On 12/21/2010 11:42 AM, Gora Mohanty <[email protected]> wrote:
2010/12/21 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)<[email protected]>:
[...]
Is that mandatory? If Android forces me to store my contact data on
Google's servers, well, include me out -- Meego suddenly looks so much
better!
[...]
<snip>
Sadly, I think that Meego is going nowhere: Too little, too late. The
OpenMoko community is still somewhat active though, and there is
always hope that someone might revive hardware for it.
I doubt OpenMoko would be coming out with a good enough handset. Their
community may be active but the hardware is expensive to create and
doesn't make business sense for OpenMoko to manufacture for low volumes
(especially with the 3G chip).
MeeGo on the other hand looks very promising - the kind of interface
they're building, and especially Nokia creating a different UX which can
give iphone and android users a good competition, I personally think we
can look forward to it. The only downside, Nokia's interface and/or
device "could" be proprietary and also be different from the default
open source interface available. But then it's QT and also you may be
able to hack it - similar to Nokia N900. That only time would tell
(probably by June 2011).
Also, I don't think it would ever be 'late' in the long run. Cellphone
has a life-time of usually 3-5 years. Even if you preserve the handset,
the battery may be hard to find, and there's a limit to which you can
run on non-genuine batteries. Considering the speed at which the
cellphone technology is advancing, the next phone may be much ahead than
the current generation Androids and iPhones. Creating an ecosystem
(appstore etc.) wouldn't take more than a few years. With more and more
people using mobile phones and the population explosion, MeeGo (and
others) could easily survive and compete.
Regards
Vivek Kapoor
http://exain.com
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