Thread: N900 shipping delayed
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2009-10-23 , 19:43
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
1) How do you know what exactly is and isn't being fixed? It might be hardware-related fixes.
afaik guys on summit received final hardware - at least that's what i read somewhere.. and fixing hardware once the assembly line is complete could be a non-trivial task ... I think that unless the bug would cause exploding devices, it'd be worked-around by software - at least this is what even cpu/chipset producers do...

Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
2) Do you believe in magick? In such a short time, adding new hardware features which require proper testing is not the smartest thing to do. They require a lot more time!
If they didn't rush things and gave it another month, adding a self-contained device (like the compass) on i2c bus is, imho, very doable.. Instead they announced n900 almost 2 months ago (after a year of development), and still there is not a single piece shipped to distributors (but obviously they assembled many pieces already - at least for devs and testers around the world)..

Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
The latter is about the same as the statement you quote, and is definately not mutually exclusive with your quote.
yes. All what I wanted to say is that nokia could've spared people 3 months of waiting (since announcement), develop nicer hw and announced it 1 week before availability / with exact date (like with iphone and g1, i think)... in a ideal world that is..
Last edited by andree; 2009-10-23 at 19:46.