Operators Customization Through Meaemo and N900

14th September, 2009 by caitas
Tags: Maemo, N900, Nokia, Phones, Windows 7

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Nokia World comprises a series of operating systems for its products starting from the basic one Series 30 up to Windows version 7 for its 3G Booklet mini-laptop.

Early on, one of the most common operating systems was the Symbian found particularly in smartphones. Large number of persons used this OS contained by the Nokia devices. The core advantages offered by Symbian were: ampleness since it came in over 40 languages, in many shapes and supported all types of keyboards starting with ITU keypad and ranging thorough touch pads. Nokia believed that this operating system was end-user friendly and aided in emphasizing the brand`s image and awareness in customers` minds. The company acquired the software organization and formed the Symbian Foundation in order to be sure of further development of the operating system included in Nokia devices.

The year 2005 came with an innovation for Nokia Company. They presented the first Nokia Internet Tablet based on Maemo software. This operating system was multi-tasking, making use of cues from the desktop of the PC and, thus, managing to ease the browsing activity of users in a faster and easier to use.

After this, Nokia launched Nokia N900 which included the fourth generation of the Maemo operating system. Nokia stated that this product represented the normal course of Internet evolution. The model was an innovation since it was the first Internet device which comprised cellular connectivity to a product operating on a Maemo software.

Nowadays, rumor has it Nokia will not operator customize its products working on Maemo software, but it was proven that these suspicions are incorrect. Even if recently people speculated on operator customization of Maemo devices, Nokia stated that they desire to concentrate on their market and implicitly customer knowledge in order to integrate new applications and endowments in the Maemo software. Even if the company did not precisely make the information public, their thoughts focus on a symbiosis between their offerings and product and software developers to come up with an operator possibility for the N900 model. The Finnish organization want to offer all operators the possibility to create new Maemo devices that best fit their needs.

Even though the rumors around Nokia N900 and Maemo were merely speculative and people did not understand them correctly, they had a positive effect for the operating system and the product.

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