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Nokia looks to Meego to combat Iphone 4
FLOUNDERING PHONE MAKER Nokia has finally decided to load the Linux based Meego operating system onto its high end N-series smartphones.
Nokia has been unable to mount a sustained attack on Apple's Iphone since its inception in 2007. Punters are flocking towards the alternatives, with the firm posting declines in its market share. For the company that has been on top of the handset pile for decades, the pressure is on as it defends itself on multiple fronts.
Yesterday Google VP Andy Rubin said that his firm is now activating an astonishing 160,000 Android phones a day and that the Android Market has swelled to 70,000 applications. Just about every major handset manufacturer, except for Nokia, has released devices that run the open source operating system. While the market share of Android devices is currently low, the growth of Android takeup is overshadowing that of its rivals.
All this makes Nokia's decision to load its open source, Linux based Meego operating system less than surprising. Meego was announced at Mobile World Congress and was the fruit of a merger between Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin operating systems.
Speaking to Reuters, a Nokia spokesperson said "Going forward, N-series devices will be based on MeeGo." That's great news for those who have yet to purchase a Nokia phone, but those who have already splashed out the cash for one are likely to feel lumbered with the aging Symbian operating system.
It is unclear whether Nokia will dish out upgrades to existing N-series users, and especially in the case of the N8, which the firm demonstrated to The INQUIRER only 10 days ago running a Symbian operating system. The change might also spell trouble for application developers that publish on Nokia's Ovi Store, as they will have to ascertain inter-operability between Symbian and Meego.
Nokia did not disclose when devices running Meego will pitch up, though it might not want to wait too long as both Apple and Google have recently released updates to their mobile operating systems. µ
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Nokia makes good hardware and good low-end phones. But their smart phones falls short of being, ehem, smart. I think Meego is great and can rival the phone from the fruit that makes phones with flaky reception, as well as the others. But Nokia is walking a thin rope by forcing their users to join/register with their online community after firmware updates. That's just dumb.
Symbian is not quite dead yet - as it still reigns supreme at the low-end. It's the technology that enables Nokia to deliver a phone with a 1 week battery life for a tenner.
The problem with Symbian is that it just does not scale all that well to the high-end.
This sends a powerful warning to anybody considering buying a Symbian N-series phone... you just bought the end of a line. From now on, Symbian will be for the low-end devices only.
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