Thread: Returning my N900
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gerbick
2010-02-14 , 19:39
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
On the one hand: Nokia is one of the most open companies regarding their devices.. we actually know about M6 and have *some* information about how it's going to be built.. etc.
Gotta somewhat disagree here... one question remains unanswered. Will Maemo 6 be on the N900. They've been coy thus far - and honestly, I understand why; but at the same time they've not answered that question.

Apple wouldn't tell anybody anything till it was time for release in my understanding.
Agree. But at the same time, they've supported their three phones with full OS updates with some minor feature forks. And in some cases - original iPhone especially - they've announced with each new iteration of their OS that it will work on the prior iterations of their phone.

That's a slight difference than the reticence around the N900 and Maemo 6.

OTOH: this *little* bit of openness from Nokia generates tons of questions.. and it's then that Nokia just shuts up and says nothing. That gets annoying.
Agree. The openness is expected though due to the nature of Maemo. iPhoneOS is closed like... no other. Maemo, open like no other. So you'd expect the commentary to be as open... and it's not. We talk as a community, wait for the crumbs from Nokia.

However, regarding your direct quote, this is the link used by Guber and others about the whole provisioning mess:
Check

Your argument is double-edged... right there is a page specifically about exchange and checking work email - and specifically - the N900 is not there!.
And that's the part where common sense should have kicked in and a different decision would have been made. I don't see my phone there, I'd automatically assume it doesn't support it.

Thanks for that link. It's been buried under the many threads, too many try to remember by now.

So I, personally, would demand a link to an official Nokia document that explains that provision is supported.. since there *is* a page about Mail For Exchange on Nokia.com... and it doesn't list the N900 as supported.
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