I love it! I will pick one up at launch (if these specs are accurate). Although there may be 'shortcomings' (to some... I love the specs) there appear to be no complete deficiencies of features.

As Atilla77 stated, a transition device, and IMO a great one.

The size and features make it a much more consumer-friendly device, which is probably why it's ticking off the community: it does not appeal to a market that seems far too small to economically support this product line. But the OSS component and the increased specs will still appeal to the original NIT community which I suspect will come to love this new device, and/or be replaced by a hoard that do.

This seems to be playing out very much how the N810 release played out. Most of the community were up in arms over the N810 release and the decisions Nokia made. Now, despite its arguable shortcomings, it would seem that the majority of individuals here actually prefer the N810 (myself included).

I foresee something similar with the N900.


As an aside....

If this picture is an acurate representation of the final device, take a note of where the headphone port is. It would seem that the 'kick-stand' is either missing or has changed. I'm guessing that it's a ring around camera lens.


YARR!
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