I've been a SuperMod or Moderator @ Howard Forums for over 5 years now... (Hello to everyone from over there. ) I have been a member here for about 2 and 1/2 years.

To answer your question sachin007 you may want to search some of my posts regarding changes that were made around here. I also posted extensively about problems I had with the old maemo.org and how it was a PITA just to report a bug back then... (walks off ranting with arms flailing in the air...)

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Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up... Howard Forums (HoFo) has been around for quite a few years and to many members it was/is there first exposure to net forums so there is that comfort level for them. HoFo came on the scene about the same time as many purchased their first cell phone so there is a connection or commonality there. Whatever the attraction, HoFo retains members because of the enthusiasm it promotes for what ever phone or device it provides forums for.

If a member gets a new device, retains a new carrier, buys from a different manufacturer, HoFo has a forum for him/her. The N900 will be no different.

There is no reason why both can't coexist, in fact I expect to see many more HoFo members on board over here now that the N900 "phone" has been announced. When some of it's capabilities are discovered they will take those nuggets of information back to HoFo and they will spread across the forums like how a crystal forms when it is seeded.

This way the Nokia N900 would be exposed to more fan boys of other manufacturers devices than if those same fan boys stumbled upon this forum serendipitously.

EDIT: Sorry if this answer is somewhat late sach... for some reason I just saw this thread and when I started my reply I didn't realize that the topic had changed somewhat.

...Rolling,
wait for it please...
quiet on the set,
ACTION!