N9 is the first and most probably last meego device. WP is their flagship device from 2012 on. So the N9 wonīt be any better then the N900, which took 2 years to get it where it is now, and still canīt compete with any other OS.
N9 is the first and most probably last meego device. WP is their flagship device from 2012 on. So the N9 wonīt be any better then the N900, which took 2 years to get it where it is now, and still canīt compete with any other OS.
Whilst the HP webOS is an interesting alternative you also wonder if that can survive long term/how much support it will receive.
HP are really splashing out on WebOS as their smartphone/tablet play, and they're supporting a community much like maemo.org (PreCentral.net). It might not work out for them, but you can guarantee investment in the platform for at least the foreseeable future. Also, as has already been said, the stack isn't too different from Maemo.
I'd like a MeeGo phone with a hwkb supported by an enthusiastic company, but life isn't about what you want - it's about what you can have. I think the Pre3 is the nearest thing to an N900 successor we'll see this year.
..a future Symbian device that combines the strengths of the N8 with a hardware keyboard.
Whilst better than Android, Symbian multi-tasking leaves much to be desired. You still can't switch between windows in the same app, for example. And again, it's a dead platform - I wouldn't be bothered if I already had a Symbian phone, but I wouldn't buy into it.
I bouhgt the N900 when it was out in 2009. when it was out Nokia said'' it is not a phone it is a computer'' and they where absoltly right. I use that for work and I can't see workink a computer without a keyboard.
I will continue to use N900 until I find a replacement, N9 is not N950 wold be but not available.
I work a lot with office, remote desktop.
as anyone found if the sony xpria pro would be a replacement
You still can't switch between windows in the same app, for example.
Don't understand. What mobile OS supports switching between windows within the same app? Is this, for example, switching between calendar and contacts view in a PIM?
And again, it's a dead platform - I wouldn't be bothered if I already had a Symbian phone, but I wouldn't buy into it.
Well, the "dead platform" thing should keep me away from the N9 even more... and it doesn't. I'm not buying a platform (or an "ecosystem"), I'm buying a phone. (Actually, I'm trying to buy a mobile computer.) Symbian still outperforms its competitors (including Harmattan from what we know today) wrt the features that matter to me. So let the platform die as long as there's a phone to buy for me.
Don't understand. What mobile OS supports switching between windows within the same app? Is this, for example, switching between calendar and contacts view in a PIM?
Think more along the lines of multiple email windows showing or composing different messages, as you could do on Maemo before Fremantle.
So the N9 wonīt be any better then the N900 ... and still canīt compete with any other OS.
IMHO, you rock with being able to get two things wrong in one sentence!
1. N9 is "better" than N900 in one way - more people want it. N9 is a consumer mass market, sexy, swiping, touching, feeling good device. That's where it is better than N900, in its simple usability, and that's what made iPhone popular.
2. MeeGo is a cool unique OS that gives people a choice and an alternative and it is better than iOS4 and Android in several ways. Swipe, social networking and skype integration, good use of all three home screen, etc..
Of course time will show if I got this wrong or not.
