Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

So when is the speculation for the new firmware release anyway? Before people mentioned it would be end of Feb or early March but that's out the time frame window now!
Besides why are we all focussing on the new new PR 1.2 release when there is Meego coming to us at the end of March?

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong :-P

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

MeeGo is the long-term successor to Maemo. PR1.2 is an official update from Nokia.

MeeGo will (hopefully) be relevant down the line, but not for at least the next 6+ months unless you're a developer or other propeller-head ;) looking to start playing around early.

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

i don't know what i'm waiting for anymore. is it qt 4.6 or meego or PR1.2

i don't what is going to be the best for the n900 to stand against the competitors.

Anyone can give some clarification on what will be the best?

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

@badboyuk I'm not sure where your getting your information about Meego.

Meego has yet to be officially confirmed to come to the N900 as a Nokia-supported instance (e.g. coming with Nokia apps like Ovi Maps). It's only been confirmed as a developer distro (e.g. for developers and people who want to see what it's like). It is in no way suitable for end-users. At least those who value a working device.

I think that's the reason why Nokia has been mum on Meego on the N900 myself, since most of their employees are working on Meego on the next device, while other employees are working on bug fixes for Maemo 5. Leaving little time to make sure Meego doesn't come to the N900 as a bug-fest (if they haven't decided not to officially support Meego on the N900).

Meego = next operating system (not just maemo anymore, it's Maemo + Moblin = Meego). And it's slated to run on multiple devices with different hardware configurations.

QT 4.6 = Nokia's answer to incompatibility across different devices. Ideally you can take an app programmed in QT 4.6 on one device and run it on another device as long as they both have the same QT 4.6 libraries. Though how well this will work remains to be seen (e.g. QT in Linux and QT in Windows)

PR 1.2 = next Maemo 5 update. It is coming with several bugfixes, enhancements, and QT 4.6. E.g. you would be able to run apps programmed in Meego using QT 4.6 on the N900 (and vice versa).

Hope that helps.

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

...we're waiting for a public release of the PR1.2 version of Maemo 5. It's going to contain Qt4.6 by default. Don't worry about MeeGo for now, it's not relevant to the discussion.

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

I have nothing good to say from german landline system... I have many jolly memories dealing with big D

and I don't understand, I was able to send sms to my work landline number (+35814xxxxxxx) with my n900 second ago but it probably doesn't go through....

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

ok then i will wait for 1.2

but one more thing about meego if it will be available on n900, i'm just using the phone as a phone and internet tablet. will i be able to do something usefull with meego as noobie?

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

absolutely!

we have really good 3g -coverage, plans to cut down landlines totally, banks have superior internet interfaces at least compared to rest of the europe, ....

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

I'm no expert but as I understand it;

PR1.2 is the next update bringing with it qt4.6.

this update will also bring Flash 10.1

QT4.6 apps can then be used on different OS's eg Symbian.

So would this mean the next update of Ovi Maps using QT4.6 could be easily made to work on the N900?

Re: Speculation about the next firmware (PR1.2) and its release date
 

oh i thought that was going to be optional. but can i enjoy of the layout? like on the lg phone? like the demo already in app manager?