And it is so easy to tell who has their hands on a Nokia provided one... also crystal clear.

The point Benny brings up is a valid one for all of us who were attracted to the original "Internet Tablet" concept to begin with... for whatever reason.

The fact is that for some, like myself who use an employer or contract provided cell phone on an unsupported network, even if you gave us an N900, it would only be useful connected via WiFi without incurring the additional monthly cost of a new cell service.

Also, those who have spent big bucks on the then "top of the line" cell phone in the past year or two, even from Nokia, would have to forsake this $600+ purchase if they were also given an N900.

Those of us who now use an N8** series and who are hanging around here hoping that at least some development will continue with these devices might feel abandoned by the apparent lack of sensitivity to there plight.

And BTW, I have had $700 dollars budgeted for a new device since the beginning of the year and I would spend it in a New York minute on the N900 if it turned out to be the evolutionary device that was conceived by most members of this forum just a relatively short while ago.

Limiting the N900's cellular connectivity out of the box by not providing DUN is not evolutionary... its revolutionary.
Not all revolutions are good things.



(This post was not meant to disrespect anyone who received a promotional N900 recently. In fact I am happy for you all and now hold Nokia in a somewhat higher esteem. My post was in support of all us who are now economically fated to what is left of the N8**'s developmental cycle. )