I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply untrue. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/technology/8219005.stm
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2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply untrue. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/technology/8219005.stm
i say at most 3 months and maemo will be available for
I think there are two factors:
1) People will find more comfortable with a known interface.
2) Commercial agreements.
I'd like to have the choice among Windows or Linux. Some vendors will
let you choose your OS. Some won't.
On 25/08/2009 16:15, Gary wrote:
I wonder why they chose Windows over
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply untrue. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/technology/8219005.stm
i say at most 3 months and maemo
On 25/08/2009 16:47, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Garyg...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply untrue.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kenneth Loafmankenn...@loafman.com wrote:
that would be awesome!
Wonder if Nokia will honor a refund if you swap to Maemo from Windows?
...Ken
It's the IBM OS/2 story all over again a company that doesn't have
faith in its own OS is a company doomed to
I strongly believe Maemo will be a direct competitor to Google Chrome
OS WHEN it'll be ready for a netbook form factor device.
They had (for whatever reason [may be test the market?]) to release a
netbook, but neither Symbian nor Maemo were ready for it. So why
wonder?
Maemo will be an OS that
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 17:04 +0200, William Maddler wrote:
On 25/08/2009 16:47, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Garyg...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Kenneth Loafmankenn...@loafman.com wrote:
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply untrue.
Hi,
in the spot video booklet 3g the new netbook nokia is presented with windows.
But I personally prefer the combination of opensource software Ubuntu + Maemo.
For italian maemo/nokia user I post on my blog the news ad the specifications
of new booklet3G :
Antonio Di Cello wrote:
For italian maemo/nokia user I post on my blog the news ad the specifications
of new booklet3G
The Guardian has more speculation on the hardware specs.
http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gmg/op/sXsDARYcytKh_ev4Q2pP53Q/view.m?id=158147tid=120787
My guess is that they're
There's a lot of talk that Nokia should release a Maemo netbook. Is there a
working port of Maemo to Intel-based chips? I only know of the ARM version
for the tablets.
This was partially mentioned above, but I don't think enough weight has been
given to the fact that Nokia has just within the
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Stephen
Gadsbystephen.gad...@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft hires an advertising firm, surely.
Showing they'll use an appropriate tool for a job and not kill
themselves with NIH.
My point in the end was that one of the several reasons of microsoft's
market
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Kevin T.
Neelyktne...@astroturfgarden.com wrote:
There's a lot of talk that Nokia should release a Maemo netbook. Is there a
working port of Maemo to Intel-based chips? I only know of the ARM version
for the tablets.
This was partially mentioned above, but
Kevin T. Neely wrote:
There's a lot of talk that Nokia should release a Maemo netbook. Is
there a working port of Maemo to Intel-based chips? I only know of
the ARM version for the tablets.
Not that I'm aware of.
This was partially mentioned above, but I don't think enough weight
has been
Kevin T. Neely a écrit :
There's a lot of talk that Nokia should release a Maemo netbook. Is
there a working port of Maemo to Intel-based chips? I only know of the
ARM version for the tablets.
The Scratchbox tool used into Maemo already support x86 processors. And
Linux certainly support
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 09:55:38AM -0600, Mark wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Kenneth Loafmankenn...@loafman.com wrote:
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is
I just recall a good bit of the video's focus was aimed at the corporate
commuter types (so-called VPN-less connection to corporate email being first
in my mind), so I thought that was a market segment they were going after.
I suspect an Ubuntu or other Linux port to this booklet would not be too
I wondering if the Nokia Netbook is a touch screen tablet?
If not, is it really possible to run Maemo 5 on it?
/ove
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply
It's not touchscreen, but I believe Maemo can be controlled via mouse
keyboard.
K
2009/8/25 Ove Nordström ove.nordst...@gmail.com
I wondering if the Nokia Netbook is a touch screen tablet?
If not, is it really possible to run Maemo 5 on it?
/ove
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I
Kevin T. Neely wrote:
I just recall a good bit of the video's focus was aimed at the
corporate commuter types (so-called VPN-less connection to corporate
email being first in my mind), so I thought that was a market segment
they were going after.
That's just Microsoft ActiveSync and it's no
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Gary g...@eyetraxx.net wrote:
Kevin T. Neely wrote:
I just recall a good bit of the video's focus was aimed at the
corporate commuter types (so-called VPN-less connection to corporate
email being first in my mind), so I thought that was a market segment
Kevin T. Neely ktne...@astroturfgarden.com writes:
I just recall a good bit of the video's focus was aimed at the corporate
commuter types (so-called VPN-less connection to corporate email being first
in my mind),
so I thought that was a market segment they were going after.
I suspect an
But then, how is that netbook from Nokia going to be different from
netbooks from other manufacturers?
This will be very interesting to see next week!!
/ove
2009/8/26 Alexandru Cardaniuc cardan...@gmail.com:
Kevin T. Neely ktne...@astroturfgarden.com writes:
I just recall a good bit of the
I wasn't even suggesting Nokia offer Linux as a purchase option, just as an
after-purchase option for someone that wants it.
It would be different in the same ways the Win7 booklet is different from other
windows netbooks, basically styling and the GSM SIM card slot. not that that
is unique,
On Wednesday 26 August 2009 00:37:18 Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
Maemo's point is to be a substitute of a real distribution because of
the hardware limitations like small screens and weak processing
capabilities.
You're talking just about the UI, Maemo is (headed to be) much more than just
a
booiiing booii...@gmail.com writes:
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony
is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's
simply untrue. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/technology/8219005.stm
i say at most 3
Mark wolfm...@gmail.com writes:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Kenneth Loafmankenn...@loafman.com
wrote:
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that
Sony is weak in the mobile device market is not only
unprofessional,
hend...@topoi.pooq.com writes:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 09:55:38AM -0600, Mark wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Kenneth
Loafmankenn...@loafman.com wrote:
booiiing wrote:
2009/8/25 Gary g...@eyetraxx.net:
I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that
Sony is weak
Kevin T. Neely wrote:
I wasn't even suggesting Nokia offer Linux as a purchase option, just as an
after-purchase option for someone that wants it.
It would be different in the same ways the Win7 booklet is different from
other windows netbooks, basically styling and the GSM SIM card slot.
Kevin T. Neely wrote:
I wasn't even suggesting Nokia offer Linux as a purchase option, just as an
after-purchase option for someone that wants it.
Actually, they don't even need to install an OS on it. Just give it to
me with an empty HDD and a more attractive price and I'll run with it.
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