This sucks - if it weren't for the fact i had been looking forward to this device for so long, i#d have cancelled weeks ago.

to be quite honest - i've always had a policy of going straight through the shops, o2, voda, orange etc. as when things go wrong they are always sorted there and then.

for instance - even after ive told o2 i was cancelling my contract and needed a PAC for the n900 voda contract, i broke it. I only pay a fiver a month for refurb insurance - but they sent me a new boxed n95 with all the garb, car charge, mains, ear phones, updated software etc. etc. (bare in mind this is on a sim only contract as well, which makes it more amazing!)

My friend however, has an iphone through carphone warehouse on o2 - broke it just over a month ago and took it into CPW - they are still waiting for it to be "fixed".. after a month? had this been directly through the company it would have been sorted that week - and on their doorstep i should imagine.

I think after much careful consideration i shall be axing my dreams of an n900 after yet another delay - i shall wait and see if this is sold through an operator, or alternatively wait for the next meamo device - which with current technology cycles i should imagine comes out early summer. This new device i should imagine will be sold through one of the operators as they are said to "fix" (in other words update) the phone functionality on maemo devices.

also on that point, they have already announced the next meamo 6 device as a "smart phone" - not a tablet - so will be on operators store shelves rather than vendors. peace and quiet here i dcome - plus i could do with the cash for christmas shopping. maybe i'll spend the extra cash on blowing up MPD?