<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Maybe Nokia's collaboration with Intel will run Android?<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 7/6/09, Jonathan Greene <i><atmasphere@atmasphere.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Jonathan Greene <atmasphere@atmasphere.net><br>Subject: Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?<br>To: "Mark" <wolfmane@gmail.com><br>Cc: "Maemo users" <maemo-users@maemo.org><br>Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 8:23 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">preaching to the choir ...<br><br>Look at how FriendView works - Nokia Only. Vs. Google Latitude - all<br>platforms (iphone soon) and built into google maps.<br><br><br>On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Mark<<a ymailto="mailto:wolfmane@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=wolfmane@gmail.com">wolfmane@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>
...which is exactly the worst attitude they could possibly have. It's<br>> that proprietary layer that's holding them back and making things<br>> difficult for the users of their devices as well as the developers. If<br>> they could get it through their thick heads that flexibility always<br>> wins over proprietary, they would get a lot closer to their goals.<br>><br>> And if they really are trying to become a "services company", that<br>> doesn't bode well for support for *any* Nokia devices, or even their<br>> "services". Can you say, "Psion"?..........<br>><br>> Mark<br>><br>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Jonathan<br>> Greene<<a ymailto="mailto:atmasphere@atmasphere.net" href="/mc/compose?to=atmasphere@atmasphere.net">atmasphere@atmasphere.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> I think Nokia would have to seriously differentiate if they went Android ...<br>>><br>>> without a substantial custom layer,
they risk being a hardware only<br>>> player which goes against their desired evolution into a services<br>>> company ... that said extending services onto other platforms would be<br>>> a great idea.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Andrea Grandi<<a ymailto="mailto:a.grandi@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=a.grandi@gmail.com">a.grandi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>> I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android...<br>>>><br>>>> 2009/7/6 Mark <<a ymailto="mailto:wolfmane@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=wolfmane@gmail.com">wolfmane@gmail.com</a>>:<br>>>>> Yeah, well, Nokia has been denying a lot of things lately, and if they<br>>>>> are really relying on Symbian for their smartphones they are<br>>>>> guaranteeing failure in the long run. Symbian just doesn't have the<br>>>>> flexibility or power necessary to
be really competitive. Like PalmOS,<br>>>>> it was great in its day, but the fundamental limitations are just too<br>>>>> great.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Mark<br>>>>><br>>>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Jonathan<br>>>>> Greene<<a ymailto="mailto:atmasphere@atmasphere.net" href="/mc/compose?to=atmasphere@atmasphere.net">atmasphere@atmasphere.net</a>> wrote:<br>>>>>> Nokia's denial - <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL613838520090706" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL613838520090706</a><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Gary<<a ymailto="mailto:gary@eyetraxx.net" href="/mc/compose?to=gary@eyetraxx.net">gary@eyetraxx.net</a>> wrote:<br>>>>>>> This should be
interesting...<br>>>>>>> <a href="http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sqrya-hNKEmn5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=120437&tid=34&cat=technology" target="_blank">http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sqrya-hNKEmn5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=120437&tid=34&cat=technology</a><br>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> <a href="http://jonathangreene.tel" target="_blank">http://jonathangreene.tel</a><br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>> maemo-users mailing list<br>>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:maemo-users@maemo.org" href="/mc/compose?to=maemo-users@maemo.org">maemo-users@maemo.org</a><br>>>>> <a href="https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users"
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