MeeGo vs Android

[Karumbu]

It gives me a great pleasure to write in this forum once again , I have certain queries regarding the operating systems being used for the handheld systems. This time I am talking about the Android operating system and the Maemo operating system that has being come into the market newly . Most of the people say that it is not as good as Android as it makes use of Java platform. I will ask you people to comment on this as much as possible.

[Dolsy_bendal]

There are a lot of points why I think the Maemo & MeeGo OSes are superior than Google’s Android. I know some people may oppose, though the Android Operating system is application based, while the MeeGo Operating system is a handheld computer OS. Developers have recognized this too, and while Android’s Java based constructions are simple to assemble for beginners, Maemo & MeeGo’s development platforms permit for much comfortable applications.

[Elieis]

It’s no misfortune that Nokia has determined to make a desktop Operating system for the N9 (N920). The insist of the “smart phone” market has been a sob for a more commanding computing understanding and Nokia has delivered. Contrast to it’s competitors, MeeGo is not just an application environment (neither is Maemo for that subject). Nokia’s radical step forward is in handheld computers, not netbooks or not application phones but towards success , well I do not see such feature in Android.

[kraal]

MeeGo is a framework that suits completely in the Linux and free software custom. The framework is a standard Linux based stack made of cutting edge upstream projects that are designed separately and advantages also to other distributions. It is the system that has brought the Linux kernel and the operating systems based on it on a course of development and achievement. The MeeGo API and development environment is based on Qt, while the Android is totally based on Java platform.

[DanielV]

Even if Android is based on Linux, in follow is developed as a junction by Google, who carries with the majority of its development. The Dalvik application platform is a Java based deployment also separated from the Java community. The principal parts of the Android stack are essentially used in Android alone. This separation has been helpful for Android in the short term, but in follow it pushes ODMs and software developers out of the wider Linux and free desktop currents, demanding skills and development particular to Android.