Main-stream N900 buzz
 

At least there are some non-tech articles published:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...ry-pocket.html

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I found this a couple of hours ago too... I'm surprised that it's a relatively favourable mainstream review. And not gushing over how great another phone is. I wonder if the success of that other phone is due to the presence of their computers in the desktop publishing and media world, with all this support the media give them.

Damn, now I'm sounding like those papers. Anyway, looking forward to the release of the N900.

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"relatively favourable"?

More like an advertisement. :D

I'm glad they hype it, though. Not that I care about Nokia succeeding, but because I believe the N900 will further the goals of Free software and ultimately those of general openness and anarchosocialism. ;)

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Hopefully others pick up on the sentiments of the article.

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Despite the ire of many who read this site, the n900 is a mainstream device. And will get the attention of the mainstream media. Major carriers across the globe are carrying it, reselling it and supporting it. The question is what kind of sales does the device need to be a success? 100k 500k, 1M devices in the first quarter (or month)? Nokia needs a win.

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I'm not really sure that extreme politics is an appropriate discussion for this forum. Do we really understandthe comment made?

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Furthering the goals of Free software and general openness is hardly an extreme opinion of the discussion boards of a (mostly) Free software and generally open system. And I think the anarchosocialism bit may have been somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

That said, the Telegraph being co-opted to the cause of anarchosocialism is an amusing idea.

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Though what defines a win for Nokia in this case? Public interest? Sales? They already stated that Maemo 5 and the n900 is only step 5 of their six step plan so far to create a smartphone. Even now the n900 has more in common with its tablet precursors than most smartphones on the market.

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Yes. The last bit was a joke. And not too funny or appropriate. Sorry. Won't happen again.

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Don’t be sorry. The enthusiasm that I have for maemo it’s because it’s open source and I guess that many people here share your view.
People have great tolerance for trolls from apple that came here to tease and very few for people that defend good causes.

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I think your comment was entirely appropriate on this forum.

Free software is one of the central pillars of Linux, Linux is at the centre of Maemo, and N900 is unique in being by far the most open of all the phones available this year.

I for one am buying an N900 primarily because of it's openness. Of course it has to be technically good too, but I didn't buy an iPhone because it lacks the openness, and I didn't buy an Android phone because it is still too tied in to Google services.

Perhaps a lot of N900's users won't be too interested in the free software underpinning it, but I'm sure a lot of it's developers are.

And these days, the "Open Source" meme is relatively mainstream in all sorts of ways, not just software, so it's on topic for this thread too.

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Nokia need to spend alot more money on adverts etc .

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I found another one on that site published the next day called "The trailer"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...e-trailer.html

It looks like it might be a placeholder for a video linked by a developing article and that could mean a series is coming from the Telegraph.

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They have some good video promo's out there...I've seen them on youtube...but they need to get them on mainstream television networks like Verizon did with the Motorola Droid. Dropping little videos on a few blogs and Youtube is hardly going to get the word out.

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Maybe.

On the other hand, most people I know don't watch television adverts ever. Some don't watch TV at all, or only watch downloads, or only watch programs on web sites, and those who do watch broadcast TV record it with a PVR and skip the adverts.

If the N900 was aimed at a general audience, maybe, but it is clearly going to appeal more to heavy internet users.

Partly because it's not as pretty or cheap as other phones, and partly because it's main features (apart from an open source community behind it) are the sort of things heavy internet users do already - now available in a mobile package.

What better way to target it's most likely audience than using the medium they are already on?

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At the Nokia meetup in NYC I heard the number tossed out that they expect to sell between one and two million units already, it sounds like anything more is gravy for the N900, maemo 6 + maemo 6 device is the real challenger.

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I also believe that this was a very appropriate comment to make. The openness and Freedom ideas at the core of the platform are the differentiating factor of the device.

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I don't think Nokia want to advertise a device they don't even have a definite shipping date for. There will be adverts. When there is an n900 to sell. ;)

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The Telegraph are not so keen now:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...id=51092910001

Bit of a crap review, IMHO. But I think it is telling that one of the reviewers dismisses the phone because Ovi is a lot worse than the Apple store.

Are the "Great Unwashed" going to think along these lines?

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http://www.google.com/maps/m?l-view=...dates&ac=f,s,l

comming soon on googlelatitude app...

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well, seeing how long it takes to shift a brand new one at a reduced price, i have to agree with the telegraphs review, i could sell my iphone in a blink of an eye with it still retaining 70% of the initial cost.