Category Archives: MeeGo

Nokia’s direction down

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Branedy

If anyone has any doubts about the sanity of Nokia’s, rather eFlops selection of windows to hang Nokia’s future upon, this should settle them as Nokia Lumia 800 sales forecast gets chopped that puts first batch sales almost half of … Continue reading →

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If you Love/Hate Nokia read this

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Branedy

Will the Real Stephen Elop, Please Stand Up? I couldn’t on my best day, speak to this better than this article. If anything it should speak to any CEO/CFO/CTO that arrogantly enters a new company environment with preconceived notions of … Continue reading →

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Maemo vs Meego – round two

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Branedy

I have been spending way too much time in Quora but it has proved interesting. I have learned from some of the discussions that Meego is a bit of a ruse. It seems that there are actually two Meego’s one … Continue reading →

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MeeGo is now Dead, as a Mobile OS.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Branedy

This article MeeGo will not displace Symbian as enterprise OS has now demonstrated that Meego is no longer supported by Nokia, and it will be left to die with Maemo as a ‘Non-Runner’ in the Mobile-OS arena. It also indicates … Continue reading →

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Apple’s outrageous share of the mobile industry’s profits

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Branedy

That pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Pie chart: Apple’s outrageous share of the mobile industry’s profits In any other businesses this would be called a RIP OFF! by Apple, but with the Apple-Fanboy base, They can do no … Continue reading →

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The Nokia N900 plays in a different world

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Branedy

When the Nokia N900 does real-time face tracking it again demonstrates why it’s not playing in the same SmartPhone world as the iPhone and Android phones.

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My N900 Desktops

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Branedy

I’ve been seeing a lot of iPhone screen snaps lately so I thought I’d post some of mine from the N900 as I use them.

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Symbian to MeeGo not without pain.

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Branedy

Some how I think that the Nokia announcement that their N-Class phones were moving to MeeGo from Symbian was not greeted with universal internal acceptance, or gracefully. When Charles Davies departed abruptly and with the appearance of a mystery Nokia … Continue reading →

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Internet Pads everywhere

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Branedy

This article about a possible ARM-based Nokia tablet to come in the fourth quarter? And the author mentions that the Nokia Tablet MAY run Windows 7 Can you imagine? Nokia management shipping yet another OS on their equipment? I think … Continue reading →

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Maemo vs Meego

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Branedy

This week Nokia announced that MeeGo would not officially be supported on the N900. On first appearance this would seem to be a bad thing. But I managed to down load the MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks and burned it to … Continue reading →

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A GPS for Genealogy

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Branedy

One of the things that i’ve found very useful about the GPS in the Nokia N900 is that when the wife and I are out investigating the back-and-beyonds the N900 is suppyling us with townlands as we traverse. In genealogy … Continue reading →

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Nice day at Black Rock Castle

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Branedy

A very nice sunny day at Black Rock Casltle, what more can you say more than that.

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Wating for the unexpected

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Branedy

It’s pure vanity that makes one believe they can be unaffected while waiting for an unexpected event. It may be even worse when you are a geek waiting on something as Geeky as the Nokia N900 PR-1.2 update. It’s like … Continue reading →

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life is good, at least the N900 part.

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Branedy

I’m enjoying the Nokia N900 more and more. The replacment of my original unit has demonstrated what the N900 is all about, and vindicates my choice of this system over Android or iPhone. I know that there are plenty of … Continue reading →

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A cute new N900 promo

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Branedy
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