danramos - I believe we do

christexaport - as much as I'd like to have the latest greatest, (1) I have a family (2 kids) so I have a limited budget and (2) I don't need to pay extra $$ for features I don't want or need.

1) I would like to be able to upgrade to faster web service in the next couple years 4g/LTE as it becomes available, cheap cellphone = cheap upgrade.
2) There are many situations where I don't want/need a smartphone with all my data on it, where I can potentially lose/break it, again, cheap cellphone wins.
3) There are times where having 2 devices / 2 batteries is desirable (long airplane trip).

Additionally, I suspect battery life will be worse than current tablets due the extra juice needed for telephony features. I'd rather have longer battery life and more flexibility with 2 devices than a single device.

Looking at the poll, if you count the last 3 options as provisional "no's", "maybe not's", or "only if's" it is currently 33 will buys and 33 maybe not's.

Why does this community act as if Nokia is moving along without you? From an outside perspective, I see Nokia keeping a lid on things playing the media/PR game, and on September 2-3, maemo.org will be under the spotlight, and the maemo convention will be alot bigger than ever before.

If there is going to be a mature version of Skype with video then I am buying two N900's.

Skye with video would get me to buy one.

Actually I have had outstanding service with AT&T in DFW and elsewhere on every phone I've used (all Nokias)...so...

What use is any of this if a large portion of the core drivers of the community cannot afford to buy devices?

That's a better question than I think many realize, especially for the US.

Wage deflation combined with severe cost of living increases over the past two years is killing the average American. It's tough now to pay for core necessities (and I don't include cell phones in that list) much less toys.

My current salary is now $20,000 less per year than I made last year. If my situation is in any way indicative of the general trend, then product retail costs must come down for this market to be viable. Not all of us are in the iStrata.

Perhaps the people that can afford it and do buy it will become the new "core drivers" of the community??

Just because the current "core drivers" can't afford one doesn't mean the community will flounder and become useless! Certainly other people will pick up the slack. Particularly as we get the new influx of people everyone keeps talking about. *edit* Isn't that what open source is about? Others picking up where someone else left off?*

Or is it because some of the "core drivers" feel Nokia owes them for all the work they have previously put in? I always see "community supported" thrown around. I assumed that support was given freely, not in return for some expected payment?

It's hard to stay motivated to develop for a piece of hardware you don't have in your hands. It's also FAR more difficult to debug... so.. yeah... it would be a problem.