Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-07 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
Andrea Grandi a.gra...@gmail.com writes: I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android... Why Android and not Maemo? Maemo is better. 2009/7/6 Mark wolfm...@gmail.com: Yeah, well, Nokia has been denying a lot of things lately, and if they are really relying on Symbian for their smartphones

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-07 Thread Jamie Bennett
On 7 Jul 2009, at 09:06, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Andrea Grandi a.gra...@gmail.com writes: I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android... Why Android and not Maemo? Maemo is better. Better in what sense? Regards, Jamie. -- http://www.linuxuk.org

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-07 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
with Intel will run Android? --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net wrote: From: Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net Subject: Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia? To: Mark wolfm...@gmail.com Cc: Maemo users maemo-users@maemo.org Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 8:23

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-07 Thread Didier Courtaud
Jamie Bennett a écrit : On 7 Jul 2009, at 09:06, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Andrea Grandi a.gra...@gmail.com writes: I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android... Why Android and not Maemo? Maemo is better. Better in what sense? Android is just an encaptulation of Linux with Java

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-07 Thread Mark
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Didier Courtauddidier.court...@cea.fr wrote: Jamie Bennett a écrit : On 7 Jul 2009, at 09:06, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Andrea Grandi a.gra...@gmail.com writes: I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android... Why Android and not Maemo? Maemo is better.

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-07 Thread Gary
Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Is Android more open than Maemo? No. Interestingly, Android wasn't fully open when first released but that's been resolved over the past year or so. q.v http://maemo.org/legal/terms_of_use/licenses and http://source.android.com/license -Gary

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Greene
Nokia's denial - http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSL613838520090706 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Garyg...@eyetraxx.net wrote: This should be interesting... http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sqrya-hNKEmn5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=120437tid=34cat=technology

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark
Yeah, well, Nokia has been denying a lot of things lately, and if they are really relying on Symbian for their smartphones they are guaranteeing failure in the long run. Symbian just doesn't have the flexibility or power necessary to be really competitive. Like PalmOS, it was great in its day, but

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Andrea Grandi
I really would buy a Nokia phone with Android... 2009/7/6 Mark wolfm...@gmail.com: Yeah, well, Nokia has been denying a lot of things lately, and if they are really relying on Symbian for their smartphones they are guaranteeing failure in the long run. Symbian just doesn't have the

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Greene
I think Nokia would have to seriously differentiate if they went Android ... without a substantial custom layer, they risk being a hardware only player which goes against their desired evolution into a services company ... that said extending services onto other platforms would be a great idea.

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark
...which is exactly the worst attitude they could possibly have. It's that proprietary layer that's holding them back and making things difficult for the users of their devices as well as the developers. If they could get it through their thick heads that flexibility always wins over proprietary,

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Greene
preaching to the choir ... Look at how FriendView works - Nokia Only. Vs. Google Latitude - all platforms (iphone soon) and built into google maps. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Markwolfm...@gmail.com wrote: ...which is exactly the worst attitude they could possibly have. It's that

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Vail
Maybe Nokia's collaboration with Intel will run Android? --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net wrote: From: Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net Subject: Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia? To: Mark wolfm...@gmail.com Cc: Maemo users maemo-users@maemo.org Date

Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark
...@atmasphere.net wrote: From: Jonathan Greene atmasph...@atmasphere.net Subject: Re: Android device coming soon from Nokia? To: Mark wolfm...@gmail.com Cc: Maemo users maemo-users@maemo.org Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 8:23 AM preaching to the choir ... Look at how FriendView works - Nokia

Android device coming soon from Nokia?

2009-07-05 Thread Gary
This should be interesting... http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sqrya-hNKEmn5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=120437tid=34cat=technology ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users