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it's not really a surprise: i remember an intel representative saying that the smartphone market is where they're heading.
it would be cool. the most recent moblin ui seems much more appealing than what we've seen of maemo 5 so far.
battery life will decide the battle for me if both plattforms gain momentum.
it would be cool. the most recent moblin ui seems much more appealing than what we've seen of maemo 5 so far.
battery life will decide the battle for me if both plattforms gain momentum.
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2009-06-03
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Originally Posted by benny1967
Totally agree, although isn't optimized for finger use yet.
it would be cool. the most recent moblin ui seems much more appealing than what we've seen of maemo 5 so far.
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2009-06-03
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Interesting how they are so different from Nokia -- waving demo units around a year before they're going to be released. Granted, Nokia told us most of the features that will be available on the Maemo 5 lead device eight months ago, in September 2008, but they've only shown some development prototypes at the end of May 2009.
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Nice screen size on that one device...
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Originally Posted by qole
Note, intel only sells the internals, they just want to give the ones that produce complete devices ideas...
Interesting how they are so different from Nokia -- waving demo units around a year before they're going to be released. Granted, Nokia told us most of the features that will be available on the Maemo 5 lead device eight months ago, in September 2008, but they've only shown some development prototypes at the end of May 2009.
Its just like TI, nvidia or qualcomm showing of what their products can do, and hope the third parties pick their product as the internals for the next device...
So basically, intel is telling companies that they now can do smartphones and similar, while using the same tools that they have used for developing computer products. Or in other words, develop on pc, run on phone...
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Originally Posted by tso
The key is that someone at the chip behemoth is backing 1) Moblin and 2) compact tablet format. Together.
Note, intel only sells the internals, they just want to give the ones that produce complete devices ideas...
With their clout behind it, something can be expected to happen in the Moblin tablet space.
The Moblin project is still totally Intel-centric, but its steering was handed over to the Linux Foundation in April and an ARM port is probably only a matter of time, esp. considering the number of ARM licensees vying for a piece of the ultraportable market.
I very rarely come across any news or even rumours in the media about Maemo or Mer...
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2009-06-03
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No coincidence that oFono, sponsored by Nokia and Intel, is announced, followed by a leak of a Nokia linux phone and an announcement of a Moblin linux phone...
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Considering the bazillion partnerships and consortiums announced by megacorporations in the last year or two, I can't escape the feeling that on quite a few of these it's the old principle at work - keep your friends close, but keep your enemies even closer.
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2009-06-04
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Originally Posted by VDVsx
... which is the whole point. that's why it's so much nicer and elegant.
Totally agree, although isn't optimized for finger use yet.
(of course this means that they could develop a maemoesque, grandmother-friendly version of the overall system UI for small phone screens. but they'd still have both then, and i'd assume you could hack your moblin-phone to use the netbook-UI. maemo cannot do this.)
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Inventec shown today at Computex, a 'Mediaphone' very similar to our tablets. According to the resources below, there will be a demonstration of 3 Moblin Smartphones tomorrow.
http://www.midmoves.com/2009/06/mr-b...-a-mediaphone/
http://www.midmoves.com/2009/06/prev...s-at-computex/
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