Nokia's VP talks N8, MeeGo 'milestone product,' tablets, Android and more

The bigger question is if the N9 is going to have MeeGo?


All the prototypes out there (even the more recent ones) have S^3 on it. If that ends up being the case I'd rather take that phone with the scaled down camera for physical QWERTY over the N8.


Everybody is still saying that the N9 will be Meego, but Nokia really hasn't said anything about it one way or the other...
 
I think the community will work to make a noob friendly install of MeeGo to the N900, much like you have the Easy Debian install now. However, I agree with the attitude of the "community". I've had an account there since I got my N810 and I rarely spend any time there. It's certainly not noob friendly and that attitude will kill any chance of someone picking this up and learning.
 
But that was my original point: if they're still working on the software and there's no prototype, then it's IMPOSSIBLE that Nokia ships a Meego phone this year. If it was to ship, say in November, for the holiday shopping season, it would need to be all finalized and ending its factory run right about now, and firming up the supply chain and marketing.

Like the other commenter above, I now suspect that what Savander was saying is that they'll make a Meego device 'announcement', maybe with a video. So the only flagship this year and most of next year will be the N8.
 
There is no prototype that has leaked, as far as we know. That's what he meant. It could very well exist.

As for supply chain, it takes Nokia about 6 weeks to ramp up manufacture and deliver products to the market once the device and software are finalized. That means they'd have to be finished work on a hypothetical device by early November to have it in stores just in time for Xmas. So 2.5 more months of work to do from now if they wanted to squeeze in an actual product before the end of the year. Less if they want more shopping time for customers, although that would likely be unnecessary since I suspect that they would sell out initial quantities of a flagship MeeGo device in days if such a thing was launched in time for Xmas.

Like I said before, and you reiterated, we're more likely to see an announcement than a product. I agree. You're wrong about the timelines, though. The product wouldn't have to be done now. It would have to be done about 6 weeks before they want it in the market.
 
To be honest, the tablet market is going to be tough to get into. Apple caught everybody with their pants down, even though Nokia was making one-off tablets like N880, which they never really supported anyway. It was Nokia abandon-ware.

If you look at the press stories, most of the major media outlets are lining up behind the iPad and Apple with exclusive apps and streaming, like Time Warner and News Corp.

Even if a Meego tablet were to come out, Nokia (or even Intel) does not have much of a background in scoring major media deals. They even had issues rolling out Comes With Music everywhere, they sure as hell won't be able to make content deals with the all the movie studios, book and newspaper and magazine publishers, like Apple did.

Jobs is one of the more powerful members of the Walt Disney board and one of its biggest shareholders; it likely gives Apple a lot of access to media executives.
 
Good points. I wasn't totally familiar with Nokia's supply chain, though I know that that's an area of strength for them.

I was just going by a common manufacturer supply chain. I handled similar duties, though I was only a small cog in that engine, for a medical equipment company and their lead times were WAY longer than six weeks. They needed to have everything finalized months ahead prior to release.
 
MeeGo tablet is in the works. It was shown off in June and it is powered by Intel 1.5 Ghz Moorestown processor with a 10 inch touchscreen. And Intel is also working on AppUp (app store). Will it be made by Nokia is unknown.
 
The tablet in question is not vaporware as much as it is a technical demonstration. A prototype to show off the platform's potential. It was never intended to go to market. It is a product designed by Intel and manufactured by Quanta to serve as an example for partners who might wish to take up the platform and run with it. Quanta only makes things for other people, it doesn't manufacture products for sale under its own brand name and I do not believe that Intel has any intention of selling the tablet under its own brand either.

On that note, do yourself a favor and have a look at the UI. It's absolutely awesome.

http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us...alpha-meego-atom-tablet-including-appup-store
 
Maybe. I call it realism. My realism tells me that Intel isn't getting back into the consumer gadget market any time soon, i.e. never.

A few years back they tried, and they were spanked hard. They pulled out and stuck to what they do best: fabricating chips.

Hey, I'd love holograms, like in Star Wars, but that's just as unlikely as Intel shipping a Meego tablet. And Nokia said they were out of the tablet market too, so, who else would?

My assertion is that all tablet manufacturers are now chasing after Apple. For a company like Nokia, why play that game at all? Let Sony, Samsung and HTC fight that battle until they're bloody, and it WILL be bloody.

Per my example about Apple, a tablet without content (and the deals to make it happen) is just a giant glass paperweight.
 
they just move way too slow for the new way of doing business. wireless phones are now computers. life cycles of devices are compressed. they are stuck in the past. they show no sings of understanding the world has changed or if they do, communicating they know. their only smart phone (true smartphones not s60) customers are fan boys who stay loyal for romantic notions.
 
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