Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic
Android is mopping up Apple and RIM's declining mobile mindshare in the US, you'll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobile web traffic stateside comes from devices running Google's OS
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Nice!!! Makes espoo's latest poopoo less poo!
@jellotime91
1. If you were to define it as poo, it is certainly not its latest
2. It certainly isnt poo, since it is the most powerful OS in the market now for mobile devices.
@JFH
You talking about maemo?
I think any mobile OS that's been discontinued less than a year after its first implementation, leaving said device abandoned with no upgrade to the new platform mind you, isn't very powerful.
It's the latest that I know of / care to know of. I know there's the N8 but that isn't released. I'm talking only of flagship devices of course, the others are mere fodder.
@jellotime91
The OS capabilities have nothing to do with it being supported or not. If they stop selling Snow Leopard tomorrow, my MacBook does not lose an inch of functionality.
MeeGo is the next iteration of Maemo, it basically is Maemo 6. Anyone that bought the N900 could have known, as it was communicated extensively, that this device would be an enthusiasts device. Even though Nokia will not bring MeeGo to N900, it is irrelevant as MeeGo as part of Linux Foundation will.
The fodder remark is myopic.
@JFH
MODERN Mobile OSes need community support. A mobile OS without a strong userbase that's running on a single device with no future is not a strong Mobile OS, regardless of its capabilities.
My eyes are myopic, maybe that explains some things.
Anyway what are some big devices that were launched after the N900 from Nokia? Because I can't think of a single one. And you can't deny that 50% of their devices are fodder.
@jellotime91
OS2005, OS2006, OS2007, OS2008, Diablo, Freemantle(which just got PR1.2 in HK and more places will come soon), all those are versions of Maemo. Harmattan will come next but it will be called Meego 1 for mobile devices, it is stilll Maemo and the n900 will probably be updated to it.
You keep talking without knowing anything, it makes you look very knowledgeable.
@jellotime91
Now you are just bending and twisting in trying to make what you said sound like the truth.
MODERN Mobile OSes need community support. A mobile OS without a strong userbase that's running on a single device with no future is not a strong Mobile OS, regardless of its capabilities.
Ironically, it is that active userbase that has led to this post. Since it is a hackers device, the percentage of the user base that is actively involved is relatively large. I am sure you can understand that, you just chose not to since it does not fit your preconceived idea.
My eyes are myopic, maybe that explains some things.
It could.
Anyway what are some big devices that were launched after the N900 from Nokia? Because I can't think of a single one. And you can't deny that 50% of their devices are fodder.
"fodder" for people like us who want flagships devices, but that really detracts from the value those devices have for others. Your opinion does not matter to the relevancy of those phones. So when you say fodder, all you are saying is, it is not for me. Very different.
And again, your point on if there were any devices launched by Nokia after the N900, which is negative, is completely and utterly irrelevant.
You started of with poo, then argued it isnt powerful, then did not refute my analogy, then you only went on to make other baseless claims, then you mention irrelevant things about other devices, and you basically end up talking out of your arse to defend your initial point. Which brings us back to poo, and you have come full circle.
@jellotime91 said:
"You talking about maemo?
I think any mobile OS that's been discontinued less than a year after its first implementation, leaving said device abandoned with no upgrade to the new platform mind you, isn't very powerful."
One, this is NOT the first implementation of Maemo. Remember the Nokia 770, Nokia 770 Hacke Edition, N800, N810, and N810 WiMax Edition?? Those were the predecessors to the N900, all running early versions of Maemo Linux.
Second, the N900 isn't abandoned. It is the only pocketable device able to run MeeGo, with a developer build and UI planned soon. Like WinMo, Symbian, and WebOS unofficially, it has full Qt support, alongside the same GTK, Python, C++, Flash, and other toolkit support like MeeGo for full compatiblilty. The entire Maemo community and I have had access to MeeGo, along with the rest of the world, for use on our N900s for quite some time now.
Third, a product's commercial success rarely has much to do with its "power". The N900 and Maemo's power are undisputed. I haven't met a single reputable person willing to say any smartphone OS is more capable and powerful than Linux in general, and Maemo specifically. I mean the Linux software stack, not just the kernel. Just because people prefer a carrier offered garden of simplicity doesn't mean there aren't more powerful solutions.
"It's the latest that I know of / care to know of. I know there's the N8 but that isn't released. I'm talking only of flagship devices of course, the others are mere fodder."
That's certainly understandable, but if you aren't bothered by your ignorance, you certainly shouldn't whine as loudly since you know your information is likely substandard, out of date, and outright incorrect.
By the way, the N8? Not a flagship. Nokia's flagship devices have always had a list price of $549-749 and higher, not $459. The N8 is just $100 more than the entry level 5800 XM was at launch, or near there. It may be their technological flag bearer, but it won't be near the pinnacle of what they offer. There will be the N9-00 for that, and it will be running MeeGo/Maemo, not Symbian, and should debut at around $649 and up.
@christexaport
This N9-00 device you talk about...
Can you point to where it has been discussed in detail?
Based on where moorestown is at...
I'd be surprised if it's available this year.
But have you heard otherwise?
Thanks.