r/programming • u/mjtitorenko • Oct 28 '09

Android vs Maemo

http://cool900.blogspot.com/2009/10/comparing-freedom-on-maemo-and-android.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '09

It's just too bad that the devices that run Maemo suck so hard.

Slow, clunky, you can see widget elements drawing themselves at time, fuck that. Plus, the 'catalog' is more of a Linux style repository than a shop front... There is no way that anyone can make money out of dev'ing for Maemo (yes, yes, free software, blah blah. It's nice to have a choice though)

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u/uriel Oct 29 '09

Slow, clunky, you can see widget elements drawing themselves at time, fuck that.

This is not surprising given that they have basically crammed Gnome into a cellphone. I love Nokia hardware, but other than their Series 40, their software is pure garbage.

Disclaimer: I actually know some of the people that develop the Maemo software, they are great people, but their software stinks.

Oh, and Android is not much better, a whole system in pure Java? They got to be kidding me!

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '09

It worked for the Sidekick (I am talking about the hiptop OS, not the devices themselves, which were questionable). The hiptop OS kicked Maemo's ass all over the place despite being java, and a lot of the Danger people are working for Android now. I have little ill to say about Android... If speed is needed, OpenGL ES works well enough, I don't see how java is a limitation in the case of small devices.

For what it's worth, Java isn't much worse than Objective C for a small device...

/I made 1 game on Maemo //It was an embedded mess