First, I had meant to specify the "tablet" one as being a "pocketable tablet" and leaving "nonpocketable tablet" as an option for the "netbook" poll. That's why having a keyboard was optional on the netbook poll. (I also meant to replace the "express card" option with something else... and it slipped my mind, and now I don't even remember what it was) Oh, and I also intended to specify, on the netbook screen sizes, that each bracket was "that size or bigger". So, 7" meant "7 inch screen, or larger". But I didn't word that in there, so it's unclear if the respondents wanted 'a 7" screen specifically' or 'a 7" screen or larger', for example.

I also broadly assumed a few things:

1) the tablet would have USB Host/OTG just like it has now (in addition to the option in the poll for having USB client).

2) the tablet would have a stylus

3) the netbook would have a stylus (maybe that's what the express card option was going to change to?)



OK, so... assuming that the responses are a reasonable indication of the Maemo community (and maybe even the "likely to buy a Maemo device" market as a whole):

• Based on the number of respondents that voted in each poll:
  • People care a lot about the Maemo pocketable tablet (90 votes)
  • People don't care nearly as much about the other two (24-26 votes)
  
  That doesn't really surprise me ... but Nokia should take note of that: if the N900/rx51 really is a Maemo phone ... I really hope the rx71 is a Maemo pocketable tablet. If not, then at the very least, a big chunk of people in this community will feel alienated.
  
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• On a Maemo pocketable tablet more than 50% of respondents require (and thus really care about):
  
  • a 4"+ screen (89%)
  • a physical keyboard (61%)
  • a dpad and button cluster on the face (56%)
  
  The rest of the top 5 were:
  • USB client for charging (47%)
  • Some form of video out (34%)
  
  Neither side of the 3G/no 3G camp made the top 5 (they were #7 and #6, respectively, almost tying ... at 27% and 29% respectively). The requirement for dedicated number keys (a 5 row keyboard, or a 4 row with number keys off to the side, or whatever) was also pretty far down there.
  
  The only surprise for me on this one was: despite the loud arguments in the 3G/no 3G debate, most of the community doesn't really seem to care. Both camps are minorities.
  
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• On a Maemo phone more than 50% of respondents require (and thus really care about):
  • an unbranded/unlocked option (81%)
  • a 3.5 mm headset (58%)
  
  The rest of the top 5 were:
  • physical qwerty keyboard (46%)
  • USB client for charging (42%)
  • (tied for 5th) dpad and button cluster on the face AND USB host/otg (31% ea)
  
  The requirement for a 4"+ screen only got 1 vote... People who want a Maemo phone to be ok with a 3.5" screen (at least, they don't require MORE than that in order to buy the device). And, as with the pocketabe tablet group, they don't require a keyboard that has dedicated number keys. Also of note, they don't seem to require a stylus.
  
  The surprise for me on that one was ... the screen size is pretty unimportant to the phone crowd. From my own experience, I agree (I'd like a 4"+ screen, but I'm ok without one, and I didn't vote for it on the poll) ... but it sounded like, in the N900 leak thread, that many more people did care about it. Turns out, not so much (their heavy opinion seems to be more about the tablet, than about a phone).
  
  It was also a bit surprising to me that the ONLY things that people did seem to really care about were ... the unbranded/unlocked option, and the wired headset. Unlike the other two polls, people only really care about two things, and they're not the most heavily argued things on the boards (well, unbranded/unlocked is sort of a variation of the 3G/no3G debate, in that one piece of that is people not wanting to be locked into a carrier). But, still ... no other huge contentious issues boiled up in this one.
  
  
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• On a Maemo netbook more than 50% of respondents require (and thus really care about):
  • a physical keyboard (75%)
  • a convertible tablet/swivel screen format (67%)
  • a built in 3G data option (63%)
  
  The rest of the top 5 were:
  • Digital video out (not just VGA) (42%)
  • A 7" screen (38%)
  
  So, the netbook crowd doesn't seem to be that interested in a large tablet (ie. they definitely want a physical keyboard), but they do seem to really like the idea of a convertible tablet (so, the non-pocketable equivalent of an N810 :-) ). They also don't seem to have a clear and definite preference for screen size ... but they do seem ok with a "cramped netbook keyboard".
  
  This one wasn't very surprising to me at all :-) It was almost exactly what I expected. Though, I did kind of expect to see one of the screen sizes place higher than 5th place (and I expected it to be the 9" or 10"), but it doesn't surprise me that it didn't.
  
  I am glad to see that the convertible tablet format placed highly... that would be my preference too.

If only I had thought to include the "finger optimized GUI vs plain desktop GUI" debate in there, somehow. ;-)