[maemo-users] Keeping up with the rumours...

[From: Mark]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 16:58, Graham Cobb <g+770 at cobb.uk.net> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/33284/Nokia-developing-ad-funded-phones
>>
>> This short article speculates that Maemo may eventually replace S60 on
>> products beyond the internet tablet line and says that Freemantle
>> includes an ad delivery homepage widget.
>
> The original article states that it's a Harmattan design (not Fremantle):
>
>    http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/05/18/leaked-nokia-bringing-maemo-to-phones-could-be-ad-supported/
>
> I think the "Symbian -> mid-range, Linux (Maemo) -> high-end" plan has
> been known about for a while. One source:
>
>    http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4B16IO20081202
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>

At least it looks like they're *finally* taking the PIM functionality
seriously...

Mark