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Maemo/Meego. I know there is Sailfish still around, but things would had been very different today if Nokia had put all its weight on it back then.

ajot 1y ago
They should have partnered not only with Intel, but with Palm, RIM or whatever other then-giant to rival Android. Those two went their own ways with WebOS and buying QNX, so maybe they could have agreed to form a consortium for an open and interoperable mobile OS
- estebarb 1y ago
  WebOS died in HP, after they bought Palm. I'm genuinely impressed at HP: somehow they always have the future in their hands... and kill it.
JoshTriplett 1y ago
I loved my N900, and my N800 before that, and I would have loved to have seen successors. Ultimately, I ended up switching to Android because I was tired of things only available as apps. Since then, web technologies have gotten better, and it's become much more feasible to use almost exclusively websites.
- bitwize 1y ago
  > it's become much more feasible to use almost exclusively websites. And that's precisely why companies nerf their web sites and put a little popup that says "<service> works better on the app".
heavyset_go 1y ago
In my ideal world, Maemo/Meego and Palm's WebOS (not LG's bastardization of it) would be today's Android and iOS. Apple would have inevitably done their own thing, but it would have been really nice to have two widely used, mature and open mobile Linux platforms.
alance 1y ago
Worth remembering it was the Microsoft partnership with Nokia that intentionally killed it.
javier2 1y ago
I was gonna say Meego. They killed it just as it was getting to a usable state. One of the last chances we had to get a proper third option in the mobile market.
goddaneel 1y ago
When I saw the title, my first thought was also MeeGo. While I don't believe it would have been all that great had it not been abandoned, MeeGo absolutely should not have been discarded in such a disgraceful manner.
tehdely 1y ago
TITCR. Hit ctrl-f and typed Meego as soon as I saw this thread, hoping I'd be the first. Alas. The N9 was literally a vision from an alternate timeline where a mobile platform from a major manufacturer was somehow hackable, polished, and secure. Favorite phone I've ever owned and I used it until it started to malfunction. Had a Jolla for a bit, too. It was nice to see them try to keep the basic ideas going but unfortunately it was a pain in the ass to use thanks to their decision to go with a radio that only supported GSM/EDGE in the US. Had to carry around a MiFi just to give it acceptable data service. I think the idea with Jolla is that if Nokia ever did an about-face, they were ready to be reabsorbed and get things back on the right track. Unfortunately, though we do once again have a "Nokia", it's just another Android white label with no interest in maintaining its own leading-edge smartphone platform.

ajot 1y ago

They should have partnered not only with Intel, but with Palm, RIM or whatever other then-giant to rival Android. Those two went their own ways with WebOS and buying QNX, so maybe they could have agreed to form a consortium for an open and interoperable mobile OS

estebarb 1y ago
WebOS died in HP, after they bought Palm. I'm genuinely impressed at HP: somehow they always have the future in their hands... and kill it.

JoshTriplett 1y ago

I loved my N900, and my N800 before that, and I would have loved to have seen successors. Ultimately, I ended up switching to Android because I was tired of things only available as apps. Since then, web technologies have gotten better, and it's become much more feasible to use almost exclusively websites.

bitwize 1y ago
> it's become much more feasible to use almost exclusively websites. And that's precisely why companies nerf their web sites and put a little popup that says "<service> works better on the app".

heavyset_go 1y ago

In my ideal world, Maemo/Meego and Palm's WebOS (not LG's bastardization of it) would be today's Android and iOS. Apple would have inevitably done their own thing, but it would have been really nice to have two widely used, mature and open mobile Linux platforms.

alance 1y ago

Worth remembering it was the Microsoft partnership with Nokia that intentionally killed it.

javier2 1y ago

I was gonna say Meego. They killed it just as it was getting to a usable state. One of the last chances we had to get a proper third option in the mobile market.

goddaneel 1y ago

When I saw the title, my first thought was also MeeGo. While I don't believe it would have been all that great had it not been abandoned, MeeGo absolutely should not have been discarded in such a disgraceful manner.

tehdely 1y ago

TITCR. Hit ctrl-f and typed Meego as soon as I saw this thread, hoping I'd be the first. Alas. The N9 was literally a vision from an alternate timeline where a mobile platform from a major manufacturer was somehow hackable, polished, and secure. Favorite phone I've ever owned and I used it until it started to malfunction. Had a Jolla for a bit, too. It was nice to see them try to keep the basic ideas going but unfortunately it was a pain in the ass to use thanks to their decision to go with a radio that only supported GSM/EDGE in the US. Had to carry around a MiFi just to give it acceptable data service. I think the idea with Jolla is that if Nokia ever did an about-face, they were ready to be reabsorbed and get things back on the right track. Unfortunately, though we do once again have a "Nokia", it's just another Android white label with no interest in maintaining its own leading-edge smartphone platform.