I guess some people are disapointed, because we've been told that Maemo will be used in all kinds of devices with different form factors, architectures and hardware features, that we assumed that the rumoured netbooks will atleast have a Maemo option. And wouldn't that be great to have the same OS on your smartphone and netbook devices. Wasn't that the vertical OS thing that everyone was excited about?
And that's exactly what they're doing.
Maemo is going upstream to a phone, they have phones that run Symbian or Maemo and they have a netbook that run Windows. Who knows what the future will offer.
And Maemo on a netbook - search. I swear that Android on a netbook here was ridiculed or scoff at in the least. It will more than likely be met with the same resistance on a netbook. I know that I would not buy a Maemo netbook because it wouldn't have the apps I need for office work. Not yet.
Anyway, the disappointment that this netbook doesn't have Linux on it, I understand that's the OS of choice for plenty. I run it too.
But for something like this, I see the Windows users buying it first. Down the line, who knows... Linux might be an option... Moblin 3 perhaps? Who knows...
I just love the fact that everyone's assuming that because this netbook isn't running Linux, it means that Nokia is turning their backs on Linux and Maemo and so on.
Everyone?
I haven't said anything even remotely like that. Just that I wont buy _this_ product, as currently revealed, because it run Windows.
I have no idea whether or not Nokia is turning their back on Maemo.
Yep, sorry, got carried away with the Adobe products up there
TenSpeed, i'm sure there are many programs that don't run on linux. But I'm arguing here that they are either too specialized or not useful on a tiny screen even if the resolution is there.
I guess some people are disapointed, because we've been told that Maemo will be used in all kinds of devices with different form factors, architectures and hardware features, that we assumed that the rumoured netbooks will atleast have a Maemo option. And wouldn't that be great to have the same OS on your smartphone and netbook devices. Wasn't that the vertical OS thing that everyone was excited about?
The very first Maemo device isn't even announced officially yet. Wait until it's out first before you start being disappointed about other hardware coming out Maemo-less.
And Maemo on a netbook - search. I swear that Android on a netbook here was ridiculed or scoff at in the least. It will more than likely be met with the same resistance on a netbook. I know that I would not buy a Maemo netbook because it wouldn't have the apps I need for office work. Not yet.
Android is a java VM, Maemo is a linux distribution. It's a big difference.
...I'm arguing here that they are either too specialized or not useful on a tiny screen even if the resolution is there.
Indeed, and I'm presenting my view that the "tiny" screen is not a significant barrier - it's just different, in the same way that the NIT screen is "too small to use". I find that people are amazingly flexible when they want to be.
Android is a java VM, Maemo is a linux distribution. It's a big difference.
Yeah, Android on a netbook is still a stupid idea, but Maemo would be awesome. Good UI, no drivers to worry about, can use Debian packages, pretty to look at. Maybe a 9" 1280x720 touchscreen, thin as a phone...
Android is a java VM, Maemo is a linux distribution.
Uh ... no. Android is a linux distribution. Dalvik is a java(-like) VM. Dalvik is Android's primary application API/runtime. But Android is more than just Dalvik.
It's fair to say that Android is a linux distribution that is unlike any other Android dist. But it IS linux.
In that regard, Maemo is a MUCH more conventional linux dist. But they're both, very much, still linux distributions.
