The Leo also has USB host according to some specs I have seen online... Which was a big WTF for some with he n900... It's def a sexy device but the more devices come out the more numb I become imma wait till I can watch hulu comfortable through the web on my phone before I make a jump that should hold me from spending money till about march lol... It's def btween this and the n900 currently I am def not a fan of winmo though

So, length difference of 7mm, width of 5mm, and thickness of 3mm. "similar in size to the N810" :-)


But, it has no keyboard, no dpad/directional-arrow-keys, and no OS that I'd ever willingly use.

That's 3 VERY LARGE strikes against it.

You know... looking at this picture:



And seeing that the LEO has a 4.3" screen, the HTC Touch Pro 2 (on the right) has a 3.6" screen ... sure, you can see the difference, but it's not horribly different. Just noticeably different. (and they're both 800x480, as well)

Then, add knowing that the N900 has a 3.5" screen, and my G1 has a 3.2" screen (which is only 480x320) ...

I'm not sure I'm really going to be that bothed by the N900's screen size. It's not going to be my ideal, certainly ... but bigger than my G1, and not horrendously smaller than the Leo, and barely smaller than the Touch Pro 2. Not ideal, but liveable.

simple question,

is it IMPOSSIBLE to install Maemo 5 on the HTC Leo?

Seeing how hardcore the XDA community is, I can certainly see it happening (if Maemo makes it possible)

Can you imagine what this would mean? The Leo would make the most perfect(to date) mobile computer. The hardware is on another level than the n900.

You're more likely to see Android ported to the Leo (by people like the XDA hackers) than Maemo. I could be wrong, but I would expect that there are enough hardware differences that Maemo wouldn't "just run". And I have no idea how hard it would be to get Mer running on it.

(and, while Maemo on more devices would be cool, the Leo still lacks a physical keyboard and a dpad)

that sucks. i dont see how they cant make appropiate "drivers" though.. this is linux we're talking about?

Why would Nokia port Maemo 5 to a device made by another manufacturer?

And the only "open Maemo" project/group/team that I'm aware of is Mer ... which isn't Maemo 5, and I bet it'll be a while before they (the Mer team) have the resources to start tackling things like other phones.

That pretty much exhausts your groups of people who would fit your "they". Who else would be porting Maemo (any version) to an HTC phone?