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Not Maemo specific but a good summary of the current situation with mobiles:

I love the iPhone for turning the entire industry on its ear and setting the bar for music integration. I hate the iPhone for treating developers like meat and for throwing away essential features. I love Nokia for proving that a smartphone could have mass-market appeal. I hate Nokia for failing to advance Maemo years ago, for moving S60 at a glacial pace, and for ignoring the needs of North Americans for ages. I love Android for rethinking notifications and for taking location-based services to the next level. I hate Android for taking an odd approach to multitouch, for all but encouraging fragmentation of the platform, and for failing to properly incentivize manufacturers to get out devices early and often (I guess that last part is Google's fault more than anything else). I love Samsung and LG for staying hungry and forcing everyone to keep up. I hate Samsung and LG for producing countless anonymous midrange flips and sliders.
Chris Ziegler via http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/e...e-brand-sucks/


My point being, I'm not sure about you, but I don't see anything on the market that appeals to me.

Maemo could have filled that gap...

But for now, just try and pry away my N810.

And for the record it's not just end-users that are hurt, it's developers too.

Also ignore the spy. His name rhymes with sqgil.

/rant
 

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