Almost newbie here , so forgive me if this has been covered to some degree before (i have read loads on here but didn't see anything slightly concrete)

I was pretty happy when 6 weeks ago or whatever it was i saw the "big launch" of the n900 , as i finally saw a handset i would be happy to keep and see apps and things flourish for ther next 2 years maybe, and possibly even learn to program or use maemo through the x terminal a bit myself..

now after owining the handset for 2 weeks it seems that nokia do not have any "big ideas" for this platform rather its a springboard to a newer maybe better incarnation, and their own sites and software is basically non existent...

Basically my gripe is it seems like the public , worldwide, has been used as beta testers for a device that is not 100% ready , supported or appears it may never be...I saw a nokia presentation 1 weeks ago that was entirely x6 and ovi maps based, and when someone chirped up about the n900 , the only thing they would say is software will follow at some point soon !!!!!!!!

Maybe i am too niaeve (sp) but am i to take it we all have great looking phones that do soo much potentially but its great places like this that will make the unit live and not the actual manufacturer ????

Sorry for the length but i just wanted a remotely sensible answer and not 200 rants or slag offs about nokia etc etc and just an answer ....will the community be left to support the device where nokia won't / can't ?????

If so can someone teach me how to actually program/interpret the usage of the maemo software so i may actually do something with it ???

thanks ( slightly disillusionedly)

James