It is a new operating system and Nokia’s staple OS for the N-series, but it seems like the Maemo based N900 will not be getting any successors for next year.
It is an interesting thing to know since Nokia has been pretty particular about promoting the Meamo OS. Since they announced that the N900 would be using the new operating system, they also made references that they will be creating more device that use the new platform.
It got to a point where many people starting believing rumors that Nokia would be dropping the Symbian operating system –an OS they have used on a great majority of their devices.
Nokia made it clear that the rumors were without basis and that they would continue to support the Symbian OS. They also stated that the Maemo will only be used for the N-Series while the rest of their devices will still be Symbian phones. This still remains to be seen, but with the announcement that no Maemos will be released next year seems in line with having no N-series devices released for next year. Should Nokia release a new N-series device for 2010, it is likely that we will get to see the Maemo again.
Despite being the only Maemo device for next year, the N900 is enjoying some well earned fame and is already the subject of several mobile phone applications. People have been experimenting on the device so much that some even found a glitch that rotated the screen into a portrait mode –a mode not officially in the device.
While the glitch is far from delivering a smooth transition (the screens are not meant for portrait); it displays the many possibilities that can be done with the device. The N900 also runs emulator applications that can play downloaded ROMs.
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