DDP was an impulse buy for me... I, like a lot of people were taken by surprise when it was announced that the next device would be smaller and a GSM phone!
The tablet's attraction to me was that I was able to tether it to whatever BT cell phone or provider I used. I also liked the option of leaving it home when taking my smaller phone somewhere was more appropriate. If GSM connectivity was what was gained, the Nokia Booklet 3g would suit my needs better...

...Then came this programs announcement and my eligibility.

As soon as it was made available I ordered.

Since then I have had time to examine this impulsive reaction of mine.

What I have come up with is that I view it as a reward of sorts. I have been a steadfast champion of the forum as a means to communicate Maemo's message (< upper case "M" ). I have used it to post my views and opinions, learned how to report and follow up on the bugs that affected me, and commented on the applications that I found useful.

Not all agreed with me, in fact many actually fervently disagreed with me at times however, my inclusion in the program meant to me at least, that some of my efforts had value...

I will get this device if only for that reason alone... subjective validation.

I value the gesture.
Thank you.

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My new desire is to understand and implement a usable Web Run Time for the dang thing. I also hope that what I learn can be useful on the N8**'s, two of which I stare at daily and for the life of me, can not find any fault with. They are begging to be put into service around my home as information kiosks and media client/servers now that I will have something new to play with.

EDIT: Less than an hour after ^ those comments >> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34969

Imagine that!