They must have been prepared. They knew what would happen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV30Vd_CYqk

We are the ones eagerly waiting for a shiny new toy and being so brutally let down.

So either they don't care (because they are so convinced they're doing the right thing and aren't much interested in us as future customers) or they know more than we do at this point and expect everything to settle down.

Either way, there's no way any internet forum could change their plans.

Screwed by the man.

Again!!

It'll be like a flea on an elephant!!! At the time of writing this there were nearly 500 posts. Hardly enough to bring Nokia to their knees begging for forgiveness. They will barely notice us. Peter, Quim will, and doubtless feel sympathy, but I seriously doubt that they have enough influence to make a difference.

Nokia are in the business of selling to the mass market. half a millon tablets, or whatever the figure is, is not even on their radar. They will be wanting to shift 10, 50, 100 millon units.

That is the reason why they have (allegedly, no confirmed product yet remember) gone down the smartphone route with Maemo for the next device. Look at the windows phones, android phones, and the iphone - 3.5" are what normal consumers are buying.

Personally, I would love for an updated N800, with a more readable screen, GPS, and a faster CPU, along with better video hardware. Don't expect to see it, as I don't think that Nokia thinks that form factor is mass-marketable as a phone, which is what average consumers want.

I think that a tablet form-factor that is not a phone is a very viable device, especially one with good audio/video capabilities - look at Archos, unfortunately for us Nokia is a phone manufacturer, and that it is what people expect. If the current tablets had a Dell badge, people would ask us what version of Windows it ran, if an Apple badge, what ipod it was etc.

I also think that a bit more work on the current software enviroment is required to bring a 3 year old platform up to date, again easy work for the right people, but Nokia ain't gonna so it as the current tablets do not have enough of a user base for nokia to commit to the work. 3 years ago the tablets looked slick etc, but the competition has moved on

It also seems apparent to me that over the next few years the battle will be Symbian vs Maemo, as Nokia seems to be hedging their bets and releasing devices based on both OSs to see which gathers market shareand community support.

But you have created the ideal device for me, the 770. Just give me an update!!!

Yes, you already have it:, the Nokia N800! So it seems the N800 is still a superior device at least to me.

But we should not judge too quickly because we haven't had an official announcement yet. And maybe the N910 will be a real tablet with a phone slot.....

Terrific! If I live in one of about 12 major metro's I get 3g, otherwise I have to pay for 3-9 months of their awesome EDGE service.
</sarcasm>

I would hope to (and gladly) pay about the same as I did for n810, without having to sign up for any carrier's service, contract or not.

Half a million (or a lot more, by other figures we got) for a high end device that got no publicity, was out of stock constantly, was sold in a very limited geographical range (no Asia, no South America), and was only step 3 (or 2) in a 5 steps plan does not sound bad at all.

i think you have nailed the point. ... with palm trying to get the jump on the next iphone nokia had to try to get the jump on both so as to keep in the news cycle.. now there will be news story comparisons between the palm/iphone/&nokia which will get the buzz up and hopefully drive sales

obviously the 900# gorilla is apple and the iphone and everyone is trying to catch up

i do not hold out much hope for palm or nokia

anybody wanna buy a used n810?

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AM I THE ONLY ONE TO THINK THAT THIS PICTURE IS A FAKE ?
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In this case, everybody here would be whining for ... nothing ...