Hi Maemo dudes! This is my first post

I am Scottish and have been living and working in Finland for the past 10 years.

I am a huge mobile tech addict and a big fan of Nokia - though hopefully not infected with the blind fanboy virus

I have always admired Nokia's internet tablets but my personal holy grail is the all-in-one powerhouse device - which obviously includes cellphone functionality. Whilst there will always be inherent compromises in such a device (e.g. screen size), technological advancements, convergence and miniturisation are bringing us very close. Some people think we're already there with the iPhone - but for me the OS is crippled by the lack of multi-tasking and file management and the device is a triumph of form over function.

So RX-51, the first Maemo 5 device has hit me like a shot of adrenaline to the heart The implications for high end Nokia devices are enormous. As Eldar says, Nokia now have a scalable vertical OS. They also have recently entered into strategic partnership with Intel. So talking about resistive vs capacitive screens kind of misses the big picture. This is a major strategic move from Nokia and all kinds of devices will be produced; from 3.5" to 11", small keyboard, large keyboard or no keyboard, capacitive and resistive, all with an ever improving combination of OS, application suite and chipset.

I am quite surprised by some views in this forum that the integrated cellphone radios are undesirable. The only reason I can imagine for this attitude is cost as a result of the backwards and anti-competitive US network operators. From a pure technological point of view why would anyone not want always on high bandwidth connectivity in their device? In Finland and much of Europe we can buy devices without contracts and unlimited 3G/HSPA data plans are very reasonable. The networks are also very good.

But competition and logical inevitability will win out - the future of MID's or internet tablets or netbooks or laptops includes integrated cellular data capabilities.

I think that the RX-51 will be a great device with many flaws (OS, software, device build, etc.) but I will buy one as soon as I possibly can Maemo 5 has a great future and I want to be on the train right from the start.

I look forward to sharing in your excitement and learning from your experiences.

Cheers!

PS - I do not and have never worked for Nokia but my work has often been in closely related areas.