[Dorset] Nokia announcement - MeeGo gets relegated to a project as opposed to the de-facto platform for their smartphones
Unfortunately for Linux/open source, Nokia has decided to use Windows Mobile and not their own open-source Linux-based MeeGo as their de-facto platform for their new range of smartphones. They have indicated they will carry on work on MeeGo but it will essentially become a side-project for them and they only intend to ship one MeeGo device in 2011. It is worth noting that Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia since September 2010, worked for Microsoft between January 2008 and September 2010... You can read his open letter at http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/?sf1066305=1 -- Check out Sudoku Way, my Tetris meet Sudoku game for Android at https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cogitas.sudokuway Using Twitter? Check out Find Tweets, my Twitter app client for Android at https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cogitas.findtweets Google Android, programming and web design at http://www.cogitas.net/blog/ -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Nokia announcement - MeeGo gets relegated to a project as opposed to the de-facto platform for their smartphones
On Friday 11 Feb 2011, Natalie Hooper wrote: > Unfortunately for Linux/open source, Nokia has decided to use Windows > Mobile and not their own open-source Linux-based MeeGo as their de-facto > platform for their new range of smartphones. They have indicated they will > carry on work on MeeGo but it will essentially become a side-project for > them and they only intend to ship one MeeGo device in 2011. How are the mighty fallen! Nokia have been the leading phone provider ever since there were mobiles, (certainly in Europe). They missed the boat on Smartphones, because they stayed with Symbian, but they had a chance to catch up with MeeGo. Now they've hitched a ride with another lame duck, then I think the end is inevitable. WinMo 7 hasn't attracted much take-up and what sales figures that have been released are actually shipments to suppliers not end-user purchases. The fact that Nokia are now going to ship WinMo 7 phones will give the platform a boost, but from the feedback I've seen, users are generally not impressed. In the end, only true Windows fanatics will believe that it's any good. For the rest, it will just add to the negative feedback. There are lots of ways that WinMo 7 phones are inferior to Android and iOS phones by the way, but the fact that: 1. There are hardly any Apps yet. 2. The system uses data even when it's switched off (probably fixed now, but T-Mobile are still arguing with MS about that). 3. The SD card can't be removed. will do for starters. > It is worth noting that Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia since September > 2010, worked for Microsoft between January 2008 and September 2010... Says it all. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Nokia announcement - MeeGo gets relegated to a project as opposed to the de-facto platform for their smartphones
On Friday 11 Feb 2011, Terry Coles wrote: > How are the mighty fallen! Nokia have been the leading phone provider ever > since there were mobiles, (certainly in Europe). They missed the boat on > Smartphones, because they stayed with Symbian, but they had a chance to > catch up with MeeGo. Even the Beeb doubt if the marriage will work: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2011/02/is_the_nokiamicrosoft_horse_a.html > 1. There are hardly any Apps yet. > 2. The system uses data even when it's switched off (probably fixed now, > but T-Mobile are still arguing with MS about that). > 3. The SD card can't be removed. Just in case you doubt this, look at the comments in the above link. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
