Confused by Nokia's dual-platform, Maemo 5 and S60 5th Edition smartphone choices?
ENGADGET: Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?
Nokia will continue to support the core Maemo OS, however, as demonstrated by today's update.
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Nevertheless, it's good to have the new Maemo 5 Internet Tablet out in the open and official-like.
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According to The Really Mobile Project, Nokia will drop S60 from all of its flagship N-series consumer devices in favor of Maemo.
ENGADGET: Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?
Fortunately, things are starting to become a bit more clear thanks to some loose-lipped members of Maemo's marketing team attending an official N900 meet-up in London last night.
ENGADGET: Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?
Besides, is Nokia really going to dedicate staff to Android development when its more advanced Ovi Maps still aren't available on its much touted Maemo MeeGo mobile computing platform?
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You've overclocked it and hacked it to run OS X and Android, now you can return your N900 to its native Maemo 5 OS with the launch of a version 1.2 software update.
ENGADGET: Nokia updates N900 to version 1.2 in UK, closes door on MeeGo
As such, we'll continue to see N-Series handsets already in development pop with S60 on board alongside mass-market Maemo devices as the platform matures to the point that Nokia can make the full switch by 2012.
ENGADGET: Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?
In the Maemo department, the N900 is likely to be the only Maemo 5 device for the better part of the year, though there's apparently a mysterious N920 already making the rounds in the Espoo campus.
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Mind you, the transition won't be instantaneous as anyone with an N900 (and a clear mind) can attest -- the OS, services, and apps just can't compare to the mature S60 platform regardless of Maemo 5's superior user experience.
ENGADGET: Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?
Both Android and Windows Mobile have come up in the past on multiple occasions, owing in no small part to the fact that Nokia's had an outward appearance of spinning its platform wheels on the backs of Symbian and Maemo for far, far too long, but so far, nothing's materialized.
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