No problemo - I don't know why I am on a mission to get this message and help Nokia/Maemo understand the issue and severity and get it fixed, but I picked up a Nexus One and you just realize how much you miss sshd and pretty much having the terminal open all day.

I think the demographic is much different with the N900 and those who 'hang out' on the maemo forums/bugs. Once in a while you see someone pop in who is new to linux or maemo, ask a simple question and given a one-line answer by a more experienced user that ends up causing them more problems so they get scared off.

My own assessment is the relative lack of uproar here on the BT issues, the massive EAS issues, no one complaining about having to confirm every email deletion (or even the poor IMAP implementation), etc. etc. that are more heavy work-related (lots of email, lots of calls, not wanting to hold your phone to your ear for 8-hours a day) PLUS the fact more people are concerned about A2DP than it seems the rest of the BT functionality and a few other things, I suspect we just have a demographic skew.

However, there is plenty of uproar going on outside of Maemo/Nokia forums stuffs. I just don't know if Quim or Klapper bother looking beyond the handful of people that hang here. Though, like I said, apparently they've received plenty of calls about it to the point they won't do a warranty repair for it. I plan to try again next week or bringing up refund. We'll see how that goes. I'd like to keep it, but I paid over $700 (pre-order + tax) for something I can pick up now for less and A MAJOR CORE FUNCTION TO ANY PHONE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS doesn't work.

Regarding surprised if they fix, yeah, that has crossed my mind. Someone from Nokia actually publicly posted the other day to the A2DP bug (I think you opened it?) that he doubted they'd ever fully fix. HUH?! I was beyond words and had to ignore Maemo for a day. That thread has gone mysteriously quiet suddenly.

They've, as I think you said, have been struggling with this since before it was released. They are publicly playing dumb it appears, but they have known about it a long time. I was one of those pre-orders with free bt headset. I was told several times after the CEO announced it was shipping and I didn't see it for a week that it was delayed due to bt issues with the headset. They had to cancel my order and create a new one so it would ship. It never occurred to me that it was the N900 or something major - figured it was one of those 'sometimes bt headsets just don't play well with something' issues. Once I got it and had 9 or 10 different things paired to it all w/the same issue, the light bulb went on as to why the delay. Also makes sense why that promotion went away so quickly.

But if this is a hardware issue and they are continuing to sell the phone KNOWING it's an issue, that is digging a very deep hole for them to climb out of. They are not going to survive knowingly selling a bad product this expensive (this da*n thing cost me more than a decent laptop) and hoping time will cure - that's not going to fly.