Well, I do know of at least one example

Well I will put a peice of paper taped over one quarter of my screen (simulating a worthless "by more beer" advertisment) and use my tablet a few days to see if this really poses any inconvenience....

omg, i should talk to danish bacon!

I cannot personally think of a better sponsor

Seriously, are you all up in arms about a small area of the screen being used for ads?

If it's done right, it'll keep the costs low and not be in the way.

Two things. First, it's a question of choice - do I get to choose between an ad-supported device and a nonsubsidized one ? Second, it would be a bit of a cheat to the developers, as it was unclear upfront what the business model is. If I invest my time and enthusiasm in an Open platform, I want to be told - okay, you can develop stuff that makes us great, but in the end we'll slap an advert on top of it and make a buck off of it without you making a penny (it would be like google inserting an ad on top a web page you found on google but not paying to the owner of the site). If I agree for fame and publicity, cool, if I don't, I can always do something else in my spare time.

Then touting it's openness was wrong to begin with.

And it seems like Maemo is Nokia's dip into open source. They're going to get more things wrong than right. This doesn't bother me because you're subjected to advertising even on this site and it doesn't really bother me.

Not anymore. Nokia made the ads go away.

Thank goodness, yes, they did!

maemo.org has one on Forum.Nokia.com too!

When you click on it it it will take you to one of >>THESE << though.

Forum Nokia is a sister site of maemo.org that makes up the third part of the Maemo spectrum. Users go to maemo.nokia.com, community types go to maemo.org, and developers (primarily commercial) go to Maemo @ Forum Nokia. This isn't advertising (what, exactly, are they selling?).