i think there still is some life left.
otherwise we wouldn't be here, would we?

and even though we (nearly) all despise the perspective, wp7 is likely to be a winner and hopefully Symbian will still sell enough until it is.
and MeeGo seems to be here to stay, doesn't it?
if not w/ NOKIA, then w/ LGe or SAMSUNG

It's really very hard to keep waiting for official announcements. But for now, I'll play along with this charade. That doesn't seem to be a reason to change.

This is not talk.nokia.com, it's a Maemo site. And I have two Maemo products, one completely working but the N900 lacking wifi and bluetooth. Because of this I had to buy an inferior Android telephone, and I would like it if there was a more desktop feature like cell phone OS than Android. Edit: oh, and I've had a Windows phone - WM6 - already. There was no functionality updates through the entire lifecycle. I wasn't happy then, and I will not be the next time after I've been spoiled with Maemo.

I see the analysts think WP7 is going to be the next big thing, but I do not see why. Windows Phones apparently sold LESS in 2011Q1 than 2010Q1. Is really the Nokia deal going to push Microsoft from 3.5m/q to 15m/q? When neither Microsoft nor Nokia so far have managed to get a single model popular in Seattle or the rest of Northern America? Analysts say yes. I'm just glad Microsoft fixed copy & paste.

I am here because I really think maemo (and thus meego) makes a difference in principle. I would like to see that principle turn into products, and I can't see jack if I'm not here.

Not sure if you've used WP7 phone yet or not, but I have and the UI and the experience it gives to the everyday joe's is much better than Maemo5/Symbian^3 imo. That's quite a feat for something so new in terms of UI. It is silky smooth and is very pretty. What many non-geeks really like. Heck, even I was impressed how "nice" everything looked and felt. Of course, it's quite limited for me and many others here however. =P

But the new Mango update will make WP7 very competant and in many ways, better than iOS/Android. It also feels more complete than Android due to its simplicity and common look. Android has so many features but feels quite inconsistent in many areas imo.

I reckon it has a good chance to be a major mobile OS.

And I thought Steve Jobs was a total jackass when he said "You're holding it wrong."

It'll get announced, but who's going to care if it isn't at a level that makes even the casual user go "HOLY DAMN!" - which I'm starting to doubt will happen.

It's sad that the buyers of a product are more enthusiastic then the seller of a product.

I swear, alot of posters in this thread are masochists

Compare those to this:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/nokia...china/#3277343

And do we get a winner, or reason to wine

By the way, the second img.ly link for me doesn't show.

I deleted the second photo, because it was very similar to the first one.
And it was already mentioned that the device was an E7. We just made that pic because we were bored st the conference.

If you want hardware keyboard version, please contact nokia (for example contactcentre.europe@nokia.com) and wish it. Otherwise stupid american chiefs make decisions to sell "lankku" version only.

yeah right and you think this would help any way. Nokia have stopped listening to their fans awhile ago.