Really? That’s going to be Meego’s sales pitch?

I really see Meego development as a group of older-line hardware firms feeling threatened that the focus, to customers, is now on software and that companies specializing in software–Google, Microsoft, Apple–are taking the lead.

(Intel also doesn’t do consumer products very well. Remember four or five years ago, when they tried releasing a handful of Intel branded electronics gadgets? I think one included a Creative/iPod type mp3 player. Most of those products sold so little that they’d probably be considered collectors items, like the Microsoft Kin.)

And yet, they suffered from a lack of a unified ecosystem.

Open source Linux fans won’t like to hear this, but customers, Joe Average, *likes* a full-on ecosystem that they can ‘live inside of’.

Apple doesn’t have mapping….but they do have an entire iTunes ecosystem, besides apps, including exclusive content, third party accessories of every option, etc., etc.

Microsoft is pushing the Zune experience in WP7 and Windows Live for email.

Say, an Acer Meego device is going to be an orphan. Only people reading blogs like this, like me, would enjoy playing with and finding stuff for a device. Everyone else wants to buy something, hit a button and have everything “just work”.

It’s why the iPod ecosystem as closed as it is, succeeded over the Creatives, Cowons and iRivers of the world.

I think that even a Nokia Meego tablet, without a Kindle reader or a deal with Netflix, is going to be a limiting experience for many. Nobody, aside from us, likes to sit and convert their movies; the Kindle format is now the standard, next to EPUB and yet you won’t be able to read popular ebooks, the latest best-sellers, on your Nokia Meego tablet.

If its only features include a web browser, a word processor and a media player, guess what….it’s the JooJoo tablet.

Also, has anyone looked at the Ovi store lately? Aside from Ovi maps, an Opera browser and a Twitter feed, can anybody point me to a single application that would be a joy to use on a 7-10 inch tablet, that would even scale up? It stands at ’0′, yet they plan on releasing something, or so say the rumors, in 2011? Nokia is off their gourd.

While on a Tab or an iPad, I’ll bring up an issue of the latest The Economist, then watch a streaming film, the latest release from Netflix, then open the Marvel Comics app and read the latest issues just released.

“Something you guys should cover more of as this site is “mynokiablog” not “mysymbianblog”. And secondly, it’s about Symbian.”

“Symbian and Series 40 are heavily undervalued. iPhone and Android are heavily overvalued.”

Also, Seen as MeeGo is a joint venture – with Nokia as one of the sole creators of this platform – surely any iteration of MeeGo would be relevent to a nokia blog?… I’m just saying…

I say why not? It’s about time Nokia had a product that built up loads of positive hype before it’s launch – It’s something they’ve not done successfully for a while – Also, let’s remeber why all of these third party UX’s and platforms are relevent to nokia future – the idea of the cloud. Obviously if you have everyone on the same OS/Framework then it’s much easier to implement – wouldn’t you say?

As for developing for S40 goes – yes it’s a bit bare at the moment, but the more these high end devices are push and developed, the cheaper the basic forms of those technologies become. ie 5 years down the line – dont be surprised to see something like the N8 costing you £50 on PAYG.

it’s not that they dont have the guts – it’s that the feature set of those devices vary from nothing, to almost smartphone-like.

once these features become cheaper and more common people will start to develop for the low end.

Patience is required – I for one appreciate all the news I can get revolving around how quickly this future is implemented.

You’re up Johnny

Google services can be accessed by non-Android platforms (actually, many of them use open protocols); in fact I use Google Sync, Gmail and Google Maps on my Blackberry. So I don’t understand why this shouldn’t be possible with MeeGo.

And about mapping services: what mapping service does Apple offer on the iPhone? None, you get it from a third party. Exactly as Samsung does, for example, on Bada handsets. This didn’t prevent their devices from being successful. Why should this be a problem for non-Nokia MeeGo devices?

Apple ‘sells’ the iTunes ecosystem. Android sells tight integration with Google services. Nokia, sells Ovi Maps and Messaging.

Last time I checked, Intel wasn’t a software services provider. They offered neither a content store, a messaging service, their own proprietary mapping service (Google reserves voice directional driving to Android).

Also, Intel doesn’t exactly have a history of providing consumer relevant software, at all. They’re chip guys, first and foremost.

Nobody’s going to go: I want the Intel Pad to get the cool Intel apps. That’s a fantasy that even Intel doesn’t harbor.