I bet that the first MeeGo tablet will run in x86. It will make sense, since the form factor allows a bigger battery, and Intel seems to have been testing some MeeGo UI for tablets already (http://mynokiablog.com/2010/06/01/new-meego-tablet-ui/).
Every piece of know-how they get through this tablet can then easily go towards a x86 phone (if they eventually decide to make one); which could arrive in H2 2011 (fitting the schedules mentioned before).
If the N9 is going to be launched anytime soon; then the hardware should be decided already and getting ready to be mass produced.
ncdk is a handest. its at the link i posted earlier running handest tests and getting bug reports to do with calls and SMS. they have 3 revisions listed (EB1 EB2 EB3). It has to be close to final by now. I even gave you the screen size and keyboard and sensor info, and still you want to argue it's "something else".
I give up.
ncdk is a handest. its at the link i posted earlier running handest tests and getting bug reports to do with calls and SMS. they have 3 revisions listed (EB1 EB2 EB3). It has to be close to final by now. I even gave you the screen size and keyboard and sensor info, and still you want to argue it's "something else".
I give up.
The "final" in "close to final" can get very long. There is a reason why calls and SMS get debugged first; it's because they give the biggest revenue to carriers, so they can't fail, ever. Even considering that the handset have been thoroughly debugged; they still need to do live tests, durability, factories, marketing, etc etc
All that can easily take months. That's why I believe the N9, based on ARM will be launched in Q3 2011, followed by an x86 tablet with voice capabilities in mid 2011, and a new x86 phone for Q3 2011.
What delayed them? Getting Qt and UX's unified correctly so customers and developers can transition between devices with minimum hassle.
They'd have to be to remain competitive since everything else is going this direction. In fact, I'm willing to bet they will go one step further and come up with a QT JIT to standardise not just code - but binaries across the board as much as Android does the same way.
The "final" in "close to final" can get very long. There is a reason why calls and SMS get debugged first; it's because they give the biggest revenue to carriers, so they can't fail, ever. Even considering that the handset have been thoroughly debugged; they still need to do live tests, durability, factories, marketing, etc etc
All that can easily take months. That's why I believe the N9, based on ARM will be launched in Q3 2011, followed by an x86 tablet with voice capabilities in mid 2011, and a new x86 phone for Q3 2011.
What delayed them? Getting Qt and UX's unified correctly so customers and developers can transition between devices with minimum hassle.
Pure speculation on my part, btw.
I see, so you think that Nokia, that will barely admit to the importance of MeeGo, actually is developing two MeeGo phones... And also is so insane they decided to skip making prototypes and testing of the N9, and will just test the n900 and this intel phone. Because that is exactly what you are implying when you say that this is not the N9 prototype...
see qa report. But more intresting is if its N9 :-P
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