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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Ok... I know I get heckled for not owning a Nokia N900; however for the life of me I cannot locate an e-mail that was in response to my question(s) about Flash.

It was, according to the person that did respond from Nokia - which, I doubt knew more than any of you in this forum, that Flash Player 10.1 was slated to come out around this time of the year.

So I held off. My contract with AT&T expires in 3 days, and I was hoping to purchase a N900, switch to T-Mobile (who just recently upped their coverage in my are) and save a few bucks.

It didn't happen. Adobe CS5 shipped, I'm in the middle of making the move to Flash Builder 4 (Flex 4) and Flash CS5, and despite being part of the Adobe CS5 beta tester group... I can't show my own experiments and work on my phone, tablet, or anything more portable than a laptop.

With my N810, I could show my Flex 3 and Flash CS3 and Flash CS4 work while using a smaller, pocket linux based wonder. It showed them that the projects were viable on even a smaller (high resolution though) screen.

And I'm still a Flex dev. It pays the bills. Lately, being a Linux/AIX admin has been my fallback, but it doesn't equate to why I wanted the N900. It supported my livelihood, Flash does, that is.

And to hear from a Nokia representative that I were to look forward - in a definite manner - to Flash player 10.1, to have seen it at Adobe MAX last October and for nothing to have surfaced as of yet... I might have to buy something that will support my livelihood as well as help get me away from AT&T.

The N900 was supposed to do that. No longer. And the answers from Nokia are either definitely wrong - as in the case in my e-mail experience - or definitely vague.

And dammit... I wanted to get away from this damn iPhone!

Sorry. Just felt like ranting about how it seems like all I want are definite answers so I can invest wisely and not get left behind or worse... not be able to support my livelihood.
If you are going to get Android, get the Nexus One. Until google releases the rumored Nexus Two, the N1 will be the first Android updated with any new firmware. I've even considered getting it too.