Some Symbian Sanity - why Nokia will not join Google Android or Microsoft Phone 7 http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2010/12/some-symbian-sanity-why-nokia-will-not-join-google-android-or-microsoft-phone-7.html
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Milo van der Linden <[email protected]>wrote: > I am no developer. When it comes to smartphones, I am simply a user. I > do however have the strong philosophy that source should be open and > knowledge should be available without discrimination. > > I decided to buy an android device 5 months ago. First I had been > tipping my seat waiting for Nokia to come with a meego powered device, > be it buggy or not, I would have bought it. But as the end of my > operator contract drew near, there was no sign of a new Nokia device > and buying a N900 wasn't possible in my region. > > The biggest thing about android is that although the core OS is open, > drivers are all closed. Every device vendor (HTC, Samsung and others) > takes the OS, wraps in the closed drivers and sell their phones. And > this is in my opinion the biggest pain. If my Samsung Galaxy S is slow > or buggy in some way, I have to wait for Samsung to fix drivers or > provide me with a upgrade to a newer version of android. This makes me > dependend. As dependend as I would be with a iPhone. And I hate being > dependend on others. > > My best bet? Nokia could win a race when they would decide not to > follow the android model of "grab the os, build your own drivers" but > would truly provide an open source (including drivers) mobile > platform. This would surely accelerate security, bug-fixing, upgrading > and having the best value for money. It would draw a large spectrum of > developers. Remember the Neo Freerunner? It is a terrible phone, but > it was completely sold out on all instances > > But again, this is merely my opinion. And I am just a user ;-) > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community >
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