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Originally Posted by vivmak View Post
N900 is definitely not a phone or a tablet that most people will like it, there are a lot of people who do like and pretty much all of them hang around this forum either to see what is the next thing comming out of community which will make n900 a good phone or a tablet, its a hand held device that is so open that you can do whatever you like and Maemo is efficient enough to run on a 600Mhz CPU without really grinding down and, it is capable of doing so many things that I will not repeat here as you all know it better than myself. N900 is still not for masses, I was offered a really good price by a dude for this phone but I didn't sell because I thought he would curse me for selling a phone that he couldn't operate, it may be technologically most advanced phone but for end users it lags in almost all aspects including basic phone functionalities....... its a developer's delight....... why were we so looking forward to N9 when n900 is perfect? because we were expecting something that is probably going to be N900 plus more , did n9 live upto expectations ..... leave it you all or should I say 'time will tell'..... for me on the face of it it looks just another phone on the market which can possibly Nokia give the volume that it is trying to chase ....

.......for now I'd say - long live Maemo long live n900.
I've been hanging around these forums for 18 months now, having got an N900. I'm not a developer, nor geek really but love a class phone that's distinctive and powerful, niche market I guess.

I can understand the launch of the N950. It's a great way to keep the devs happy. I'm certain it will be just as open and tweakable as the N900. I'd probably buy one myself if it was slimmer than it's predecessor. (remember, I'm primarily a consumer, so bulges in pockets are embarrassing in female company :-) and available to buy, which it won't ).

The N9 is the bigger puzzle, why launch a consumer device which Nokia has at least stated that it doesn't intend to support. Think ahead...Nokia + WP7 as mass smartphone strategy; Symbian being wound down til 2016 and Meego sidelined for 'future disruptions'.

Did someone tell Elop, "you can have WP7, but we keep Meego in our back pocket"? It didn't stop the CTO resigning/going on indefinite leave, but it kept the window open.