Nokia promises N900 will get MeeGo! Or perhaps not. - Page 7 - maemo.org

Lazarpandar | # 61 | 2010-02-16, 08:30 | Report

Theres a couple of things that give me hope that MeeGo will work on the N900.

1. Go to http://www.meego.com theres a bloody N900 on the front page

2. The argument that it requires multitouch is probably wrong because according to the website MeeGo is made to work on Netbooks, and most netbooks do not have multitouch. Multitouch on a netbook would be awkward in the middle of a coffee shop or in class so making it a required feature seems unlikely.

Just my two cents, I've been wrong before. Here's hoping!

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stayloa | # 62 | 2010-02-16, 08:55 | Report

Meego is meant to work across different types of hardware - it will support multi-touch, but it doesn't mean it won't support devices that don't have multi-touch capabilites.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2359259,00.asp - what do people make of this? The N900 will "benefit" from MeeGo... does that mean it will benefit from having MeeGo installed or that the we'll simply benefit from the QT apps?

Why so many unanswered questions, Nokia?!

edgedemon | # 63 | 2010-02-16, 08:57 | Report

Is it me or am I missing something?

Yes, Im all for any updates that Nokia want to give me, but thats not why I bought this phone, I bought it for the community.
The n900 is very much a work in progress, and the progress is coming from the host of community driven apps and bug fixes that have appeared so far. Meego isn't the end of the world, if it is any good, then Im sure some sort of version will appear for the n900, if not, then Im equally sure that more apps and bug fixes will appear for the n900 anyway. Either way, my phone is going to improve over time, so I win both ways

I can't understand all the doom and gloom, yes, we all spent a fortune on this phone, but look what we got

One of the finest mobile browsing experiences on any mobile device ever
A very powerful pocket computer
An unlocked, fully capable mobile linux experience
A device that is slowly getting better week by week
A great community backing it

Yes, there are still alot of things to improve, but this was always cutting edge, if it bothers you, then you made a mistake buying the n900 and should have gone down the Android route..
Even if everyone stopped now doing anything for the n900, I would still have a great device, so why all the doom and gloom, lets just enjoy having a really cool bit of kit, and see what the future brings?

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REMFwhoopitydo | # 64 | 2010-02-16, 08:58 | Report

Originally Posted by ossipena View Post

you need maemo 6 for what?

i need maemo 6 because i need a vibrant development community to keep making me apps for my mobile computer.

nokia needs to give us maemo 6 because it needs to demonstrate to smartphone buyers that it really does understand the concept of the mobile comuting platform. this is a computer, not a device, and we expect computers to evolve with us. compyers have always done this, apple showed us a phone could do it to.

don't get me wrong, i know i took a chance on Nokia maemo, but future decisions will be informed by how they support their platform now. it being only stage four of five is not an excuse to cut your maemo users of at the knees, just as apple iphone 2G users get the same platform improvements as the newer models.

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Tintin | # 65 | 2010-02-16, 09:00 | Report

Nokia just gave their most avid fans an atomic wedgie AND shoved their heads down the toilet - and it's pretty amusing to see that some of them don't even take the time to dry their hair before they start chanting that this was a good wedgie and that in the long-term the toilet-shower is exactly what they had hoped for since day one.

I thought I had seen fanboys on apple forums but my hat off to you people - you just took the cake.

A urinal cake unfortunately. But still.

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volt | # 66 | 2010-02-16, 09:02 | Report

Originally Posted by Lazarpandar View Post

1. Go to http://www.meego.com theres a bloody N900 on the front page

What other device could they possibly put on the front page, but an existing Maemo or Moblin device? Leak an unannounced 2nd quarter device?

Originally Posted by Tintin View Post

Nokia just gave their most avid fans an atomic wedgie AND shoved their heads down the toilet - and it's pretty amusing to see that some of them don't even take the time to dry their hair before they start chanting that this was a good wedgie and that in the long-term the toilet-shower is exactly what they had hoped for since day one.

That is the best thing I have read in a week. Without contest.

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P@t | # 67 | 2010-02-16, 09:18 | Report

Just my two cents about the step 4 of 5. I am always confused to understand if this concerns the N900 or Maemo 5.
If Maemo 5 is step 4/5 then it does not mean that N900 should not get Maemo 6 or whatever the name.
As people pointed, as soon as I am not feeling that N900 is abandoned after a couple of months of life, I will feel happy about my device.

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slobodsky | # 68 | 2010-02-16, 09:36 | Report

Originally Posted by REMFwhoopitydo View Post

i need maemo 6 because i need a vibrant development community to keep making me apps for my mobile computer.
...
this is a computer, not a device, and we expect computers to evolve with us. compyers have always done this, apple showed us a phone could do it to.

iPhone is too closed to allow applications evolve without OS. But N900 isn't. There is no need for MeeGo or Maemo6 to get new apps. Indeed you need only new Qt and some other libraries.

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mattbrawn | # 69 | 2010-02-16, 11:06 | Report

I've been working on the Nokia PUSH N900 projects (both the original global PUSH project, and at present the MOD IN THE USA competition as the Community Manager) and have seen some truly amazing stuff being created with Qt, Maemo5 and a few Arduinos.

For that reason, and I'm not saying it's not coming to N900, but I don't think the N900 specifically *needs* the Maemo6/MeeGo update as such. Yes it would be nice to be on the 'cutting edge' of development, but at the same time, the community that's developed based solely on the N900 and Maemo 5 is something to seriously behold. So for that reason, I think you guys (and all the other Maemo lovers out there) could still make awesome stuff running Maemo5 well into the future.

That's just my personal two cents.

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Dario1970 | # 70 | 2010-02-16, 11:10 | Report

Yaeh but I need an office editor and a street navigator. We need that great software house develop something for our N900 and not only great single developers that, soon, will go on a new platform.

Why a great software house should develop something for N900 if it is the only terminal with Maemo 5 and without multitouch of Maemo 6?

Sorry for my English.

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