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2010-02-16
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Its a bit stupid making parallels with Android and Mac ports though - the Android one hasn't even been fully realised and the person that got OSX booting did so with a 2 hour boot time...
Then again, I'm sure a clever fellow on here will be able to port Meego to Maemo
Then again, I'm sure a clever fellow on here will be able to port Meego to Maemo
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2010-02-16
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#83
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Guys... go take a step outside, see what's shaking in the real world
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2010-02-16
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One of the major reasons I bought a n900 over an iPhone was the ethos of apple releasing a new OS/upgrade and then forcing you to buy a new phone as well. I will be very very unhappy if Nokia does the same.
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2010-02-16
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Originally Posted by openfone
I'm not a fan of Apple but, to be fair, they've made the new OS updates available for all iPhones so far (though you may need to pay for it).
One of the major reasons I bought a n900 over an iPhone was the ethos of apple releasing a new OS/upgrade and then forcing you to buy a new phone as well. I will be very very unhappy if Nokia does the same.
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2010-02-16
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All this talk of MeeGo and the N900 being open is all very good but the stuff that matters - the kernel and the drivers for the device are not open. In the MeeGo press release it said that it will be up to the device manufacturers to provide the kernels and drivers.
As far as I know the kernel and drivers are not open for the N900 under Maemo5 so why would Nokia open them for MeeGo. I'm sure they have some IT they'd want to keep to themselves. I'm not a programmer but my understanding is that without the proper kernel and drivers you're not going to get the OS to work and fully utilise the devices hardware.
Whether some clever devs manage to reverse engineer things is a different story. I'm sure it'll happen as it's been happening in the Linux desktop world for ages.
As far as I know the kernel and drivers are not open for the N900 under Maemo5 so why would Nokia open them for MeeGo. I'm sure they have some IT they'd want to keep to themselves. I'm not a programmer but my understanding is that without the proper kernel and drivers you're not going to get the OS to work and fully utilise the devices hardware.
Whether some clever devs manage to reverse engineer things is a different story. I'm sure it'll happen as it's been happening in the Linux desktop world for ages.
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2010-02-16
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Originally Posted by G66J
Well yes, they are developing the hardware after all. So it's up to the community to pressure vendors choosing MeeGo to provide that level of support (especially pushing drivers upstream, which makes life easier on them down the line.)
All this talk of MeeGo and the N900 being open is all very good but the stuff that matters - the kernel and the drivers for the device are not open. In the MeeGo press release it said that it will be up to the device manufacturers to provide the kernels and drivers.
As far as I know the kernel and drivers are not open for the N900 under Maemo5 so why would Nokia open them for MeeGo.
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2010-02-16
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Originally Posted by Rob1n
I got burnt early on with an iPod and have never forgiven Apple
I'm not a fan of Apple but, to be fair, they've made the new OS updates available for all iPhones so far (though you may need to pay for it).
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2010-02-16
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Originally Posted by Tintin
I second that, funniest post I have seen all week
Nokia just gave their most avid fans an atomic wedgie AND shoved their heads down the toilet - and it's pretty amusing to see that some of them don't even take the time to dry their hair before they start chanting that this was a good wedgie and that in the long-term the toilet-shower is exactly what they had hoped for since day one.
I thought I had seen fanboys on apple forums but my hat off to you people - you just took the cake.
A urinal cake unfortunately. But still.
