On 05/25/2010 12:18 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 21:40 +0300, Markku Kolkka wrote: > >> Linuxguy123 kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 25. >> toukokuuta 2010): >> >>> I came to the same conclusion but haven't purchased the N900 >>> due to the lack of an update to Maemo 5 and Meego not shipping >>> in any meaningful way yet. >>> >> Maemo 5 version 1.2 will be available tomorrow (May 26th). There >> won't be any official upgrade to Meego on N900. >> http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/05/25/nokia-n900-software-update-release-1-2/ >> > That is exactly the reason I held off from buying one. I'll wait for > the N950 or whatever they call it, running Meego before I buy > anything. > > Maemo is a dead platform. It took them forever to release this update > and I doubt there will be another one. > > I want something like Fedora for mobile devices. I'm hoping thats > Meego. > I'd say don't hold your breath! I had high hopes for the moblin (meego now), but i was dismayed to see the Intel effort spin & spin, then provide no useful product! what they did provide wasnt nearly good enough. i was using a netbook (even more screen real estate than a smart phone) {i had been using the Sidekick, from Danger, but wanted more useful screen space}, and it was reduced to less than a 1/3 of total screen in useful space. When moblin died, i bailed and have been using fc12 on my netbook since. I am Much happier. My netbook, on a recent holiday, was the perfect travel companion... My only glitch was wifi reception in a B&B that was made of Really solid wood( i had to work near the router). A Real Nice place, http://www.hilo-hawaii.com/ Intel has certainly fallen from grace in my book... just my $.0002, jackc... -- Jack Craig Software Engineer 831.461.7100 x120 www.extraview.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
