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I'm really curious in getting my hands on the Nokia N9, just to explore the UI and UX of Meego. Unfortunately the devices on eBay are going for prices outside o
by dstaley 6y ago
I'm really curious in getting my hands on the Nokia N9, just to explore the UI and UX of Meego. Unfortunately the devices on eBay are going for prices outside of my budget since I suspect my exploration will last all of half an hour. I see a lot of refurbished models from China, so hopefully their prices drop over the next few years. I'm interested to see if Meego could have been the viable competitor that Windows Phone wasn't.
- arpa 6y agoIt could have. Both maemo and meego were lightyears ahead anything at that time. I had a N900. Best smartphone ever. Android is a hot mess compared to it.
- mjg59 6y agoIf it had shipped two years earlier, perhaps. By 2011 iOS and Android already had sufficient mindshare that Meego (while a fine OS!) didn't stand out sufficiently to have stood a chance (although obviously Nokia's pivot to Windows Phone meant it didn't in any case). If you want to play with something similar, Sailfish is derived from Meego and has been ported to various widely available devices.
- ginko 6y agoI owned a Nokia N9. To this day it had the best user interface of any smartphone I ever owned. The design was also great.
- loosescrews 6y agoSailfish is similar, although I do prefer Harmattan. The basics are similar, but clean design is missing. I also remain unsold on "pulley menus" after years of using them.