@johnkzin

I think a lot of people are already doing what you suggest, looking in other directions. However, I thnk most of them are hoping Nokia comes up with something that will meet their needs. Why? Not out of false loyalty. Perhaps because there is a sizable community & support in place here. A Nokia/Maemo product is more of a known quantity, in terms of things like hacking, quality, etc. Making the jump (yet again for some) is not a decision to be made hastily or lightly. There will be some verbal agonizing to go with it.

I'll admit the major part of my decision to purchase a N800 was due to the hardware, not the software. Once I determined that the software wasn't a dealbreaker, I bought it.

In a couple months, you may see me here asking if we can forward-port (? is that a real term) Maemo4/OS2008 onto a newly released Nokia device. What I have seen so far of fremantle, frankly for me is a strike against a new device.