Might not necessarily be a dead end as some manufacturers are/will release phones based on Meego. I cant remember if it was Lg or Samsung. They might just be hedging their bets but at least its not a total end for the Meego platform. On Aug 11, 2011 10:49 AM, "Rafael R. Sevilla" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday, 11 August, 2011 08:53 AM, Holden Hao wrote: >> What do you folks think about the N9. It is not yet out but it is set >> to be launched before the year ends. > > I'd buy it if it weren't a dead end. A real app ecosystem will likely > never develop for Meego, now that Stephen Elop has announced his > company's sold its soul to the devil and orphaned Meego as part of the > deal. While it's supposed to be a true GNU/Linux system that is > supposed to be able to run native GNU/Linux apps, the very thought of > using applications with interfaces designed with a mouse and keyboard in > mind on a touch screen makes me cringe. > > On a side note, I have no idea why some Nokia apologists out there don't > seem to question the wisdom of Elop's maneuvers. The only other > alternative they had was to run with Android, and they say that doing so > would have made Nokia another "me too" company like Samsung, LG, HTC, > and all the rest. But how is going WP7 any different? Samsung, LG, and > HTC also make WP7 phones, and going by their dismal sales in comparison > to their Android counterparts (it has been said that the patent > royalties paid by these Android manufacturers to Microsoft gets them > more money than WP7 does!) it seems highly doubtful that Nokia can do > any better, unless Microsoft shares with them some secret sauce that > they aren't giving to their other WP7 partners, and that seems extremely > unlikely to say the least, given that it isn't in Microsoft's interest > to hold back on anything they have that might give their platform an > edge over iOS and Android. > > -- > You are sick, but now you are well again. And there's work to be done. >
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