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What I find really compelling about Maemo, is that its based on Linux Debian, and all the programs available for that, are easily transferrable. This is hundreds and hundreds of Linux programs, and of the highest quality. Whether this can be done quickly enough to stop the tide of Android innovation, remains to be seen.

Really, Maemo is a winner.....and apparently, games are much easier to write for it than for Android. However, the ease of writing new software for the Android platform should not be underestimated.

There will very soon be a huge overcrowding of OS's in the mobile phones war.

This is how I see it playing out (though, I'm no "expert").

1. Windows will decline.
   
2. Android will continue growth, mainly because so many phone manufacturers have Android phones in the pipeline, and soon to be retailed.
   
3. Maemo will struggle to get manufacturers onboard, as many have already commited to Android.
   
4. Palm Pre (Web OS) is dead.
   
5. Symbian will be defeated in the battle for the middleground, against Android.
   
6. Apple will feel the pressure, but will ride it, by reducing apps prices, and easing restrictions, in allowing fuller developer access to their OS.