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2009-05-25
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I had no idea. Maybe there's hope.
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2009-05-25
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Well, Maemo 5 runs on a Beagle Board, so make your own assumptions. 
Tim
P.S. I.e., my statements are my own assumptions and not based on anything but that.
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P.S. I.e., my statements are my own assumptions and not based on anything but that.
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2009-05-25
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Originally Posted by timsamoff
then in what sense do "we" "know" that there are such plans?
P.S. I.e., my statements are my own assumptions and not based on anything but that.
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2009-05-25
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I think the Beagle Board stuff goes back to the summit last year: Nokia knew it'd be ages before Rover saw the light of day, so encouraged platform hackers to try the Beagle - and knew they were using it internally initially as well.
There was a very key comment from Ari Jaaksi at OSiM World saying that Nokia had no interest in licencing Maemo to other hardware manufacturers. But then he also argued - many moons ago - that two devices were better than one ;-)
I'll be very surprised if any other hardware manufacturer announces a separate Maemo device; but then I'm mostly surprised at the smaller, thicker, it's-a-phone Rover. So take my surprise ratings with a pinch of salt!
There was a very key comment from Ari Jaaksi at OSiM World saying that Nokia had no interest in licencing Maemo to other hardware manufacturers. But then he also argued - many moons ago - that two devices were better than one ;-)
I'll be very surprised if any other hardware manufacturer announces a separate Maemo device; but then I'm mostly surprised at the smaller, thicker, it's-a-phone Rover. So take my surprise ratings with a pinch of salt!
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2009-05-25
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From the Maemo standpoint, I feel the beagleboard being more of a poor man's Maemo dev/demo board, not a 'real' target device. So yes, it can/will get hacked to run Maemo, but isn't any more of a Maemo device than any other OMAP3 device you can actually put stuff on - like the Overo Water or Fire
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2009-05-25
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I think Mer will be the Maemo we see on other devices. It's already been ported to the Moses SmartQ 5, some PocketLoox thingy and any x86 platform.
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2009-05-26
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I hope someone makes good use of the beagle board. I want a bunch of really cool maemo powered stuff. 
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I didn't know this and suspect others don't as well. Can we include comments on such topic in this thread? I, for one, would like to see Maemo licensed to other OEMs.
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