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Brad Linder’s liliputing reported last week that netbook sales were slowing, partly due to the rising tide of tablets and also because the lines are blurring between netbooks and more powerful but equally small thin and light laptops.
All of this may be true but I’ve evidence of my own that netbooks are still wildly popular…
From seemingly out of nowhere yesterday MeeGo, a Linux Foundation-approved alliance between Nokia and Intel, released v1.0 of what they’re calling the netbook user experience. Way to channel Jimi Hendrix there.
So like the band with the similar name, will MeeGo blow your mind? Let’s find out…
One surprising thing that few people seem to be talking about is Nokia’s first device shipping with their new MeeGo OS — maybe because we’re polite Canadians who don’t want to speak out of turn, or more likely because almost everyone present had already purchased an N900 to call their own…
Being the proud owner of an N900 as of yesterday, this means I can be cutting edge, but still have phone capability and stability when I need it…
Before today’s news I thought I had Nokia’s open-source strategy all figured out. The Symbian Foundation would be a bullet-proof mobile Linux for carrier customization and Maemo would be a gift from on high for power users.
Now I don’t know what to think…
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