I get that you guys are loyal to this site - as we all are - but I don't understand your aversion to the idea of having more sites out there that cater to the N900, I really don't.

We all want this device and Maemo5 to really take off and become something widespread and used. I think that's fairly clear by the number of community-led promotion threads and ideas we have here.

The thing is, the kind of thinking I'm seeing in this opposition is exactly the same kind of thinking that's the reason linux hasn't been adopted by the mainstream. You are expecting the average person, even the average tech industry person, to behave and think in the same way you do. This simple isn't true.


This is going to be lost on about 95% of the people who will own an N900 within the next year. You must remember that the N900 isn't just a niche product, it's selling out all over the world, and most carriers in Europe are promoting it as the next best smart phone, and offering it at super low prices on contract.

These are not people who are going to search through threads on a forum to find wallpapers. It's not 1995. The first thing new n900 owners are going to do is go to google, and type in "n900 wallpapers" or "n900 backgrounds". They will then click the first couple of links that look promising. If they don't come to an easy to use, 'here's all your wallpaper options download now' website, they're going to give up, and then they're going to feel dissatisfied about their lack of ability to customize their n900. They're going to say, "if i had an ipod, i wouldn't have any problem finding wallpapers", and that's what they'll tell their friends.

And sorry guys, but amount of people who will search for "800x480 wallpapers" on google images over "n900 wallpapers" is probably... a fraction of the people in this forum.

Unfortunately, downloads.maemo.org is only awesome for themes (which are basically apps) and apps. As I mentioned previously, it's not set up for easy, mass distribution of wallpaper images. As a side note, most times I've been there it's taken over 20-30 seconds to load, at which point I've closed the tab and typed "n900 apps" into google. Which I guarantee, is what most people will do.

But again,I go back to my original point. What issue do you guys take with more websites that provide services for n900 users? Even if they are services they can potentially find elsewhere, how is that possibly a bad thing?