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Originally Posted by GeraldKo
What is better about Mer or Fremantle or Maemo than Android? I suppose Mer is most relevant since the community could have chosen Android over Mer.
Do these OSes have fundamental advantages over Android, or is it just historical happenstance arising from the first NITs coming out before Android, or do they have inherent NIT-specific hardware-related advantages, or ... ?
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Well, we can start with Android being all Java (and their own at that) - that means no funky advantages of all the Ubuntu/Linux software. Philosophically Mer insists on open devices (as in that you can make firmware images for your own device), whereas Android is notoriously known to have locked down systems (typing in telnetd doesn't count).
Android has technical advantages in their own power management and shiny UI and own UI framework, but it is practically not a typical Linux userland. You can't run nethack on it. In my opinion, Android is a kneefall to the mindset that thinks these tablets and netbooks and phones are embedded systems that need a custom made locked down system for it.
Is your tablet an embedded system or a powerful, power-efficient, economical handheld computer? Your Nokia tablet is just as capable and even more power efficient than the 400mhz computers you used 7-10 years ago. It's a PC in your pocket - and that's why we have Mer (which focuses on bringing both the Linux experience, touch interface and power saving)