Re: [tlug] MeeGo? Netvertibles?

[Christian Horn <chorn@example.com>]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:59:19PM +0900, Michael Bitker wrote:
> 
> Nokia just released the new N9 today, which actually runs Meego.
> Here is the product page: http://swipe.nokia.com/
> 
> Looks like a pretty sweet little piece of tech, although as a smart
> phone it's not exactly going to replace a laptop, but that should give
> you an idea of what Meego can be. Hopefully Intel keeps up support on
> Meego and comes out with a Thinktab or some such thing.

I see a smartphone with a big touchscreen, MeeGo not really doing things
that android does not.

When I was using the the Nokia N900 with maemo I liked
- using its keyboard
- the device beeing shipped so the user can become root
- the Maemo beeing more similiar to plain linux than android is,
so making porting of programs easier

Biggest problem for me on Maemo (and I suspect this also for MeeGo) was
lack of applications, most important the available software does not 
provide the functionality of google maps.


Christian