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I would be curious to know more about the several devices that were planned to be on Meego but then shipped with Symbian! I remember seeing Bada phones at the

I would be curious to know more about the several devices that were planned to be on Meego but then shipped with Symbian! I remember seeing Bada phones at the time, but (at least in my country) the "does it run WhatsApp" era was already starting, and the total lack of apps for Bada made it totally unattractive. All said, I am not sure that polishing and marketing would have been enough to save the situation. I didn't see Palm's Pre and webOS mentioned in the thread so far: that makes for an example of an excellent platform, with good marketing and capabilities, that still didn't manage to affect the rise of the duopoly.

jillesvangurp 6y ago
I know the N8 was at some point earmarked for Meego. But internal politics happened. That would have been a true flagship phone around 2011 with a 12 megapixel camera, aluminium body and nice touch screen. I had it in Symbian form and it was alright but ultimately meh in terms of software. Essentially all Android phones at that point were a combination of slow, not very premium, and riddled with bugs. This was way before Google figured out how to do software updates properly. A slick UI, linux, touchscreen, etc. exactly what Nokia needed at that point. But they convinced themselves Symbian was good enough and were corrected by the market that made it very clear that it wasn't even close. Of course crippling the device with not enough memory did not help. Nokia saved pennies and sacrificed market share with that.