neither better, nor cheaper, nor earlier).

- NFC

The list could go on, but I think your claim has been sufficiently refuted. The duel between the iPhone and the N9 will be a worthy one. N9 is lacking the apps (and possibly future), but is clearly superior in many other regards.