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Smart Phone Race

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    #32
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    youcancallme>al wrote: »
    Going forward it will be known as the rather ridiculous sounding MeeGo ;)
    Not as ridiculous as saying "Going forward"... I hate that phrase :p


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    #33
    Selkies
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    funkyjebus wrote: »
    agreed. Maemo is a beast. can't believe no one mentioned before you. my n900 is the best phone ive ever had by a mile (except for battery life!!!!)
    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Maemo beats both Android, W7P and definitley beats Symbian.

    What makes it better?


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    #34
    nmesisca
    Registered Users Posts: 306 ✭✭nmesisca


    funkyjebus wrote: »
    agreed. Maemo is a beast. can't believe no one mentioned before you. my n900 is the best phone ive ever had by a mile (except for battery life!!!!)

    is too much of a beast really.. and too big.. plus with intel being in the middle now, i wouldn't be surprised if it wasnt given the attention it needs to flourish.
    intel has the attention span of a nat when it comes to products that dont bring in enough revenue from the get go.


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    #35
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Selkies wrote: »
    What makes it better?
    It runs on a real full linux kernel just like any desktop meaning it's completely open and that it's extremely powerful as an OS. Android is only very loosely based on linux and even at that it's apps are all java based whilst Maemo can run anything that Debian ARM can run.

    Here is the N900 playing a linux port of Quake 3

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSgjjt2TCqM


    Here it is running Debian linux with apps
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zNfBczub8


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    #36
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users Posts: 8,023 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Not as ridiculous as saying "Going forward"... I hate that phrase :p

    Well there may be a bit of a paradigm shift vis-à-vis the synergy of Intel and Nokia working together :cool:


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    #37
    nmesisca
    Registered Users Posts: 306 ✭✭nmesisca


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    It runs on a real full linux kernel just like any desktop meaning it's completely open and that it's extremely powerful as an OS. Android is only very loosely based on linux and even at that it's apps are all java based whilst Maemo can run anything that Debian ARM can run.

    Here is the N900 playing a linux port of Quake 3

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSgjjt2TCqM


    Here it is running Debian linux with apps
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zNfBczub8

    still.. at least for me.. its too much of a pc and not enough of a phone..


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    #38
    Selkies
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    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    It runs on a real full linux kernel just like any desktop meaning it's completely open and that it's extremely powerful as an OS. Android is only very loosely based on linux and even at that it's apps are all java based whilst Maemo can run anything that Debian ARM can run.

    Here is the N900 playing a linux port of Quake 3



    Here it is running Debian linux with apps

    That is certainly impressive, however I'm not sure that it makes it better than the Android, just different.

    The android has a market place where businesses can make money from writing software for that smart phone.

    How does the maemo compare on that front?

    As for WP7, it runs .Net XNA which makes it far better for games than any of the competitors.

    I think the maemo is better for linux enthusiasts rather than simply better in general, but I might be wrong.


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