maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - what is this community prepared to do for us regarding the N900?

	cashclientel	2010-08-15 , 23:17
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Originally Posted by ysss

And so, my fellow maemo fans - Ask not what the community can do for you...

Thanks very much - you beat me to that!

There is 6-12 months good support left in the N900 (from Nokia and the community). After that time people like you [abil] will probably be on new contracts and have new phones (w00t iphone 5!). The hardcore keen on the N900 can stay at their will and enjoy it. By the time the environment really begins to curtail for the N900 you'll be off it anyway and have something else. It will continue but certainly not in a way the majority will like (but a way the hardcore few will love for sure). My point is when it comes to this it won't matter as everyone will have new choices and the game will be different.

Mobile phone lifespan is 24 months tops - by then you've either broken it, lost it, or been given a new one by your network.

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