Nokia going Linux, but not Android
From Reuters:
"I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo," Lappalainen said.
From Reuters:
"I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo," Lappalainen said.
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Good for them; Nokia's been putting a lot of effort and money into Maemo, which is based almost entirely on existing technologies like debian and GTK, so that many existing linux applications can be ported with minimal changes. It's much less proprietary and not intimately tied to a company known for being highly questionable on privacy.
It also has three years of development under its belt, and thousands of applications already written and available via apt-get.
I happily use an extremely old phone with near zero features, but the second as nokia releases its upcoming successor to the n810 with a cellular modem, I will buy it instantly. Perhaps that puts me in a niche, but I don't think I'm the only one who would appreciate a free-as-in-libre phone with an OMAP3 and very high resolution screen whose high-quality applications don't cost $10 each.