maemo.org - Talk - Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

Not saying Google necessarily is taking it in a bad direction, on the contrary I think they've done a superb job finally bringing a Linux distro to the masses without people even noticing that it's Linux.

That's because android is just a shell to run java apps. It's based on the linux kernel but it's certainly not what one would traditionally call a linux distro.

kureyon

2010-07-12 06:01

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

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Originally Posted by msa (Post 747148)

i guess there are much more private free developers on android as there are with maemo. there has to be a reason for that.

One of the reasons is that people had started developing apps (or at least playing around with android) years before an android phone was even released.

Thesandlord

2010-07-12 06:18

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

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Originally Posted by extendedping (Post 748775)

can android run easy debian? if so I really don't care of they go with android.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/u...rcussions-now/

For all intents and purposes, yes. Slightly different than how its done on the Maemo devices, but basically the same.

Both versions run Debian (or Ubuntu) in a chroot, however the Android version seems to access it via VNC because Android does not have an X server while the Maemo version uses native x11 forwarding.

ysss	2010-07-12 08:23

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

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Originally Posted by longcat (Post 748785)

android is a market hype since google did A LOT in terms of marketing, however maemo is not, since nokia did nothing.

I'd agree that Android is a market hype if it dies down soon. Unfortunately, there's a ridiculously little chance of that happening.

telnet

2010-07-12 08:26

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

NO !!

Stupid question, short answer

ossipena

2010-07-12 08:55

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 746391)

Has very little do to with fads; investors want to make money. And if the company seems like they're being directed wrong or have no direction, your company will lose share price(s).

Be realistic.

well... don't know how much you really know about stock markets in reality but mass movements create a lot of arbitrage to those who have guts to swim crosscurrent. now there is a great panic about nokia. reasonable people and somewhat reasonable bots stir the soup and there is no sense to be seen atm.

your reply applies to idealistic investors but in certain situations, masses flow stupidly. and with apple masses are speculating. no dividend means people are waiting for bigger share price. with companies that pay constant dividends, price solely means nothing. and if dividends stay at certain level, real time pricing of stock has no effect to anything.

lpotter

2010-07-12 09:03

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

You meant to say, "Should google drop android and go with meego and symbian". In which case, yes.

cashclientel

2010-07-12 09:46

Re: Topic of the Day: Should Nokia Drop Meego and roll with Android?

@lpotter of Nokia Corporation
Is that an honest opinion!

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