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Originally Posted by eiffel View Post
I can understand some services assuming an IP address, but why would they need to know whether the packets were coming over HSPA or WiFi?
They won't, but the point is that Maemo 5 essentially specifies that all apps can always assume an available internet connection. Nokia won't be releasing a non-WWAN version, because the likelihood of the user "failing" to provide a connection is much higher, and they don't want to undermine their spec that way.

It would be great to have two devices: the N900 (no keyboard, WiFi, Bluetooth) and also the N910 (hardware keyboard, GPS, camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, HSPA).
I really would be displeased if they did split it like that, as I want different combinations of options. The physical (keyboard, camera) features are highly orthogonal to radio (HSPA) options. But as I said, I'm pretty sure they'll all have WWAN (HSPA; possibly a WiMAX version at some point).