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In 2011 Nokia had several OSs. Symbian was the cash cow, successful in a number of markets. But not up to par with where Android and iOS were leading the indus
by asveikau 6y ago
In 2011 Nokia had several OSs.
Symbian was the cash cow, successful in a number of markets. But not up to par with where Android and iOS were leading the industry. The prevailing wisdom seemed to be it needed some modernization or replacement.
Maemo/Meego was their previous replacement candidate, based on Linux and Qt. Personally I liked this one. They never really allowed it to be on a path to cannibalize Symbian. It was always like an experimental project.
Switching to Windows Phone killed both of those.
Less talked about is s40, the low end feature phone-ish platform that continued to sell well in emerging markets long into the Windows Phone era.
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago> Maemo/Meego was their previous replacement candidate, based on Linux and Qt. Personally I liked this one. Meego—and the Nokia N9 it ran on—was so damn good. I can still remember the feeling of using it; it felt so good! I am still pissed off that they killed it. For Windows Phone, of all things!
- dijit 6y agoSweetheart deals with ex-Microsoft Executives leading the company. In my opinion: This is a cautionary tale of career executives. There was, however, an anecdote banded about the Helsinki R&D Nokia offices: "We have, easily, the most expensive clock application ever made, it's been rewritten so many times". So maybe the inefficiency was always going to kill it. That said, Nokia was betting on Meego replacing Symbian, symbian was so crazy optimised for low end hardware though.
- ginko 6y agoThe N9 clock app was a work of art though, super easy to use. I'm still sad that Meego didn't take off. It was the most intuitive, polished mobile OS I've ever used.