The Mad Hatter has been a long-time fan of Nokia. Today, he is a former fan. Nokia has jumped from a Burning Platform (TM) and plunged into Ice Cold Water (TM), thus quenching the mild flame that still burnt in his heart.
Starting from an old non-smart-phone that's still in my house somewhere, unused but still functional, to the remarkable 6600, to the still beloved N95, and the 5800 XpressMusic, it's been a long and happy relationship. Thus far. What I thought was a brief Android phase while I ran out of patience waiting for MeeGo has turned into an indefinite disenchantment.
I guess we'll never know if MeeGo's native-Linux-like architecture was technically superior to Android, as they claimed. Or we could say Android won by default. As they say, time-to-market always wins.
But yet, if only you had more patience, Nokia. If only.
Starting from an old non-smart-phone that's still in my house somewhere, unused but still functional, to the remarkable 6600, to the still beloved N95, and the 5800 XpressMusic, it's been a long and happy relationship. Thus far. What I thought was a brief Android phase while I ran out of patience waiting for MeeGo has turned into an indefinite disenchantment.
I guess we'll never know if MeeGo's native-Linux-like architecture was technically superior to Android, as they claimed. Or we could say Android won by default. As they say, time-to-market always wins.
But yet, if only you had more patience, Nokia. If only.
2 comments:
I'm showing my ignorance here, but what phone do you now have?
MeeGo sounds sweet. I'd rather have one of them than an android in charge of my mobile.
I use an HTC Desire Z, my first non-Nokia phone in over a decade (not counting the voice-only Samsung Guru I use for my Reliance CDMA connection)
I can see why Google went the way they did with Android - quickly replicating the Apple user experience to the degree possible while retaining some openness required a few compromises. I'd still prefer MeeGo if they can make it work.
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