MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Hi,

a question to the MID-Linux developer experts:

Who has the best conditions and makes the race in 2009 / 2010 - and why ???

• Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo

http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS2184863928.html

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Here we go again...

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

But - hyphens - use - not

and Moblin has bowed out of the MID market for at least 2009
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...507#post260507

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Mer, of course.

• But you're cool with single-element bulleted lists, then? ;)

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Right. Mer is missing from the

• list

above. It does have potential to work around the frustrations some people have with Maemo, yet benefit from all the works Nokia and other put into the platform.

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

In the larger context, it's not really worth differentiating it from Maemo. :)

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

In my tests on the N800, the Moblin apps were much, much too heavy for mobile processors, which is why I think they pulled the plug on their MID branch for 2009. They just couldn't get a lightweight suite of apps together fast enough.

That leaves Android and Maemo.

Android is backed by a big, popular company, and they're willing to play all the lockdown games that the US carriers like to play, so I can see it making big headway in the smartphone world. Because it can run on other, non-phone devices as well, I can see it making some headway in other markets too.

Maemo is the oldest, most experienced platform of them all, and it already has a great community and a real push to get the whole platform into the OSS light (thanks Stskeeps!). When Mer is mature enough, I can see it running on lots of non-Nokia devices, maybe even the very MIDs that Moblin was targeting before they dropped the ball.

Beyond this, who knows? Nokia has traditionally struggled in the American phone market because they don't really play the carrier lockdown games; maybe the new generation of Maemo devices, by creating a new category between smartphone and MID (or maybe by combining the categories -- hard to say, having not actually seen any hardware), maybe the new devices will pry open a new niche that Nokia will dominate.

I think Android will continue to compete quite well in the existing product categories, and Maemo will forge ahead into new categories on new hardware...

One thing I'm sure of: 2009 will see no winners. The economic downturn has slowed the pace of technological development, and I doubt we'll see any clear winners in 2010, either.

Funny, the list didn't mention everyone's iFavorite smartphone.

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Just a guess: perhaps because the list is about Linux? The "iFavorite" isn't really the first thing you think of when you hear Linux...

By the way, how would you say that the market has change during the last 8 months?

One thing is for sure: Iphone has lost its charm among the hardcore, and is beginning to be rivaled at the mainstream.

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Why up a lame and old topic like this one?

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

It's interesting to compare how the market has changed within those 8 months, as I said earlier.

By the way, didn't you also bump this "lame" thread by posting in it? This reminds me of another thread...

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

In the words of Admiral Ackbar...

IT'S A TRAP!!!

Re: MID-Linux Moblin vs. Android vs. Maemo
 

Wow, weird old bump. You're right, c0rt3x, the iPhone isn't Linux, it's BSD.

And it's good to note that my predictions were pretty much on the mark so far.