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If it wasn't for Microsoft, Linux on Nokia phones would have succeeded. That seems wildly optimistic. I owned an N900 and used an N9 for a while, and while I
by dagw 6y ago
If it wasn't for Microsoft, Linux on Nokia phones would have succeeded.
That seems wildly optimistic.
I owned an N900 and used an N9 for a while, and while I loved them for all their nerdy glory, they where not ready for prime time. Why do you think Nokia would have done better with Meego than they did with WP?
- squarefoot 6y agoI can't be 100% sure, of course, however both Purism and Pine64 phones are slowly but steadily getting better every month. I can only imagine that Nokia could have allocated a lot more resources on making their Linux phone.
- dagw 6y agoNokia + Microsoft poured more resources into Windows Phone than Nokia would ever have poured into Meego. And they failed, despite both WP 8 and 10 both offering a really great mobile OS experience.
- tovej 6y agoThe windows phone experience was terrible, don't kid yourself.
- dagw 6y agoI had a Nokia Windows Phone. The core user experience of WP10 is the best I've ever experienced on any phone. What mainly let it down was first and foremost the lack of quality third party apps (and as time went on lack of support of the first party apps).
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoI'd pay good money for a phone with an updated version of Windows Phone.