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N900 is not recognizable on any of my devices (windows 10,7, xp) What can I do? (1)
to Nokia N900 by nieldk - 4 days, 10 hrs ago - more...
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2009-11-09
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Originally Posted by Venomrush
The T&C on the DDP sites specifically states that you are NOT allowed to resell the device before 6 months time.
Simple explanation, because it's heavily discounted..offering full standard warranty means people ordering through DDP will resell the device.
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2009-11-09
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Also from the same page:
and there's an NDA to sign as well. While I appreciate the offer by Forum Nokia, it's clearly aimed at commercial entities that hope to make money from the platform instead of the hobbyist who wants to improve it so for me personally the attached strings and risk are not worth it and I'm going to have to decline.
Which of course makes me appreciate the Maemo Devices loaner program so much more :-)
As you are buying the device(s) for professional use, you agree that the sale of device(s) is not subject to any legislation (such as Distance Selling Directive) governing the consumer transactions.
Which of course makes me appreciate the Maemo Devices loaner program so much more :-)
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2009-11-09
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It showed up on my eStore page as well. But I wont be ordering for a few weeks*.
I don't mind the lack of warranty. Well, let me re-state ... it _might_ cause me to not buy it, after I think about it for a bit, but I don't feel any harsh feelings about it -- it is what it is. The terms of the discount has strings. So be it. I'm glad someone noticed it so that I'm definitely informed if I decide to buy, though.
(* thanks to a weird billing mistake somewhere else, I'll have some unexpected "found money" in about 4 weeks, so it's a matter of how I want to buy the device... but, that said, the one hangup I still have about the N900 is "keeping the N900's Contacts and Calendar in sync with Google Contacts and Calendar"; that will likely make the difference between whether I buy, or not)
I don't mind the lack of warranty. Well, let me re-state ... it _might_ cause me to not buy it, after I think about it for a bit, but I don't feel any harsh feelings about it -- it is what it is. The terms of the discount has strings. So be it. I'm glad someone noticed it so that I'm definitely informed if I decide to buy, though.
(* thanks to a weird billing mistake somewhere else, I'll have some unexpected "found money" in about 4 weeks, so it's a matter of how I want to buy the device... but, that said, the one hangup I still have about the N900 is "keeping the N900's Contacts and Calendar in sync with Google Contacts and Calendar"; that will likely make the difference between whether I buy, or not)
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2009-11-09
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Originally Posted by lma
I suspect that the NDA part (and maybe also the warranty part, hopefully) is standard boilerplate text for the more general Developers Programs for other platforms. I vaguely remember Quim stating that they used Forum Nokia as a convenient way to sell the devices to the developers (most of the e-store framework being already there)...
and there's an NDA to sign as well. While I appreciate the offer by Forum Nokia, it's clearly aimed at commercial entities that hope to make money from the platform instead of the hobbyist who wants to improve it so for me personally the attached strings and risk are not worth it and I'm going to have to decline.
Which of course makes me appreciate the Maemo Devices loaner program so much more :-)
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2009-11-09
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Originally Posted by debernardis
Wasn't the DDP Team supposed to send us another mail to alert us when that happened ?... Nora is such a tease :-)
This morning I have been greeted by the availability of the "Discounted Devices Program: N900" on my forum.nokia.com page
I've ordered
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2009-11-09
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Do these coupons still expire at end of the year? Or has that date been pushed back too?
With Christmas coming, I don't think I will be able to use this until mid-january.
With Christmas coming, I don't think I will be able to use this until mid-january.
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2009-11-09
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Originally Posted by fpp
oh, that's right -- I hope it wasn't premature to order already. Hm.
Wasn't the DDP Team supposed to send us another mail to alert us when that happened ?...
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2009-11-09
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Originally Posted by fpp
I couldn't help with it
Wasn't the DDP Team supposed to send us another mail to alert us when that happened ?... Nora is such a tease :-)
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2009-11-09
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Originally Posted by penguinbait
+1, I strongly hope so.
Do these coupons still expire at end of the year? Or has that date been pushed back too?
With Christmas coming, I don't think I will be able to use this until mid-january.
Anyway, the DDP program page states up to 2 devices per company and states also no warranty and states VAT excluded.
But we know the price seems to be final, thus the VAT part doesn't apply to the N900, we know also that we can buy up to ONE device (it's stated in the N900 page itself)... so may be also the WARRANTY part does not apply to the N900.
I've emailed them and waiting for an answer.
If Quim could also shed some light, that would be great.
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