well, I for one, believe its great that the Canola team are working towards a delivery of a major overhaul of an existing media player application which can benifit all users of Nokia Internet Tablets (Nokia 770, N800 & N810, OS 2006, 2007 & 2008)

I don't belive the Canola team have commited to a deadline lightly, they have explained already that the first release of beta 2 will NOT contain everything they had hoped for Christmas. (clear roadmap of updates in New Year)

I see nothing wrong with hyping up Canola to promote the Nokia Internet tablets ability to work with both open and closed elements of software. For me who purchased a Nokia 770, its very hearting to see the growth in software on these devices as they develop that will still work on earliest in range (Maemo Mapper, MPlayer are good examples)!

BTW Has anyone else noticed from the web teaser that it seems we will ultimately be getting a UPnP Media Server in addition to player with Canola beta 2? (note server icon)