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No. There's a lot of options on the mobile space already (iOS, Android and WM8) - which, IMHO is enough (not to mention BB, FirefoxOS, WebOS, Maemo/Symbian/Wha

by herval 14y ago

No. There's a lot of options on the mobile space already (iOS, Android and WM8) - which, IMHO is enough (not to mention BB, FirefoxOS, WebOS, Maemo/Symbian/Whatever-Nokia)...

bergie 14y ago
I don't think the prize for the 3rd place has been given out yet. Possible contenders are BlackBerry, Bada, and WP. Symbian still sells ok-ish, but is clearly a dead end. And then there are some new players including Tizen, Sailfish, and Firefox OS. Personally, I'd like to see a properly open alternative do well. Firefox OS would be the best for the web, and Sailfish for Linux in general.
- herval 14y ago
  Thanks for remembering Bada :-) I totally agree there's still a sort of draw for who the third one will be, but I think it's quickly converging towards WP8 due mainly to Nokia's bet on it...
- gbraad 14y ago
  > Firefox OS would be the best for the web, and Sailfish for Linux in general. Agree to this... users do not care about Linux and often has a negative feel among the masses in China; the try to be Windows when you can get the real stuff for 'free'. They care more about access to service and being able to do the same as their friends/colleagues, play games, access to 微信 (weixin, wechat), 微博 (weibo), etc. For this the compatibility layer might come in handy, since without it is hard to find the users. Note: Blackberry and Bada are not really contenders in China. WP maybe, but purely due to the looks of the phone (eg Lumia), but was faced with no store access in China for a long time.
rurounijones 14y ago
"Maemo/Symbian/Whatever-Nokia" is dead, it was killed by Elop. Sailfish (The software being demo'd) is created by a group of ex "Maemo/Symbian/Whatever-Nokia" devs and is based on that codebase - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS
- herval 14y ago
  They're still releasing some Maemo phones, afaik, no? All in all, being a Microsoft hater or not, I believe it was a good move, though. Symbian was an old messy pile, and Maemo was just... bad.
  - duskwuff 14y ago
    If they are releasing any more Maemo phones (and I'm not sure they are), it's just a few last devices they had in the pipeline. At this point they've already decided that Maemo shall have no future.
    - daliusd 14y ago
      To be technically correct we can speak only about MeeGo device N9. It's support is discontinued from 2013 but you can still buy one if you find it. Overall very nice device. As well I must say it is quite popular compared to Symbian devices.

by herval 14y ago

No. There's a lot of options on the mobile space already (iOS, Android and WM8) - which, IMHO is enough (not to mention BB, FirefoxOS, WebOS, Maemo/Symbian/Whatever-Nokia)...

bergie 14y ago

I don't think the prize for the 3rd place has been given out yet. Possible contenders are BlackBerry, Bada, and WP. Symbian still sells ok-ish, but is clearly a dead end. And then there are some new players including Tizen, Sailfish, and Firefox OS. Personally, I'd like to see a properly open alternative do well. Firefox OS would be the best for the web, and Sailfish for Linux in general.

herval 14y ago
Thanks for remembering Bada :-) I totally agree there's still a sort of draw for who the third one will be, but I think it's quickly converging towards WP8 due mainly to Nokia's bet on it...
gbraad 14y ago
> Firefox OS would be the best for the web, and Sailfish for Linux in general. Agree to this... users do not care about Linux and often has a negative feel among the masses in China; the try to be Windows when you can get the real stuff for 'free'. They care more about access to service and being able to do the same as their friends/colleagues, play games, access to 微信 (weixin, wechat), 微博 (weibo), etc. For this the compatibility layer might come in handy, since without it is hard to find the users. Note: Blackberry and Bada are not really contenders in China. WP maybe, but purely due to the looks of the phone (eg Lumia), but was faced with no store access in China for a long time.

rurounijones 14y ago

"Maemo/Symbian/Whatever-Nokia" is dead, it was killed by Elop. Sailfish (The software being demo'd) is created by a group of ex "Maemo/Symbian/Whatever-Nokia" devs and is based on that codebase - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS

herval 14y ago
They're still releasing some Maemo phones, afaik, no? All in all, being a Microsoft hater or not, I believe it was a good move, though. Symbian was an old messy pile, and Maemo was just... bad.
- duskwuff 14y ago
  If they are releasing any more Maemo phones (and I'm not sure they are), it's just a few last devices they had in the pipeline. At this point they've already decided that Maemo shall have no future.
  - daliusd 14y ago
    To be technically correct we can speak only about MeeGo device N9. It's support is discontinued from 2013 but you can still buy one if you find it. Overall very nice device. As well I must say it is quite popular compared to Symbian devices.