bad news from nokia today
 

today i phoned nokia to enquire about the n900 and the guy there said the n900 will be discontinued.

i feel gutted as i only had the phone for some months.. less than a year and nokia is dropping it like just cooked eggs.

it would of been better to have just donated my 6000kr to them instead. the n900 must be the shortest lived phone ever produced.

well i know this for a fact i wont be buying anyother nokia phone till its bedded in properly i dont care what the next phone can do... even if it can make breakfast, dinner, and create beer i aint buying.... nokia aint catching me like this again.

so what will you lot do ?
install android ?
continue using the n900?
sell?
or will you run out and get the next nokia model?

Re: bad news from nokia today
 

currently happy with what i have but if the opportunity presents itself (vodafone data charging) i will no doubt go out and get something else. not convinced by android but like it. iphone is temping but not tempting at the same time.

...then there WinMo 7 and whatever that brings to the table.

choices choices....

i'd like to think i'll stick with the N900 till at least the new year.

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Be thankful I got one before they stopped selling them, then enjoy it until it breaks or it is no longer useful to me.:)

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Me, well I'll be buying up any N900 I can get my hands on, so that I have a supply of this device to last me for years to come.

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Immediately go out and buy two more and some spare batteries.
The n900 is still a year later the most hackable thing on the market,
thanks to the people right here - everyone here made it that way.
It will be another two or three years before anything
even remotely as friendly hits the market.
Meego may never get airborne until the people in charge
have a device (handset) that is not vaporware.
And if the new boy in charge opts for Android or Win7
then we will be left hanging - and that is exactly what big firms
do to developer communities - the first thing to be pruned from
any market segment is hobbyist and enthusiasts
in favor of Joe-thick-as-a-brick-Sixpack and his ready cash
for a closed-system black box that does only what it is sold for.

Enjoy it while it lasts and keep it clean, dry, and carefully charged.
And remember the community here is one of a kind.

Re: bad news from nokia today
 

The N900 is nowhere near the shortest lived phone.

.I still think it's geektastic and have no plans to change!

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Why should there be no future for N900 just because its being discontinued?

The useful lifetime of this amazing device is largely in the hands of the Maemo community now, so I expect my N900 will be keepig me busy for a while yet!

I'm currently trying out the excellent BlessN900 camera app with HDR have just learnt how to install and change fonts - I can't begin to imagine what I might be able to do in 12M time.

I'm not a 'Developer' or computer adept, but I am prepared to get in there and have a go. The N900 rewards this in ways no other device on the market can.

Despite Nokia(!) I get ore enthusiastic aout the future for N900 and Maemo every day.

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Wait, what is the problem here ? Even if they stop selling it, all the software is still there and Extras will still get new stuff it's getting now, Qt apps are still backportable (we in fact have a newer Qt than the brand spanking new N8), and the N900 *is* going to be continued to be used as the reference HW for MeeGo. So, what is the new, worrying information here ? Maybe the guy just wanted to say they won't sell it any more in a given country, which is a different story.

Re: bad news from nokia today
 

-.- idc with that news... n900 got everything i need on a phone ryt now.. so, im lucky i have it...

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today? its saturday? :s

also "will be" discontinued every phone will be discontinued :) soo I just wonder how long time before its discontinued thats a difference.

looks like many people here in sweden prefer shitty android like many americans too but I will for sure continue use "reallinux" on my N900 atleast until Nokia release next linux computerphone.

Infact N900 still is a killercomputerphone even if nokia themselfs doesnt really understand it :)

It has not the best "phone funtionality" but that was not why I bought it.