Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

The question relates specifically to both the hardware and the software - the whole point of the question is so the poster can establish if it is worth buying the N900. Posting in the OS/Platform area asking if people think he should buy an N900 would be the Wrong place. I am surprised you don't understand why someone would ask if they should buy the device now or wait to the next one, it seems like a perfectly reasonable question to ask given all the current news of new OS's and the fact it is not certain that the N900 will be supported. And i don't think he is asking people to make the decision for him, i doubt if you said buy it he would immediately whip out his credit card and buy it. I think he is asking peoples opinion, which is completely reasonable on a forum.

Sorry to anyone reading for going off topic so much.

CH

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

Can i just add my five pence worth in :0) And no i'm not a troll just a newbee (female) who has lots of questions and who has posted on here a few times for advise which has been gratefully appreciated.

In my mind cartoonhead and davep1 have the right attitude. I as a newbee would come here to ask questions which i can't seem to find the answers to and look to experinced people who like me have the n900 for further advise.
To me the poster of this thread clearly has been thinking about buying the N900 but is a little put off by the reports he is reading and is seeking advise from more experienced owners of the n900 on this forum.
To me they came to the right place its a maemo community and its for the n900 devise so how he at all in the wrong for posting here?
He just wanted abit of advise and reassurance to help him make his choice is that not what you all are here for?

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

I agree. When you're new (which I also am) it's easy to post a question in the wrong section when the question especially when it is not totally clear where the question should go which is the case with a question such as this one.

I can also understand why OP is asking this question and I think that if you're looking for something where its going to be easy to get a lot of games/apps/etc then this might not be te phone for you but if you're willing to read up a bit etc to find a solution and want full internet then this is the phone for you.

If you know anyone who has one try it out and see what you think. As people have said before don't buy it hoping that it will get the new maemo6/meego when it comes out because currently it is not relevant. I don't know why a lot of people get hung up on this, if the phone has all the features etc you want then buy it its not going to suddenly stop working the day the new Maemo 6/meego comes out.

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

smee again.
I don't ask "do you think I should buy N900?". Sure, this is personal.
I ask about future. I have N810 and I see the future of OS2008 -- in 2010 no updates, no software. Thanks nokia, community do it's best releasing Mer, porting useful apps and so on. But seems like nokia dumps it.
Ok, fair enough -- they aim to shiny new maemo5, maemo6.. oh, wait, no maemo6 on n900? drm on maemo6? And I afraid, n900 will be dumped as well as they did n8xx/os2008.

And n900 is expensive enough (ok, here in Russia it costs TWICE as in USA) to buy it's just for realise you have a brick with no ability to use new software from ovi.

May be I'm too emotional here, but I think this what many of us thinking of. No?

Again, may be I missed something? May be Nokia said "relax, guys, we have a plans for n900/maemo5"? "You still can buy music"? "We assure you can buy game from ovi"?

I hope you've got the point of my post (not, this "ah, decide for me should I buy it?")

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

The point to purchase now is the same that it was to purchase *then* - the device meets your needs now and in the future and/or you are a developer of mobile-oriented software and/or services and would like a deeper understanding of the upcoming impacts of Qt-oriented software.

So no, you aren't a troll, things just don't seem as right since some about what's next is known.

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

of course the future does matter when you decide to buy a new electronic device. There is rumour that winmo apps will not work on winpho 7. That's a decision-driver: someone needs backwards compatibility and he's gonna go for HD2 sb else wants to benefit from future things and he's going to wait for HD3
The OP stated his concerns clearly and asks for an opinion. Pretty valid

My opinion:
1. Uncertain future for the platform,
2. pretty much powerful even now, you can find pretty much all the needed things if you dig a little bit (and fiddle a little with the command line)
3. Awesome if you get excited by things like controlling the N900 with pc keyboard and mouse with synergy
4. MicroB itself (ok, backed up by the resolution) is enough to buy the device
5. Nokia generally does not release new OSes for devices but still supports them with fixes apps etc.
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Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

do you think they'll update the phone so its abit more like a phone tho or is it a done deal it'll be as it is for its lifespan? Eg text in portrait mode and more options on the phone re profiles etc

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

I'm so happy with my N900 and would every buy it again.
And till Nokia will stop supporting the N900 in 1-2 years, im sure I've got the next Nokia Device already :)

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

even though this is a post in a wrong section, what i can say is, N900 is just on its bloom...there are many updates to come,

if you dont wanna miss anything on maemo 5 that "maybe" not be available in future maemo OS, i suggest you get one.

Re: Why to buy n900 now?
 

That's a plausible scenario.

It seems like you're assuming that most Harmattan/MeeGo apps will be DRM'ed. Time will tell, but I was not assuming that. I think there will be F/OSS apps created with Qt 4.6 that will trickle down to your N900. And Nokia appears to think this as well, based on multiple statements.