Thread: N900 - Am I a n00b, should I buy one, why?
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davedickson is offline davedickson
2010-05-22 , 19:37
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Since you're asking... I'd say no. Especially since there is no direct comment from Nokia about its upgrade path to the forthcoming MeeGo OS. Sure, the N900 will be the ARM platform for that OS, but that (historically) does not mean that it will receive the upgrade.

No sense in buying a phone without a clear update path and with a learning curve that ultimately might doubly make it not worth it if I were in your place.

So no. Don't buy.
I don't know about that. Personally I normally get a new device with every contract (12-18 months) depending on what deal I can get (and the devices are normally free with the contract - the N900 was btw).

I don't know much about MeeGo but I guess it will be similar so I think the learning curve that the N900 has given me will stand me in good sted for the next device and updated OS. I will have learnt all the "new" ways of doing things the Linux based way, like repo's and command line stuff etc

But if you are buying this as a long term device then I would agree with you, the "upgrade" path isn't really clear, but if you are able to move on to the next device every 18 months that really isn't an issue.

What do you think?