Originally Posted by jalyst

anyone?
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=930

Rumours have it that the first phone would be published before this meet-up, which would top it off. Regardless, we have a very unlike N950 to show around as well!

Mark the date, it's fixed! More details coming closer!

Originally Posted by sts1976

That's a thought.... If jolla release a n950 / n9 type device with 2013 internals.

What's the possibility of back porting harmatten or dare I say maemo on to it.

Originally Posted by shmerl

https://identi.ca/conversation/99534591

Originally Posted by NokiaFanatic

I don't think so to be honest. When I look at my smartphone using friends, they actually value a more stripped down user interface. Infact, if they were given the functionality of an N900, they'd just end up being more confused (in general). Being honest about it, 90% of what they do is Facebook/Whatsapp. A few use Twitter. A few use Instragram. A few use the web browser (it always surprises me just how little the browser is used). They may occasionally play the latest games (Angry Birds, Draw Something, whatever is the latest flavour of the day). After that, other apps don't really matter. The reality is that a significant proportion of smartphone users would really be just as well served by owning a feature phone. They don't know that of course, so they will sign themselves up to 24 month contracts at $50 a month because they fall for the marketing hype of having the latest Iphone.

As for doing anything productive on a phone, you need only look at the most popular apps for proof that most people have no interest in doing real work on a phone. The trend is always going towards less content, rather than more content. Blogging for example is a dying technology at the moment. Why? Because if you want to make a decent update to a blog, you need to spend at much, much more time than the 20 seconds it takes to write out a Tweet. Even RSS and news apps are being killed by Twitter. Twitter is always first and most users would now rather get an update in 140 characters than having to sit and spend 2-3 minutes reading an article. Instagram has taken things to the next level because it has completely done away with writing anything at all - you just have to upload a photo and share it with your friends.

I understand the irony of what I am saying. The smartphone is essentially dumbing down mobile technology and that the internet will eventually consist of looking at pictures of cats that look like Hitler and reading about what Justin Beiber is doing.