n900 i believe is not yet fully operational in the market for the reason being that it is still on processing stage, being an open source device, users can easily update their n900 even if their device is still half or 3/4 way completed,

N97 is not an open source, so if Nokia screw up on software the way that a firmware update cannot resolve, its a bit of trouble.

N97 was announced a year ago before it is released, n900 was announced and released after n97. "first thing is what comes FIRST"

Totally happy that you updated us about the n97 being active in your country, coz in my location, rarely n97 commercials or promotions are seen, at least i know that Nokia is still making the best out of n97.

Judging a device based on which carrier sells it directly is a bit silly.

Its only logical, the networks would much rather we bought dumb phones with huge amount of bundled minutes and texts, as they make more money that way. The more powerful the phone, the less likely you will need to make calls or texts, as you have e-mail and the whole Internet to contact people with far cheaper.

For a start, T-Mobile never sold the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 which is why I had to get it on O2, a huge mistake as the handset was poorly designed and O2 reception is the shite. The networks always pick and choose handsets, they want the ones which they can charge the most but support the least.

The N900 is their worst nightmare, as people will be demanding support left and right, because its missing features people expected it to have plus it works somewhat different to other handsets. The N97 however, I suspect its as someone said above, it needed a lot of firmware tweaking to work right so networks which like to customise their firmware will not be happy, as its more work for them each time a new firmware comes out. It might be cheaper to ditch it than support it. Although personally I believe they are wrong, because you don't gain customer loyalty leaving them with old buggy firmware versions, but then I think all the networks are equally rubbish in the UK for that, so what choice do you have if they all suck compared to the updates you get buying a phone outright?

Its really quite sad that today rather than trying to beat your competition, everyone is instead all trying to drop to the same poor level of support so that it no longer makes any difference, they all suck.

Here in greece the N97/mini is on almost every carrier shop screen and it costs (the big one) about 650 euros (the mini is a stunning 150 eur cheaper) whereas you can find the N900 only in a few (if not one) brick and mortar chain with a price of about 550 euros. That's a pretty big price difference.
I remember when I was waiting for it the N97 was nearly 700eur. I expected the N900 (spec-wize) to cost about 800 just as much as the first N95's and a year later the 8gb's. When I saw the price (569?) I realized I had a chance to make it mine.
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Check the recent mobilcom / debitel flyer in your postbox.
Page 1 shows the N97, but page 3 has the N900, and it's subsidized, too.

Does it mean that nokia will completely forget the N900 and just focus on the new MeeGo device?

@pycage: No flyer in my postbox :P
But nice to see the N900 somewhere.