Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

please read the post I replied in the first place.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Reporting too :p, it's 09:48 here in the Netherlands! Awaiting to test, :cool: hopefully we can do so without the need to really flash our N900's.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I have my second N900 ready as well to test the UI out.

Just hope there isn't any delays much like PR1.2 ( Dead horse I know ).

Provided Meego is hack friendly I think there will be enough community backing to keep meego on the N900, officially supported or not.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I just wish they would hurry up...I'm getting sick of hitting refresh on this thread :P

Any idea who is releasing the touch ui? (not designed and programmed, just who is responsible for the launch day coordination) If its Nokia then you could presume it would be based on Helsinki time and would be in the next 5 hours... If its done by the Meego steering group and is based in US (or where ever they are based?) then it could be 15 hours still

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Just so I can understand, what are we actually expecting this release to contain?

Will it be a full mobile operating system, including SMS, phone etc, or is it just going to be very basic.

Would a user who uses the n900 as there main phone want to flash it on or will it not be usable in that state?

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I expect it to atleast have a working phone function....

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

didn't you all learn the lesson? .... Nokia will delay it ... it's not going to be released today so stop waiting, i bet my balls to it.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

quoting just incase u change ur mind. :P. its almost the 1st of july here!

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

The active users count on this thread is amazing!! :)

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

A full mobile OS would be the best option for us. But most likely there will be english-only version(although it's not a problem for 99% n900 owners) with very restricted functionality.

Even if it's a full mobile OS I won't stop using maemo5 because of few but vital apps I have now

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

@eMiL its becouse these are the first really good news after all that bad news in the last time for all the n900 buyers out there;)

I just started a Question Thread at the Meego Forum

http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?t=745

I wonder if they will answer about that but who knows..

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Come on... Release it already... It's almost 12 o'clock in Finland. :D

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

An easy way to install meego is what I really hope for btw.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

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I hope Nokia doesn't disappoint us again. :)

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

you should expect a basic system (compare it to your four swipable desktops) plus one or two basic apps, such as calculator and notepad.

no way it will compare to M5 for now...

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

171 atm:eek:

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Maybe this release wont be able to use Cellular Phone Functions but i just was take a look into the Meego Projects there is a lot of work at this Parts so i hope we will see something full working later maybe with Meego 1.1.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Exactly, if we get any type of cell functionality it will be a huge surprise. The first few versions will be proof of concept and also testing the touchscreen UI.

I honestly don't expect more than maybe 4 applications.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

If the repository names at http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-handset-ux/ are any indication, hopefully we'll see the following apps:

• Dialer
• SMS
• Contacts
• Photos
• Status indicators

No sign yet of desktop, app launcher etc., unless that's what "mannequin" is.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

That would be nice however we really don't know if these are just going to be a UI or if they will actually interact with the hardware completely.

Example from the list you gave "Dialer" which we assume would be a phone style interface may just be that the UI with no actual functionality.

I really hope that I am wrong because this would be great to have even at this early stage.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Slighltly OT, but IMHO Nokia needs not only to release but to make a lot of hype about this, I mean not only release it for us geeks to install it and that's it.

Make hype, talk about next-gen mobile computing, hire some good PR people or whatever it takes to create anticipation. Make consumers well aware that something big is coming, make them wait for it with eagerness...

Quoting Texrat, this Meego launch has to be BIG. And the launch has to start now.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

What about a dual-boot?

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I don't think this kind of open development process is compatible with "release BIG" + hype. It's like version 0.1 build 0.0.3 fer cryin' owt loud. Well, not that early but you get my point. Expectations must be at least slightly relevant to how far in the process we are. Let them hype it when it's time. The public has a short attention span.

That other company that excels in marketing more than anything else, they usually only put out a rumour that something big will arrive some day soon... And then when it's announced, they can go BIG and HYPE and the products are in stores two weeks later.

When we're aware of the product half a year before release day, it's just too early to hype it. Especially since Nokia has like a thousand models a year.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Have found this video where a few handset meego screenies are shown. Is it any close to what we possible get today? If so it looks awesome imho.

About hype - if nokia does so,people will flame it because as usual they don't see the difference between pre-alpha and final version(same happened to the netbook meego).

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I can already see the engadget article:

- "Nokia unveils the next generation of mobile computing, fails to wow."
- Add picture with default grey background raster, xterm, xeyes

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Agree in that there is still much to be done. But the time to release is not as long as to not start creating buzz... Announcement of device in Nokia World (sept.), actual product will be here Nov-Dec...



In comparison, Apple started its PR campaign for the iphone 6 months prior to release, looks like it sold well after all...

Edit: And I was not talking of showing off the alpha build to the world, but about intelligent marketing... Bet you something that Nokia actually can leak some very nice screenshots or videos in the form of viral campaign if the would want to do so.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Even with open development a project can use PR people and create hype. Just look at Ubuntu. Most components for that are created in the open, but they can still get magazines and blogs previewing new features in upcoming releases when they release a beta.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I have already stopped to see eNgadget articles, made my life better.


Oh, and I am not suggesting that the marketing people aren't preparing the market for the N900, I am suggesting that they hold out on using the big letters about the product until they at least know what the product is going to be.

NEXT BIG SOMETHING!

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I've just realised that there are more things at http://meego.gitorious.org/meegotouch including "home" and "control panel", and source appears to be available.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/1...0.8.20100629.1

The build is already there...

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I don't see any handset stuff in there...

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

... can't wait for the "Chuck Norris playing ping pong where is MeeGo handset UX" thread. ;)

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

this thread is soon to be renamed as "Chuck Norris and Meego UX ", wait for 6000 posts before its release.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

its live

www.meego.com

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

In the next couple of hours


sorry forgot to finish my sentence..

mybad

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

I hate you :(

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Where did you read this on the meego page?

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

dont turn this into one of them stupid threads there as been 23 pages of mostly good info it would be shame if the kids now spoil it

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

Chuck Norris dissaproves.

Re: Looks like the MeeGo Handset UX is almost out - Due 30 June
 

This thread now serves no purpose can't we just close it now?