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lardman is offline lardman
2008-12-01 , 17:20
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#107
Eventually a crippled version of the new software, so-called "community developed", will make it to the N8x0, but it will only work to the extent that it will make you crave for the new device.
Depends on how hard we work on said software really and I've got to say that the existing software works reasonably well - not perfect certainly, but well enough and with community provided bug-fixes/software I can't see what people are complaining about.

don't pay attention to the buzzwords and the fanboi spinning and consider this: "Knowing what I know about how they've done things re the tablets since 2005, are they still worthy of my cash?"
If you're not close enough to see that changes are underway then you'll probably say no. In which case wait and see how people react to the new software/SDK when it comes out soon.

And please, don't make the mistake of assuming Nokia is interested in or furthering the open source community, because they aren't. Or, to be more precise, they're only interested in a community that brings them profit.
Of course, no reason why that needs to be a negative thing though.

In view of this, IMO the only mistake Nokia has made is in putting the launch date of the new tablet so far ahead (summer '09, which most likely will translate in to Q409) and already starting the covert "no more bugfixes" operation.
This date is unsubstantiated afaik, and the fact you think your prediction will slip back two quarters anyway is probably just exposure to the Pandora
 

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