http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/ Engadget Comments for Nokia: pre-alpha release of MeeGo for handsets coming June 30th http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Made for a good laugh, thank you]]>Jun 22nd 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Or to the iPhone 3GS's new box. It's magical...]]>Jun 22nd 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/The number of iphone stories in the last day or so has been staggering, worse still is the fact that stories are of little substance or importance :-S.
But hey, as a US-centric blog, we'll choose not to to criticize too heavily as the love for apple truly is overwhelming in this country.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=NruNDIYf3BGe7iZ_l7okhQ]]>Jun 22nd 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
BTW, the N900 unlocked is on crazy cheap sale right now on the slickdeals homepage. I am considering returning my recently purchased "hold me over" Nokia X6 for one.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
hmm, might pick one up s/hand to play with.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
A great price for a mediocre smartphone, but the Symbian OS is so meh.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Come on Engadget, you are supposed to hate Nokia and LOVE Apple. Even if it means chasing the FedEx truck carrying iPhone 4s and sneaking into Walmart JUST to see the iPhone 4 boxes!]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/They can't mostly because no symbian devices bar the i8910 have GPU's to push the interface along as quickly as it would need to go]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Not the 5800, N97,X6 or any of the numerous s60 5th edition devices out there bar the Satio, Vivaz,i8910.
The reason for the lack of dedicated GPU's in the Nokia devices was simply because the OS didn't use it, at all. Much like Android devices today. The anemic adreno 200 in the Snapdragon SOC's is practically unused.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/He said Nokia phones. The only recent Nokia that has a GPU is the N900.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Technically the N8x0 devices have an OpenGL ES 1.1 capable core, but the drivers are currently being discussed with Nokia. There is an active, if unofficial, effort to port MeeGo to the N8x0 devices.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/I would hold off on purchasing the N8 or iphone 4 if this thing is as promising as the UI guidelines would indicate.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/I know, a stunning array of choices:
- Optionally locked OS vs absolutely locked OS!
- Copy and Paste vs No Copy and Paste!
- If Microsoft holds true, No Removable Storage!
- No non-AppStore (whatever they call it) applications!

WP7 will have none of the upsides of WinMo and all the downsides of the iPhone!]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
valid points but
- Office hub in WP7 looks really good
- XBox Live
- 1 MeeGo device (that we know of) vs at least 4 WP7 devices (Dell, HTC, LG)
- I think MS will implement copy & paste within months of initial release (once it's stable), won't have to wait a year

Been using WP7 in my tablet PC using the emulator, and I love it. I will install MeeGo and give it a try as well. That should help me decide.
]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Why one Meego device - it will be a range of devices from different vendors, including tablets, phones, netbooks etc. It fits for them much better than Android.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
I was just listing the known smartphones to hit the market in Q4. I guess I don't know of MeeGo smartphones outside the N9. But yeah, MeeGo seems better fit for tablets the phone OSes being used around.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/We dont know if they will hit the market this year, but there are some manufactored models + the now cancelled LG GW990 that make a comeback as soon as MeeGo is ready.

And yeah, its a better fit for tablet, since its a full OS, with QT support, running full linix for quite easy ports from other linux versions.
It might not inititally be anywhere close to the amount of apps as the iPhone/iPad has... but on the other hand you can skip all those apps, that are only made to make up for the browser limitations, and so on.
A real productive device, with full versions of office programs and such...]]>Jun 22nd 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Fail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Jun 22nd 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
+1]]>Jun 22nd 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
Too thick, and my usb port just came off :(]]>Jun 22nd 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Nokia really need to push harder, since Apple just trow their new bomb.

If the don't do that, many blog will make a joke of them (like that famous Russian one).

Oh..wait..no
Many blog still will make a joke of them, even Nokia realease a really good Meego device. They will twist the word so to make Nokia look desperate, lack of innovation and so on.

It might be not fair, but thats what i saw on the internet today. And whos say the world is fair?]]>Jun 22nd 2010 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Q4 this year, nokia will put something out there. The talk is that it will be more mainstream than the N900.
Runmors talk of a 12MP camera.
Capacitive screen.

And there are other manufactors working on models of their own. And perhaps the LG GW990, will come back, but with MeeGo.]]>Jun 23rd 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Thats what i heard. Hope its not to late for them.
And yet, the still need to make sure the ecosystem is ready too by then. Today, people don't buy smartphone solely as a device, they buy the ecosystem too.
Ovimaps is good, but Nokia need more than that.

And great operator data plan bundling. Here in Indonesia, all operator say it loud about Blackberry data bundling in competitive price. And for Nokia messaging? only small ads in newspaper. Nobody knows it exist.]]>Jun 23rd 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
I hope it works well with it, the only thing i dont like about n900 is it doesnt have any buttons on the front.

Other then that... i just want openness, and ability to do what i want on my phone for largely. Free. So if i can do that, it will be a 100% win.]]>Jun 22nd 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/Jun 22nd 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/nokia-pre-alpha-release-of-meego-for-handsets-coming-june-30th/
Dig us up some more gold on N9 Specs/Availability!
There's been a dribble of uncertainties, we need solidification!

Thanks.]]>Jun 23rd 2010 3:24AM