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Not a week goes by without some blogger speculating that Nokia will just give up on MeeGo (or is completely oblivious to the existence of it in the first place)

Not a week goes by without some blogger speculating that Nokia will just give up on MeeGo (or is completely oblivious to the existence of it in the first place) and start making devices with Android. And not a week goes by that they seem to be mistaken by how much Nokia has put into MeeGo, Symbian and Ovi and how much their PR is trying to remind people of that fact. It's clear that Nokia want their own separate ecosystem for content, software and services and not share it with anyone else, and they aren't going to have that on either Android or WP7.

jsnell 16y ago
This time around is different though, given that the speculation is founded on the heavy-handed hints from Nokia's own CEO during an earnings call. They didn't come out and outright admit it, but it was hard to interpret the comments in any other way than using another OS in the US while keeping at least Symbian and probably MeeGo around for the rest of the world. Seems like a totally insane strategy though, whether that other OS is Android or WP7. Announce some new models with a new OS, admit that your own software development processes have totally failed, undermine your own developer story totally by further fragmenting the platform and by making the future of Symbian/Meego/QT uncertain. And then probably ship that phone 9 months later, when nobody cares anymore. I really hope they're doing something else.
- ig1 16y ago
  Nokia in Berlin are hiring quite a few developers at the moment, mainly for Ovi & Maps, but also for their Meego platform: http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/155-nokia-senior-c-engineer http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/155-nokia-senior-c-engineer http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/154-nokia-senior-qa-engineer-ovi-maps http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/154-nokia-senior-qa-enginee... http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/153-nokia-senior-frontend-javascript-developer-ovi http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/153-nokia-senior-frontend-j... Which would seem to suggest that there's no immediate plan for a change in direction. One of the added benefits of running a developer job board is you get a very good feel for tech trends :-)
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  I interpreted it as giving up on symbian (and the low-end) for the US, but launching Meego there earlier than the rest of the world with some high end devices i.e. be like Nokia for the rest of the world and be like Apple for the US, then let it trickle down. As the parent post notes, much of this speculation doesn't even mention Meego. If HP can launch WebOS and expect sales, there's no reason Nokia can't do beat the low bar it's set for itself in the US.

jsnell 16y ago

This time around is different though, given that the speculation is founded on the heavy-handed hints from Nokia's own CEO during an earnings call. They didn't come out and outright admit it, but it was hard to interpret the comments in any other way than using another OS in the US while keeping at least Symbian and probably MeeGo around for the rest of the world. Seems like a totally insane strategy though, whether that other OS is Android or WP7. Announce some new models with a new OS, admit that your own software development processes have totally failed, undermine your own developer story totally by further fragmenting the platform and by making the future of Symbian/Meego/QT uncertain. And then probably ship that phone 9 months later, when nobody cares anymore. I really hope they're doing something else.

ig1 16y ago
Nokia in Berlin are hiring quite a few developers at the moment, mainly for Ovi & Maps, but also for their Meego platform: http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/155-nokia-senior-c-engineer http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/155-nokia-senior-c-engineer http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/154-nokia-senior-qa-engineer-ovi-maps http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/154-nokia-senior-qa-enginee... http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/153-nokia-senior-frontend-javascript-developer-ovi http://www.coderstack.co.uk/jobs/153-nokia-senior-frontend-j... Which would seem to suggest that there's no immediate plan for a change in direction. One of the added benefits of running a developer job board is you get a very good feel for tech trends :-)
ZeroGravitas 16y ago
I interpreted it as giving up on symbian (and the low-end) for the US, but launching Meego there earlier than the rest of the world with some high end devices i.e. be like Nokia for the rest of the world and be like Apple for the US, then let it trickle down. As the parent post notes, much of this speculation doesn't even mention Meego. If HP can launch WebOS and expect sales, there's no reason Nokia can't do beat the low bar it's set for itself in the US.