Nokia Hopes To Embrace Maemo OS By 2012
The Maemo marketing team disclosed with fellow tech reporters that Nokia is nursing plans to build all their N-series smart phones around the Maemo Operating System. After successfully completing designs of their new smart phones, they will ensure that Maemo becomes their primary Operating System of choice for these high-end multimedia phones.
The marketing team behind the mobile Operating System confirmed this at a Maemo event held in London yesterday. They further disclosed that the Nokia hopes to jettison the use of Symbian in their N-series lineup.
Also, based on the euphoria surrounding the release of Nokia N900, Nokia top shots have concluded that by the year 2012 Maemo Operating System will be the official face of the Nokia high-end family although all Symbian N-series devices already in the development phase will be released as planned.
Despite the positives, It may not too good a news for E or X series users as there are still no plans for bringing Maemo Operating System to this mobile devices. Nokia is equally perplexed by the wide acceptance of Nokia N900 and its Operating system so the adoption of Maemo as the Operating System of choice for all Nokia mobile phones is not completely ruled out.
Below is an excerpt from thereallymobileproject.com, “Although there has been much speculation about the future of Symbian and Maemo and the relationship between the two – Nokia intends to retain both, producing development tools that will work across the two – this is the first official confirmation I am aware of that Symbian is to be relegated from the symbolic N-Series brand. It’s a bold move by Nokia, but a smart one… Recently Symbian’s greatest strength, its legacy and maturity, has begun to look like an Achilles heel as newer platforms have captured consumers’ imaginations with faster development and better user experience. A fresh-start was needed at the top-end and it’s come just in time…”
In related news, Nokia has promised to continue supporting both Maemo and Symbian and will hope to enlarge their official apps store – Maemo Select and Ovi Store with increasing applications. They hope to develop enough applications to make the Maemo Operating System a mainstream hit by the year 2012.
