i'm not sure how it's with android, but i know several symbian apps, that were available from developer website (usually beta) and later they moved to the ovi store. this way, you could have false app in the market first.
otoh: if there is confusion, who is the publisher, it's easy for google to sell the app, keep the money and transfer them later to the right one.
omg! of course it's copyrighted by apple. everybody knows "app" comes from "apple". as in apple store -> app store...... so every app developer should pay 30% to apple!;-)
i think it's usually skills that matter, not age... and just for reference there can be many skills to consider, it may be knowledge of the technology required by customers, as well as ability to create clean code, communicate with team, improve and so on.
they simply cannot forget symbian, because: 1) they are still relevant because of huge number of symbian users 2) meego is not ready and will some need time to mature 3) if there is problem with meego, or meego adoption and symbian is obsoleted, they are dead.
+ they need OS for low/mid-end and symbian is better for that than meego.
fascinating, how much is android open. there is new version very close, but nobody knows what the new features will be, or even what version number it will have.
* some people have clever ideas put bad way. linus is (unfortunately) too busy, to check every idea, so he skips them (sometimes), if they are not polished (enough for him)
* there are people he trust more, and people he does not know well enough (as a kernel developer). therefore, if some idea is programmed by developer with trust, there is better possibility to be accepted.
* symbian - smartphones for the masses - smartphone, with apps+more but being phone is one of the primary functions
* meego - mobile computers (something like "iphone functionality") - everything you can imagine - in your pocket (phone as well, but it's not primary functionality).
n900 was never going to be mainstream product. that's why it was not advertised much.
it was supposed to be next step toward maemo6, which should have been 1st mainstream nokia with maemo.
things are now more complicated, because of meego and transition from maemo to meego. next device will have meego branding but technologically it will be something between maemo and meego (e.g. maemo is debian, meego is fedora, next nokia device will be meego, but based on debian).
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i'm not sure how it's with android, but i know several symbian apps, that were available from developer website (usually beta) and later they moved to the ovi store.
this way, you could have false app in the market first.
otoh: if there is confusion, who is the publisher, it's easy for google to sell the app, keep the money and transfer them later to the right one.
omg! of course it's copyrighted by apple. ... ... so every app developer should pay 30% to apple! ;-)
everybody knows "app" comes from "apple".
as in apple store -> app store
i think it's usually skills that matter, not age. .. and just for reference there can be many skills to consider, it may be knowledge of the technology required by customers, as well as ability to create clean code, communicate with team, improve and so on.
well, they saved 2.5 million :-)
nokia hired peter skillman - designer of palm pre - as UX designer of meego (or meego based nokia products).
i'm sure (at least) at&t will offer n8 and/or some other symbian^3 devices.
proof: nokia AND at&t organize contest to create symbian apps - http://www.callingallinnovators.com/10M/
the contest ends Jan 28th.
this date also could be the date when some important improvements to symbian^3 are released (scheduled for "early 2011").
with these 2 things and manufacturing fully running, nokia will be ready for usa, imho.
n8 is cameraphone. n9 will have great camera, but i'm sure it will be worse than n8's, n9 will have other selling features.
they simply cannot forget symbian, because:
1) they are still relevant because of huge number of symbian users
2) meego is not ready and will some need time to mature
3) if there is problem with meego, or meego adoption and symbian is obsoleted, they are dead.
+ they need OS for low/mid-end and symbian is better for that than meego.
they still sell more smartphones than apple, android or rim - but not in usa.
nokia still sells more devices each quarter. so their share is getting smaller, but nowhere negative.
fascinating, how much is android open.
there is new version very close, but nobody knows what the new features will be, or even what version number it will have.
i do not think that image is correct. nokia settled with qualcomm long ago.
actually,the value is not about how often you have it, but how often you want it.
far more, nokia is embracing linux for it's next mass platform (meego) and open-sourcing it's current platforn (symbian).
i hope they will keep this attitude.
for now they are a little slow to deliver, but they are imho the most open mobiles company.
there are two main reasons for this:
* some people have clever ideas put bad way. linus is (unfortunately) too busy, to check every idea, so he skips them (sometimes), if they are not polished (enough for him)
* there are people he trust more, and people he does not know well enough (as a kernel developer). therefore, if some idea is programmed by developer with trust, there is better possibility to be accepted.
people in europe (non tech savvy) may not know "symbian" - they simply buy nokia. it's far more bigger buzzword.
nokia has three systems:
* s40 - closed system used for "feature phones"
* symbian - smartphones for the masses - smartphone, with apps+more but being phone is one of the primary functions
* meego - mobile computers (something like "iphone functionality") - everything you can imagine - in your pocket (phone as well, but it's not primary functionality).
Why develop serious applications for something that's only supported by a single manufacturer these days.
such as iphone/ios?
n900 was never going to be mainstream product. that's why it was not advertised much.
it was supposed to be next step toward maemo6, which should have been 1st mainstream nokia with maemo.
things are now more complicated, because of meego and transition from maemo to meego. next device will have meego branding but technologically it will be something between maemo and meego (e.g. maemo is debian, meego is fedora, next nokia device will be meego, but based on debian).
from the spec it seems to me this chipset could be great for netbook or tablet, probably better than for smartphone
it's not only about headers, but also about info available with javascript (such as screen size etc.)
maybe they will create a spin-off - this way they will stay in china, but it will not be THE google.
very well said!
according to official faq [http://meego.com/about/faq] package management will be rpm.
maemo switching to qt was on the roadmap, so nothing too surprising.
i expect they will use qt with clutter (or something based on clutter).