Ya know, I wonder how much thought Nokia put into the decision to scrap support for provisioning. Nevermind the babble about how much extra work is needed in the OS to support provisioning- I'm a programmer, I understand.

But, from a consumer's point of view, they see the N900 as a device which is advertised to support Microsoft Exchange 2007. However, when they get the device, whooolla! it doesn't work. I bet they feel cheated. I know I'd be pretty upset. And I bet only in the little fine print is provisioning mentioned (if at all). I bet this little surprise to Random and the others must feel as a real slap in the face. It certainly does to me, and I haven't even purchased one. Besides, who even thinks to check for support for something so inconspicuous and ridiculous as provisioning before buying a device? I mean, Exchange support means it supports Exchange, right? NOPE! Not on the N900, at least.

So, is there anyone who is a programmer who has some free time who'd like to help code up a simple GUI for Maemo that checks Exchange for new messages, regardless of Provisioning or any other crap? Then other features could be added later. I'm started on a Python-based solution, starting with weboutlook and my N810. Any takers? It'll be a hackjob, but for some of us, it'll be far better than what Nokia has offered.