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Helsingin Sanomat on Stephen Elop >> My Nokia Blog

guardiantech — 2013-09-30T20:29:27+00:00

The article [in the Finnish paper] stated that the strategy work [considering whether to keep Symbian or what to do otherwise] was open and thorough. Elop made the last call for WP and according to colleagues did not show personal preference towards WP. Board approved.
Nokia couldn’t have multi-OS strategy since they didn’t have enough software competence.

Meego phones are now "unicorns", as the Polish man using one on the flight to Geneva remarked to me the other day.

Here comes the first real alternative to iPhone and Android >> Quartz

guardiantech — 2012-12-03T13:06:46+00:00

Jolla cannot possibly take on Google and Apple head-to-head, and it doesn’t plan to. Rather, the company, which is rapidly becoming a Finnish-Chinese hybrid with headquarters in both Helsinki and Hong Kong, and an R&D operation in a yet-to-be-named location in mainland China, plans to nurture and grow an entirely new mobile “ecosystem” — meaning the phones, the operating system that runs on them, and the apps that run on that. And it plans to do it in China because that is the one market producing first-time buyers of smartphones fast enough to give such a scheme a chance.
In order to get its operating system and, eventually, Jolla-branded phones, in front of enough Chinese, the company has partnered with the largest mobile chain retailer in the country, D.Phone. Not only will D.Phone sell Sailfish-powered phones through its 2,100 outlets; it is also part of the Sailfish Alliance, a group of software and hardware companies that will all be able to add standards and code to the open-source OS.

November 2010: Nokia closes Symbian to the world: can MeeGo make up the gap? >> Guardian Technology

guardiantech — 2011-06-23T19:33:56+00:00

"There's only one problem at the moment with MeeGo: nobody outside about 10 developers with l33t hax0r skills has got it running on a phone. Reports emerging form some of those close to MeeGo suggest that it might not be until June 2011 that the first MeeGo handset appears from Nokia."

For all your MeeGo news, indeed.

MeeGo and the Great Betrayal Myths of tech history >> The Register

guardiantech — 2011-06-23T09:05:19+00:00

Andrew Orlowski: "MeeGo isn't coming back, and to me, looks to have all the makings of a betrayal myth. These are popular with idealistic political groups, usually (but not always) on the Left, for whom Being Right is more important than Winning. I suppose it's been around since Marx's false consciousness (although he never used the phrase); and eventually Being Right becomes the whole point.
"It's not about taking power, or making it work, but demonstrating one's splendid ideological purity. Betrayal myths are also popular with technology enthusiasts too - I know, because I've seen several.
"In this narrative, a bold and brilliant piece of technology is thwarted not because it isn't good enough, or has failed in the marketplace, but because of (delete where applicable) marketing incompetence, or nefarious interference. If that interference comes from Microsoft, so much the better."

MeeGo sees interest from others after Nokia shift >> Reuters

guardiantech — 2011-04-17T21:02:53+00:00

"Technology firms such as LG Electronics are moving toward adopting the Linux-based MeeGo operating system after Nokia abandoned it, one of the project's leaders said."

ZTE and China Mobile are already having a play.