Vote to get the thread title changed to "My Maemo Stories" lol.

Anyway, I'm no devel - just another user with hopes, wants and dreams. Though for some unknown reason I'm far easier to please then some.

For all it's worth, here's My Maemo story.

Past
I'm an Information Junkie, there's no denying that, and I have always thought that mobile computing was my holy grail in a sense - a way for me to get my info-fix anywhere, anytime.

Ever since I had enough money to buy my very first Palm (a Zire, which prolly tells people I'm new to the game lol), I have always been searching for something I could proudly and unashamedly call a full fledged computer in my pocket.

Then I slowly evolved into a true blue Info-Junkie and I went through a few Sony Clies to try to get this thing in my pocket to do the Internet dance.

Later I got myself something that seemed to fit the bill - the Dell Axim x51v and it blew my socks off. But even then, it Axim had one major problem. With no cellular radios, the Axim was tied down to WIFI hotspots. It needed constant access to power plugs too - I had 2 battery packs and it still wasn't enough as the battery life was so horrendous.

Thus while it nailed down being a pocketable computer, it was not really mobile in any sense of the word. And my need for it tapered off and it stayed in my bag more then in my pocket.

Enter the Nokia 5800, the device that - coupled with my discovery of the "unlimited data plan" - showed me that it WAS possible to get my Info-Fix while being mobile. But it too had its drawbacks, with it's limited memory, archaic OS and lethargic processor.

For me it stood on the other end of the spectrum compared to the Axim. It was mobile but wasn't truely a pocketable computer.

So I continued on searching for a solution, a device that combines the best of both worlds. I tried out an N97 mini for a while but while its keyboard delighted me, it was still just a tarted up 5800 in the end.

I started looking at and researching devices that seemed to fit the bill: the Milestone and the N900.

It was at this point in time that the N900 found me, literally - having been given as a gift to my dad who couldn't make any sense out of the device. He wanted something simpler, something he was used to, so I gave him my N97 mini for the N900.

And here I am.

Present

Currently having fun hacking the heck out of the N900, doing things I never thought I could EVER do on a mobile device. With it's (relative) openess and flexibility, it's the first device I could truely call a mobile computing device.

Sure, some sacrifices had to be made, namely phone related comforts I took for granted on the 5800 like 3G video calling, native MMS and J2ME. Also Ovi Maps/Sygic are poor alternatives to GarminXT on the 5800, at least here where I am.

But that doesn't change the fact that I'm loving the N900.

Future

I would like to learn how to code so i can solve my own pet peeves and help others with thieirs rather than jumping around looking for coders with free time and interest.

Sorry if it's a bit tl;dr.