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Re: [LUG] Fwd: Nokia and Microsoft form alliance

 

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Rob Beard wrote:

On 12/02/11 15:05, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Julian Hall wrote:

'Nokia has joined forces with Microsoft in an attempt to regain ground
lost to the iPhone and Android-based devices. The deal will see Nokia
use the Windows phone operating system for its smartphones, the
company said.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12427680

Death of Symbian?

Followed by the death of Maemo, Meego and ultimately Nokia. Looks like
even their staff aren't happy about it, and I suspect my n900 will be
the last Nokia I ever buy...

Well it looks like when you retire your N900 you could put Android on it if you wished...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/nokia-phones-android/

I have been looking at it - it's not ready enough yet...

Although saying that, isn't the Maemo distro based on Debian anyway? I guess if it was me I'd go for the Debian based distro.

Yes, it's based on Debian. I'll probably keep my n900 as it is until it dies - then get a proper Android phone.. The n900 is missing a few things to be fully android compliant (e.g. the buttons are mapped differently)

That article is right about it (n900) not being as slick as it ought to be though - I think it's the same processor & speed that's in the HTC Desire which my wife has, and I'm impressed at just how fast her phone is. With talking GPS, etc....

Gordon

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