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2010-08-19
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Originally Posted by tswindell
Yeah, I missed Wayfinder from the N800 for a moment, too. But my new phone's Google Navigation fixed that pretty quick. I'm sure MeeGo will have SOMETHING, even if it's not OviMaps. I get the feeling you won't miss OviMaps if there turns out to be something newer and better on MeeGo.
Shameless P.R. stunt, I would have expected more from you :P
Anyhow, I actually would miss Ovi services, unlike what seems like the majority I find the N900 version of Ovi Maps quite useful. I'd miss it if it was not there.
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2010-08-23
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#93
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I don't recall ever getting an answer for my question... so the more things change, the more they stay the same?
Nokia, y'all gonna **** this up too?
Nokia, y'all gonna **** this up too?
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2010-08-23
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#94
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Originally Posted by gerbick
Despite numerous and insistent protestations to the contrary, Nokia, as a company, seems incapable of listening to its customers, it community, and its core contributors and continues repeating the same mistakes they should've learned to avoid from past experience (how the support period keeps getting shorter is beyond my ability to comprehend).
Nokia, y'all gonna **** this up too?
I think it's now down to a question of severity
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Last edited by GeneralAntilles; 2010-08-23 at 18:36.
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2010-08-23
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#95
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Originally Posted by Stskeeps
It's usually not too hard to forward-port things from older kernels. Even annoying closed blobs and their wrappers.
The technical problem is that newer kernels remove interfaces Maemo 5 needs to run properly. And well, Maemo 5 is closed source and it's a wrong attitude to let closed source block kernel upgrades.
I've done it a few times.
Anyhow, I actually would miss Ovi services, unlike what seems like the majority I find the N900 version of Ovi Maps quite useful. I'd miss it if it was not there.