Matt wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Alleged Nokia Linux smartphone plans exposed by leak
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>> | New information about Nokia's Linux strategy has been exposed through a
>> | leak. The company is allegedly planning to bring its Linux-based Maemo
>> | platform to smartphone devices in 2010.
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>> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/alleged-nokia-linux-
smartphone-plans-exposed-by-leak.ars
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> from the same link:
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>> A big question here is what this will mean for Symbian. Nokia is
>> investing considerable resources in an effort to open the Symbian
>> platform and make it more competitive relative to Linux-based phone
>> operating systems. Given Nokia's strong affinity for Symbian and the
>> lengths to which the company has gone to make itself the arbiter of
>> Symbian's destiny, it seems hard to imagine Nokia simply phasing it out
>> and walking away.
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>> One possibility is that Nokia intends to continue using both platforms
>> for a long time during a gradual and highly protracted transition
>> process. Another possibility is that Maemo will never completely displace
>> S60 and Nokia will simply commit to using each one in certain segments.
>> Regardless of which approach Nokia takes, it seems likely that Qt is
>> going to be the common layer that facilitates the transition. Nokia's
>> recent port of Qt to S60 makes it easier to build applications that can
>> target both S60 and Maemo. Harmattan is said to make extensive use of Qt,
>> unlike Maemo 5 and all previous versions which have been built on GTK+.
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>> I'm inclined to think that Maemo would make a pretty good smartphone
>> platform. Its strong Linux roots and close alignment with upstream
>> desktop Linux technologies would make it a more appealing option than
>> Android for many third-party developers and hardware makers who don't
>> want to get locked into Android's insular ecosystem. The ability to take
>> the vast number of existing desktop GTK+ and Qt applications and port
>> them trivially to a smartphone is also an appealing factor. The advantage
>> that Maemo offers over Symbian is easier application development and a
>> more modern platform stack.
> )))))
I know from people, who work at a call centre supporting cell phones, that
Symbian is great for stock standard telephones, but tends to be a bit quirky
on "Smart Phones". It could be for the smart phone sector that Nokia are
looking at Linux.
If that is the case and given that smart phones are expected to be the
future of mobile phones, Linux is likely to have a bright future at Nokia.
Ian
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