Android vs Maemo [LWN.net]

Android vs Maemo

Posted Jan 6, 2010 16:01 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (guest, #15091)
In reply to: Android vs Maemo by rfunk
Parent article: Looking forward to 2010

Yes, here Nokia has a lot of market share in the traditional mobile market. Not so much in smartphones, but the N900 might change that. It is not popular yet though.

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Android vs Maemo

Posted Jan 6, 2010 18:17 UTC (Wed) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (2 responses)

In the USA market Nokia is not so hot, but in the world smartphone market
Symbian phones still outsell pretty much everybody else combined.

Maemo may have a chance world-wide, but in the USA it has a low chance of
success in the foreseeable future.

Android vs Maemo

Posted Jan 6, 2010 18:19 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

As an interesting data point, here's a usability survey of ten smartphones. At #2 on the list was the iPhone; #1 was the N900. The best Android phone came in at #5. To say that the survey is unscientific is to be charitable, but it's still perhaps worth a look.

Android vs Maemo

Posted Jan 6, 2010 19:09 UTC (Wed) by halla (subscriber, #14185) [Link]

I wouldn't know about scientific -- but I so love my n900. I haven't even
coded for it or anything yet, but the apps are lovely, the keyboard is
much better than the n810's, connectivity is great -- and, of course, and
xterm with ssh is much nicer than putty on the E72.