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2010-12-20
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#21
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Originally Posted by Joseph.skb
Until a MeeGo successor without DRM, but with resistive touchscreen is released!
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2010-12-20
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@ Malaysia
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Originally Posted by Helmuth
So, the question is, how long for that to happen?
Until a MeeGo successor without DRM, but with resistive touchscreen is released!
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2010-12-20
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@ Ohio
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I'm voting 6 months / end of 2011.
Why? Nokia killed it. Released it, then shortly after, pulled support in favor of MeeGo. Sure there were still some folks working on it, but for what they were, PR1.2 and PR1.3 shouldn't have taken so long. Nokia is sharing proprietary information with commercial developers that is enough to convince them to stop developing for Maemo (and even MeeGo). MeeGo likely won't get ported in a day-to-day usable fashion.
Community support will continue for quite some time, with minimal community support after MeeGo hardware is released (2nd half of 2011?). Although, potentially, MeeGo has (IMHO) a good chance at failing (or failing to become mainstream, which amounts to about the same thing). If that happened, community support would be around for a longer time.
Doesn't mean it won't be useful for the next several years, provided care is taken with the usb port, the older it gets the more likely it is to come off. I'll still likely be using for at least the next year (only cause I'm cheap). As long as it continues to do what I need it to, it won't get replaced very quickly.
Why? Nokia killed it. Released it, then shortly after, pulled support in favor of MeeGo. Sure there were still some folks working on it, but for what they were, PR1.2 and PR1.3 shouldn't have taken so long. Nokia is sharing proprietary information with commercial developers that is enough to convince them to stop developing for Maemo (and even MeeGo). MeeGo likely won't get ported in a day-to-day usable fashion.
Community support will continue for quite some time, with minimal community support after MeeGo hardware is released (2nd half of 2011?). Although, potentially, MeeGo has (IMHO) a good chance at failing (or failing to become mainstream, which amounts to about the same thing). If that happened, community support would be around for a longer time.
Doesn't mean it won't be useful for the next several years, provided care is taken with the usb port, the older it gets the more likely it is to come off. I'll still likely be using for at least the next year (only cause I'm cheap). As long as it continues to do what I need it to, it won't get replaced very quickly.
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2010-12-20
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#24
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In my experience, the chubby ones get less attractive when you start to sober up.
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2010-12-20
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#25
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I just bought mine after weeks of research, specially about the cons. Let's see what happens.
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2010-12-20
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@ Dubai
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#26
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already dead for me after almost a year's use. Here the prices dropped 400$ since when i bought in jan. Unless meego comes on it i will put it to sleep soon.
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2010-12-20
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#27
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Originally Posted by Joseph.skb
Yes, but who will know?
So, the question is, how long for that to happen?
In my opionion even Nokia doesn't know. (because I guess it won't be again a Nokia Device with such specs - I would say they will try to target in the future more the mass market without technical knowledge)
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2010-12-21
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#29
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The 'It was toast 6 months ago when the iPhone 4 came out' option is missing 
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2010-12-21
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It will remain perfectly viable until the software on it becomes obsolete. When the browser(s) cannot render the latest pages, plugins such as flash cannot be worked around or everyone converts their music to MP5 which no-one writes a decoder for, then it becomes less than useful.
Until that day comes, it does everything I need it to do and I will continue to use it and respect it.
There will have to be a LOT of research done for it's replacement, that's for sure.
Until that day comes, it does everything I need it to do and I will continue to use it and respect it.
There will have to be a LOT of research done for it's replacement, that's for sure.