Hi,

I've registered a little while ago but never took the time to say hello. So let's correct that.

I'm a software developer, currently living in Ireland but originally from France. I've been an unashamed smartphone geek ever since I got myself a Sendo X back in 2004 (or was it 2005 ? - I can't remember). I spent the last 6 years doing .NET development (some cool projects) in the education and financial sectors. Have also been helping out a few startup projects whenever I could.

Over the last two years though, I started to realize that smarpthone software is what I really wanted to do. It took me a while to bite the bullet (it's quite comfortable to get a regular salary) but I finally gave in and quit my job. The plan is to spend the next few weeks getting familiar with development on the iPhone, Symbian and Maemo platforms (thinking of Android and WebOS too of course but I'll start with the devices I already have), then see if I can find some freelance work while working on my own apps. We'll see what happens.

Bought an N810 a few months ago out of curiosity - this is what brought me here. I was actually pleasantly surprised with what the N810 could do and how relatively easy to use it was. Still definitely not a mainstream device though. The N900 on the other side looks just amazing. This is in fact the first time I've been excited about a new smartphone since the Nokia E61 some 3 years ago (which was my first phone with a proper keyboard, proper big screen, proper web browser and wifi). Spending £500 on a N900 wouldn't be sensible at all given that I just left my job but I'm pretty sure I won't be able to resist... Plus I've got the excuse of needing one to do some development for it

I'll be at the Maemo Summit at the week-end so I'll probably see a few of you guys there. Looking forward to it. Also hope to be able to contribute a bit to the Maemo world.