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Nokia has no plans to replace Symbian in the enterprise market
Nokia business smartphones chief, Ilari Nurmi, made a pretty shocking revelation today- he said that Nokia has no plans to use MeeGo in the enterprise market. His reasoning was there are “different types of needs and wants in the enterprise market” that MeeGo somehow can’t deliver. What an odd thing to say, considering how hyped up about MeeGo Nokia and the community has been about the operating system. Well, I guess that just means no MeeGo for Nokia-toting businessmen (and women). Nurmi went on to cement Nokia’s stance on Symbian with the statement, “It’s very important to note that Symbian is the primary platform today and will also be the primary platform in the future” – which contradicts previous reports about Nokia championing MeeGo as the future of Nokia smartphones. If Nokia decide to stick with Symbian, they’ll really need to step up their game if they want to hang with the big boys.
The Nokia N9 was released before the Lumia line of smartphones and it was the first and the last that we have seen so far running MeeGo Linux OS. But according to a report by MeeGo Experts, you don’t have to stick to it anymore because they have spotted a way to dual-boot MeeGo and Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the device.
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If you have been eagerly eyeing Nokia’s first and last MeeGo handset, the Nokia N9, the good news is that if you’re living in Europe, the handsets have reportedly started shipping out to stores. Available in black, cyan and magenta, the Nokia N9 is expected to retail for EUR 480 and EUR 560 for the 16GB and 64GB respectively. For those living in the US, it is unlikely that you will see it officially available from the stores, but if you so desired, you could probably manage to get one imported.
Fans of MeeGo are probably disappointed that Nokia has decided to drop the platform in favor of Windows Phone 7. Their last chance at seeing MeeGo on a Nokia device was on the Nokia N9, and while iOS and Android are currently dominating the smartphone platform market, it looks like the MeeGo-based Nokia handset is doing surprisingly well for itself.
According to reports, the Nokia N9 has been doing very well in its homeland of Finland. It started with an impressive number of pre-orders for the handset, and now it appears that the 64GB model has already been sold out. Given how the 16GB model will already set you back $660, it’s rather impressive to see how the 64GB has sold out so quick.
Nokia is said to have produced 100,000 units of the Nokia N9, so perhaps the limited edition lure was what made the product sell like hot cakes, an effect similar to the HP TouchPad when it was announced that it would sell for $99 (base model) after HP said they would be discontinuing webOS.