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Nokia Ditching Symbian for N Series Phones, Using Meego Instead

Jun 24, 2010, 7:05 AM by Eric M. Zeman

The Nokia N8 will be the last N series device to use Nokia's Symbian-based mobile operating system. It runs Symbian^3, which is the most current version of Symbian available. "Going forward, N-series devices will be based on MeeGo," said Nokia spokesman Doug Dawson. Nokia launched MeeGo with Intel in February. MeeGo is a joint effort that combines the best elements of Moblin and Maemo Linux into one mobile platform. Symbian has been Nokia's go-to smartphone platform for nearly a decade. Nokia bought and then open-sourced Symbian in an attempt to spur developer interest in the platform. Nokia's N series devices are its multimedia devices that focus on camera, video and music performance. Nokia did not say it will give up on Symbian for other device classes, such as the E series, or its main line of feature phones.

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ibnturab

Jun 24, 2010, 10:22 AM

Bury Meego with it

Meego is another OS that is completely dead end. The problem is that Nokia has decided to bet the family farm on. This move will likely break their bank very soon. Its not that Meego may be a bad OS, its just that there is no developer interest. Doesn't matter how great the OS is, no developers === failure.

futuresealsniper

Care to elaborate, because I've found several articles stating there is widespread support for this OS, not to mention being pushed by Intel itself.

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muchdrama

ibnturab said:
Meego is another OS that is completely dead end. The problem is that Nokia has decided to bet the family farm on. This move will likely break their bank very soon. Its not that Meego may be a bad OS, its just that th

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ibnturab

Jun 24, 2010, 3:27 PM

Nokia sold under 100,000 n900 Maemo phone in 6months

Just begs the question where they think they are headed with this

futuresealsniper

Do you remember seeing them advertise the N900?
Neither do I. The phone was meant for a niche market-geeks- before going onto the mainstream. That's pretty good sales for a product that they never advertised at all.

muchdrama

ibnturab said:
Just begs the question where they think they are headed with this

...to make money. Just like any other company. Have you used a Meego handset? I haven't. And I'm not ready to dismiss it because all t...
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justfinethanku

Jun 24, 2010, 8:17 AM

Bury Symbian and lose the shovel.

Just be done with it!!!!

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