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#147
Originally Posted by TomJ View Post
[...]how likely it is to be able to run the OS we all know and love...
There's not the slightest doubt maemo generally will run on Neo900. The question is percentage of feature completeness. E.G. either we get a janus layer between dbus/cmt stuff and the modem, to migrate from ISI dialect that the N900 BB5 modem used to 3GPP standard AT commands via USB, and we can use the stock closed source maemo dialer app. Or we need to use our own FOSS dialer app that talks AT genuinely, and that dialer app will not be as perfectly integrated into the rest of maemo middleware, means dialing buttons inside other apps might not work as flawlessly as they used to. The two most critical points are call audio which worst case might mean to shut down complete pulseaudio and use ALSA directly during call (problems e.g. when attaching a BT headset then), and the opengl-es 3D acceleration which is not 100% clear if it works on the theoretically compatible PVR
Bottom line: maybe initially maemo is not as streamlined and smoothly working for everything as you are used to it on N900, but there's absolutely no doubt maemo can (and will) work on Neo900

I hope e.g. freemangordon has more to add on this topic

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